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If you’re new to Yorkshire see what it has to offer on our Introduction page. We have now added more than 1,000 places to our A to Y Gazetteer of Yorkshire. We've listed the cities and towns and now many of the villages, with links to pages providing more information or to pinpoint villages on our unique Yorkshire map. The Home button links you to many other parts of Yorkshire.guide And look below for our frequently updated page with some of our newest items about Yorkshire issues and events in more detail ....... Yorkshire heritage opens up with 10 days of special events
Many properties not normally open to the public are made free to tour during the festival and there are also extra guided tours and special free events at some of the heritage sites which do normally open their doors, including historic houses, churches and museums. Some events have limited numbers and require pre-booking.
You can find out more about events and properties open at the Heritage Open Days website at 
Heritage Open Days
Heritage Open Days 
16-day closure of Trans-Pennine route begins next weekend
Weekend and weekday services will be disrupted until October 4 as a big effort is made to bring work at Huddersfield station nearer to completion along with further work on the rebuilding of Deighton station, bridge and track improvements and work towards electrification along that section of the line.
TransPennine Express services will be diverted between Leeds and Manchester Victoria via the longer Calder Valley line, calling at Brighouse instead of Huddersfield with bus replacement between Brighouse and Huddersfield. A few of these trains will have extra stops on the Calder Valley line in place of missing Northern services, in particular the service normally operating between Leeds and Wigan via Dewsbury.
Trains to Manchester Airport will be disrupted, particularly on weekdays, when a replacement bus from Brighouse via Huddersfield offers an option that avoids having to transit between Manchester stations. On Saturdays it will be possible to change at Manchester Victoria to trains to the airport from Stalybridge and on Sundays there will be some through trains from Yorkshire operating via Brighouse.
The line between Stalybridge and Huddersfield through the Colne Valley will also be closed during the first and final weekends of this 16-day closure (September 19-20 and October 3-4) with bus replacements at Stalybridge, Mossley, Greenfield , Marsden (A62) and Slaithwaite (A62). Between those weekends, trains are scheduled to operate between Manchester Piccadilly and stations to Marsden with bus replacement from Marsden station to Slaithwaite (A62) and Huddersfield. There are also bus replacements between Stalybridge and Huddersfield due to the access by steps only at Marsden.
Services to Huddersfield from Sheffield via Barnsley and Penistone will terminate at Lockwood for bus replacement into Huddersfield.
Services from York via Castleford will terminate at Wakefield Kirkgate.
The Northern service currently timetabled to operate from Bradford Interchange to Leeds via stations including Halifax, Brighouse, Mirfield and Dewsbury should be operating during this period.
Please visit operators websites for more information and timetables.
Check details of your journey at the National Rail website.
National Rail For more information about work on this line see the TransPennine Route Upgrade website.
TransPennine Route Upgrade When British and American navies clashed off the Yorkshire coast
The US Navy was originally formed as the Continental Navy, around nine months before that independence declaration on July 4, 1776. The aim was to support war efforts by raiding British merchant ships, overseas territories and, indeed, Great Britain itself.
It was on September 23 in 1779 that the war of independence from Britain reached the coast off Flamborough Head in the East Riding of Yorkshire where two Royal Navy vessels, one hired, were guarding a convoy of around 40 merchant ships which had crossed from Baltic ports via the Norwegian coast.
The two British naval vessels encountered the four ships under the command of Scottish-born American naval officer John Paul Jones, whose ships were seeking to wreak havoc around the British coast after setting sail from France.
The result of a battle lasting around four hours off Flamborough Head was seen by the Americans as a resounding victory after the eventual capture and surrender of the damaged British ships, HMS Serapis and Countess of Scarborough. Nevertheless, it was not without result for the British as the convoy had been successfully defended despite Britain's military vessels being outnumbered. The encounter also resulted in Jones’ flagship, the Bonhomme Richard, sinking from the battle damage it sustained.
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Tour de France Grand Départ in Yorkshire in 2027
The prestigious event boosted a massive interest in cycling in Yorkshire when the men's race Grand Départ was held in Yorkshire in 2014.
The Tour returns with the first two days of the women's race next year while the men's Scotland to Wales Grand Départ also reaches into historic Yorkshire.
The first day for the Tour de France Femmes will start at The Headrow in Leeds on Friday July 30, 2027, to head via Birstall , Heckmondwike , Mirfield and a hill climb to Kirkheaton before reaching Huddersfield .
The following day the race will head back from Manchester through the
The third day of the women's race will be in London before the cyclists head off to France.
Day 1 of the men's race heads from Scotland to England with a stage from Edinburgh to Carlisle. The short stretch of historic Yorkshire is on the Keswick to Liverpool stage on Day 2. The third day is in Wales with a stage from Welshpool to Cardiff.
Awesome abbeys
They can be found in abundance across Yorkshire, all providing rich pieces in a historic jigsaw showing the part these monastic communities played in the region between the 12th and 16th centuries.
You can find out more about Yorkshire’s monastic settlements on our Abbeys page, including which ones have free access and which require a ticket to visit.
Abbeys
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Cities Largest towns and cities Population Gazetteer Abbeys Castles Film locations Forest of Bowland Heritage Coast Heritage railways Highest mountains Historic Houses Howardian Hills Museums Nidderdale North Pennines North York Moors Peak District Racecourses Seaside York Yorkshire Dales Yorkshire football Railway stations On Ilkla Moor Baht ’at
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