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Plan a day
Herriot Hospice's first Moonlight Glow Walk sets off from Thirsk Racecourse on Saturday 3 October: a 5k after dark through the centre of town and back, glow sticks encouraged.
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The Great Yorkshire Pumpkin Festival at Monk Park Farm, ten minutes from the square: which days, which ticket, what happens in the rain, and the two kinds of evening.
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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.
Plan a day
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.
Plan a day
Thirsk market has run on the cobbles since 1145. A local's guide to Mondays and Saturdays, from the early breakfast to the charity shop trail.
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Thirsk Racecourse runs 16 flat fixtures between April and September, twenty minutes walk from the market square. How to build the day around it.