Visit the house where them young James Cook came to serve his seaman’s apprenticeship. The handsome 17th century house on the harbour belonged to Cook’s master, the Quaker shipowner, John Walker. It was here in the attic that the family lodged their apprentices when not at sea serving the London... more details >

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Hambleton's Herriot Country takes its name from the Hambleton Hills as well as from one of the world's best-loved writers, James Herriot. James Herriot, alias real life vet Alf Wight, lived and worked in the... more details >

Mother Shipton is England's most famous Prophetess.

She lived some 500 years ago during the reigns of King Henry VIII and Queen Elizabeth I. Her Prophetic visions became known and feared throughout England, with many of them still proving uncannily accurate today. The Cave, her legendary... more details >

Explore the wide range of historic buildings rescued from around the area. They and their contents bring to life the lives of ordinary people from pre-historic times to the present day. Each of the easily accessed historic buildings on the 4 acre site shows a different aspect of rural life. From the 16th-century... more details >

We’ve got over 400 years of York’s past in one place, from Elizabethan soldiers to Victorian debtors and from Georgian dolls’ houses to the Swinging Sixties. Come and spend a day in the past – see, hear and feel yesterday’s England. Walk down our restored Victorian street, Kirkgate;... more details >

Murton Park is home to the Yorkshire Museum of Farming which holds an impressive collection of agricultural equipment. The Four Seasons Gallery takes visitors through the farming year, season by season and the Livestock building which concentrates on the farming of animals and the produce they give us. We hold regular... more details >