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  • The frontage of Rural Arts at The Courthouse on Westgate, in late summer

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    What's open in Thirsk on a wet day

    Six places to spend a wet day in Thirsk, all within five minutes of the square, and which of them are open on each day of the week, Sunday and Monday included.

    28 September 20265 min read
  • A mountain view from Rosa's travelling years

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    All Creatures Great & Small Family Day in Thirsk

    Thirsk Racecourse runs family days through the summer, four minutes from the real Skeldale House. How to spend the morning there first, then walk down for the racing.

    20 August 20264 min read
  • The Golden Fleece on Market Place, one of the stops on the trail

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    Walking the Thirsk blue plaques

    Twenty blue plaques, an hour and a half, and free from start to finish. The six stories worth stopping for, from the founder of Lord's to a nurse who left for Uruguay.

    16 August 20265 min read
  • The World of James Herriot frontage on Kirkgate

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    A James Herriot day in Thirsk

    Thirsk is Darrowby. An hour-by-hour day around Alf Wight's town, from the real Skeldale House to the church where he married, planned from our door.

    15 August 20264 min read