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Port town of Goole is host of 2026 Yorkshire Day civic celebrations

The civic celebrations will be in Goole Goole — Britain's most inland port — is hosting Saturday's official celebration of Yorkshire Day.

Yorkshire Day on August 1 is celebrated with events all across our historic region — a region which has been defined through history for over a millennium. Yorkshire folk are celebrating all things Yorkshire and that includes celebrations in those areas of Yorkshire beyond the frayed edges brought about by a succession of many Government boundary changes in recent decades.

But each year there is a rotating official celebration with a gathering of civic dignitaries and this year that honour goes to Goole .

Goole is this year celebrating the bicentenary of its port charter, granted in 1826, a few years after the Aire and Calder Navigation Company had completed a canal barge link between Leeds to the sea port at Goole which was extensively used in the export of coal. The town had major growth during that era.

GooleSea-going ships have a 50 mile journey from Goole along the River Ouse and Humber estuary before they reach the North Sea. Goole was the only sea port of the West Riding of Yorkshire, but it now falls within the local government of the East Riding of Yorkshire unitary authority, while the Yorkshire Day civic event will be hosted by the local Goole Town Council.

The celebration will see civic leaders from across Yorkshire, VIP guests and members of The Yorkshire Society gather in Goole for events and a civic parade.

Yorkshire Day will also be the final day of a free exhibition, at the Junction Goole venue, of artwork commissioned by the Goole Civic Society from local artist Peter Scott to commemorate the bicentenary. The exhibition is open from 10am to 2pm each day.

Find out more about Yorkshire Day The Yorkshire Society website.

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Weekend station closures in Huddersfield and Bradford

Diverting TransPennine Express services will call at Brighouse as work goes on at Huddersfield Work to increase line capacity in and around Huddersfield station continues as part of the Trans-Pennine Route Upgrade and the station is closed on Saturday and Sunday again this weekend (August 1-2).

Bradford Forster Square station will also be without trains on Saturday, Sunday and also on Monday (August 1-3) as work continues on a new train care centre near Shipley as part of the upgrade project.

Weekend closures at Huddersfield station will stretch to August 23 with further closure dates planned in September and October. This weekend work continues on the refurbishment and extension of the main station roof, extension of the subway and the new station footbridge and creating new platforms.

Bus replacements will link from Huddersfield to trains at Brighouse, Mirfield and Wakefield Kirkgate, Lockwood, and Stalybridge. Marsden , Slaithwaite and Greenfield are also without trains and there continues to be the long-term temporary closure of Deighton and Ravensthorpe stations while they are rebuilt.

Bradford Forster Square will be without trains as work continues on a train depot at ShipleyThe work at Shipley will mean there are only bus replacements at Bradford Forster Square and Frizinghall stations on Saturday, Sunday and also on Monday with the buses offering a change to trains at Shipley . A special train service will link Skipton via stops to Shipley and then stations via Baildon to Ilkley . LNER services will start in Leeds. Journeys from Bradford to Leeds can be made by train from Bradford Interchange.

Journeys south from Sheffield have been affected by a reduced daily timetable of East Midlands Railway journeys to London St Pancras since July 20 and East Midlands Railway has announced further service reductions on Saturdays August 1, 8, 15 due to strike action by the RMT union. There is also the increased possibility of short notice cancellations on other days.

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Flowerpots to make you smile in Settle

Pots of fun at the 2026 festival The 2026 Flowerpot Festival in Settle in North Yorkshire started on Saturday July 11 and has dozens of cute and quirky characters created from flower pots with the theme simply to "Make people smile".

The festival is held each year with nearly 80 displays in and around the town at the edge of the Yorkshire Dales . There's the chance to see the displays up until Sunday September 6. The flowerpot characters can be explored via three trails 1.4 miles, 2.4 miles and 3.1 miles in length. There are also pre-bookable flowerpot workshops for children on Tuesday, Friday and Saturday mornings during August.

Find out more at the Settle Flowerpot Festival website.

