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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 
Wednesday racing at Beverley
The first of eight races is at 2.08pm and the last race is at 5.50pm.
More information at the
Beverley Racecourse Find
Beverley racecourse Beverley
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16-day closure of Trans-Pennine route begins on Saturday
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 
New bus station opens on Sunday
The new bus station in the centre of the West Yorkshire town has six fresh-air stands and a waiting room with green roof. It is the first bus station to carry the new Weaver Network branding of the public transport network in West Yorkshire.
Heckmondwike is the crossing point of several routes between the main towns and cities of West Yorkshire and as such presents an interchange point for journeys with no direct routes, although with sometimes a long wait for connection for the evening services of the main operator through the town. There is now a waiting room with seats to wait for departures from stands beneath the outdoor canopy.
Further details can be found at this Metro - Heckmondwike Hub web page.
Metro - Heckmondwike Hub Heckmondwike
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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Here are links to a few of the most popular pages at Yorkshire.guide:
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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