{"id":70,"date":"2026-11-06T09:24:56","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T09:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.greenhillsleyburn.co.uk\/?page_id=70"},"modified":"2026-11-06T11:41:14","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T11:41:14","slug":"things-to-see-and-do-in-the-yorkshire-dales","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.greenhillsleyburn.co.uk\/?page_id=70","title":{"rendered":"Things to See and Do in the Yorkshire Dales"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-row row\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-8\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Yorkshire Dales offers a wonderful playground for outdoor pursuits from walking and climbing to fishing, golfing, cycling, pony trekking and potholing, as well as miles of touring with great views through Wensleydale, Swaledale, Nidderdale, Wharfedale and the smaller Dales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are some ideas of local attractions, taken from the article below with 100 recommendations for great days out in the Yorkshire Dales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">See behind the scenes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Little Chocolate Shop, Leyburn<br>The White Rose Candles Workshop, Wensley<br>Outhwaites Ropemakers, Hawes<br>Wensleydale Creamery, Hawes<br>The Georgian Theatre, Richmond<br>Gayle Mill Hawes, a working sawmill museum<br>Masham&#8217;s Black Sheep and Theakston&#8217;s Breweries<br>Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Caf\u00e9s and tea rooms &#8211; recommendations from locals<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clapham Bunk cafe bar<br>Richmond caf\u00e9, 29 FrenchGate &#8211; really nice food<br>Askrigg Village Kitchen with great homemade soups<br>Brymor Ice Cream parlour near Jervaulx Abbey<br>The Old Station near Masham<br>Zarina&#8217;s in Kettlewell<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-4\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full w-100\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/new.greenhillsleyburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Page3-fountains-abbey.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenhillsleyburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Page3-fountains-abbey.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.greenhillsleyburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Page3-fountains-abbey-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full w-100\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/new.greenhillsleyburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Page3-Gayle-Mill.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenhillsleyburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Page3-Gayle-Mill.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.greenhillsleyburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Page3-Gayle-Mill-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full w-100\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/new.greenhillsleyburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Page3-Newby-hall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenhillsleyburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Page3-Newby-hall.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.greenhillsleyburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Page3-Newby-hall-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-row row\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-4\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full w-100\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/new.greenhillsleyburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Page3-Bolton-Castle.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenhillsleyburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Page3-Bolton-Castle.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.greenhillsleyburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Page3-Bolton-Castle-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full w-100\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"470\" height=\"313\" src=\"https:\/\/new.greenhillsleyburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Page3-Wensleydale-Creamery.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenhillsleyburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Page3-Wensleydale-Creamery.jpg 470w, https:\/\/www.greenhillsleyburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Page3-Wensleydale-Creamery-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full col-6 border-0 d-inline\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenhillsleyburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/4star-award.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full col-6 border-0 d-inline\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"212\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenhillsleyburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/silver-award.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-8\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explore inside castles, stately homes and quirky museums<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bolton Castle, Wensleydale<br>Swaledale Museum, Reeth<br>18th century Newby Hall and gardens, near Harrogate<br>17th century Kiplin Hall, Richmond<br>Nidderdale Museum, Pateley Bridge<br>Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes<br>Skipton&#8217;s medieval castle<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fab food and cosy pubs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Howgill Fellside Ice Cream in Sedbergh<br>Berry&#8217;s Farm Shop, Swinithwaite<br>Country Harvest, Ingleton<br>Town End Farm Shop, Airton, near Malham<br>Campbells, Leyburn &#8211; a tardis that stretches back and up, unveiling foodie delights<br>East Witton&#8217;s Blue Lion with gastronomic delights<br>West Witton&#8217;s Wensleydale Heifer<br>The Cover Bridge Inn near Middleham with open fire<br>Tan Hill Inn, the country&#8217;s highest pub.<br>The King&#8217;s Head, Gunnerside, where they even serve a special beer for dogs!<br>Wensleydale Creamery Hawes<br>Gayle Mill working sawmill, Hawes<br>Fountains abbey Nidderdale<br>Bolton Castle Wensleydale<br>Newby Hall near Harrogate<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See the full list of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dalesdiscoveries.com\/rain.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">100 recommendations of things to see and do<\/a> from your Greenhills Bed and breakfast base<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-70","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Things to See and Do in the Yorkshire Dales - Greenhills Bed &amp; 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