Yorkshire

Take your pick of more than 30 museums in this ancient walled city, with independent shops and eateries round every corner of its cobbled streets, and a thriving cultural scene. While you’re there, be sure to visit the impressive York Minster and experience the city’s Viking heritage first hand at the Yorvik Viking Centre.

A perfect blend of history and nature, the North York Moors National Park is a unique landscape bursting with heritage sites and wildlife wonders to discover at any time of year. Whether it’s magical moorlands, native woodlands or towering coastal cliffs, there’s no shortage of spectacular scenery.

Soak up the maritime heritage of Whitby, with its working harbour, cobbled streets, fishermen’s cottages and smugglers’ haunts, all overlooked by the atmospheric ruins of Whitby Abbey, which inspired Bram Stoker’s Dracula.