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DRIVE 17: Yorkshire Dales & Abbeys
PLAN YOUR DRIVE
Start/finish: Harrogate to Bolton
Abbey.
Number of days: 3 days, taking it at a
gentle pace.
Distance: Around 160 km (100 miles).
Road conditions: The roads are in
good condition and not challenging.
When to go: The best time is
between spring and early autumn –
Harrogate, with its green spaces, is
especially wonderful at blossom time.
Opening times: Museums and
attractions are generally open 10am–
5pm, but close earlier (or are closed
altogether) Nov–Easter. Shop opening
hours are longer. Churches are usually
open until dusk.
Main market days: Harrogate:
Farmers’ Market, 2nd Thu of month;
Ripon: Thu; Farmers’ Market, Sun.
Leyburn: Fri; North Dales Farmers’
Market, 4th Sat of month; Hawes:
Produce and Antiques Market, Tue.
Shopping: Stock up on some
Harrogate toffee and various types of
Wensleydale – young, mature, smoked
etc. Look out, too, for produce from
Nidderdale farms, such as beef or
chicken. And there is also good local
beer to be enjoyed along the way.
Major festivals: Harrogate: Music
Festival, Jul; Ripon: Ripon International
Festival, Sep (music, arts, architecture
and nature); Leyburn: Dales Festival of
Food, May.
Above Glorious Yorkshire Dales’ scenery
between Hawes and Bolton Abbey, see p183
DAY TRIP OPTIONS
Families can enjoy a day shopping in
Harrogate and then take the steam
railway and visit the children’s farm
and parkland at Bolton Abbey. Garden
lovers and history buffs will enjoy the
market town of Ripon, the magnificent
ruined Fountains Abbey and water
gardens nearby, as well as the castle
and gardens at Ripley. Follow the steps
of royalty through the picturesque
Dales, from Middleham with its castle,
to Leyburn with its great views, on to
Hawes for its famous cheese and then
to Jervaulx Abbey for its enchanting
ruins. For full details, see p183.
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