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Scarborough celebrates 400 years as spa town

Scarborough Spa is on the deckchair trail Scarborough is celebrating 400 years as a spa town this year and as part of the celebrations it has launched a giant deckchair trail around the town.

The tourist trail around the resort runs from Saturday June 27 until Sunday September 6 and features 10 giant deckchairs.

It is among events throughout the year celebrating the anniversary of the discovery in 1626 of the spa waters which became one of the reasons for the town's success as a seaside resort.

Find out more at this Giant Deckchair Trail page of the Visit North Yorkshire website of North Yorkshire Council.

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When British and American navies clashed off the Yorkshire coast

British, American and French sailors died in a naval battle off the coast of Flamborough Head in 1779As the USA celebrates 250 years since its first formation from 13 eastern United Colonies through a Declaration of Independence in 1776, we are reminded that its war with Britain continued initially for a further seven years and even reached the coast of Yorkshire.

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 Tour de France heads towards Holme Moss in West Yorkshire in 2014More route details for the women's races have been announced as the Tour de France Grand Départ returns to 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 .

Day 1 of the women's racing will cross the Pennines above the Dove Stone Reservoir near GreenfieldThe race then heads out towards the Pennines towards Meltham with a climb to Wessenden Head to cross the Pennines, passing the Dove Stone Reservoir to reach Greenfield and Uppermill . The third hill climb stage will be at Delph on the way to a finish at Deansgate in Manchester.

The following day the race will head back from Manchester through the Peak District on a winding and hilly route through Derbyshire, including Buxton, Hope, Castleton and Glossop before climbing the Snake Pass to the Ladybower Reservoir, climbing back into Yorkshire for a route via Low Bradfield and Worrall before ending at Attercliffe Common in Sheffield .

The third day of the women's race will be in London before the cyclists head off to France.

WaddingtonNewton-in-BowlandDunsop BridgeThe earlier men's Grand Départ will also be in Britain and briefly dips into historic Yorkshire on its second day on Saturday July 3 as it heads through the Forest of Bowland National Landscape via the historic West Riding villages of Dunsop Bridge , Newton-in-Bowland and Waddington , a route along which there will hopefully have been some road repairs by the now-responsible Lancashire County Council.

The men's Tour de France 2027 enters historic Yorkshire at the Trough of Bowland boundary stoneThe Yorkshire section begins with the descent from the Trough of Bowland after the second of five mountain stages on the Tour de France ride through England on Day 2. It also includes the highest point of the day, the third King of the Mountains climb up the "Côte de Waddington Fell" to 347 metres at around the mid-point of the race. After Waddington, cyclists cross the River Ribble to the Lancashire town of Clitheroe.

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.

Peak District Forest of Bowland

Summer at the Yorkshire seaside

The beach at Whitby gained both a Blue Flag and a Seaside Award in 2026 Hornsea has a Blue Flag Withernsea has a Blue Flag Saltburn has a Seaside Award Scarborough's North Bay has a seaside awardAs some European destinations overheat this summer, many families are finding it's plenty hot enough at Yorkshire's brilliant seaside resorts.

A dozen Yorkshire beaches have gained Seaside Awards again in 2026 and three Yorkshire beaches continue to fly their international Blue Flag awards.

The awards each year are made by the environment charity Keep Britain Tidy — the international Blue Flags on behalf of the Foundation for Environmental Education.

Beaches with Seaside Awards in 2026 are Redcar (Lifeboat Station beach), Saltburn-by-the-Sea , Runswick Bay , Sandsend , Whitby , Robin Hood's Bay , Scarborough (North Bay), Cayton Bay, Filey and Bridlington (North, South and Wilsthorpe beaches). The awards are presented to England's best beaches.

Bridlington's North Beach has a seaside award Whitby together with Hornsea and Withernsea have the Blue Flag, the world’s most recognised award for beaches, marinas and bathing waters which are measured against the highest bathing water standards of the European Union. The award highlights beaches with like standards across the world.

Find out more about Yorkshire's characterful traditional town resorts and charming villages beside the beach on our Seaside page.

Seaside

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On Ilkla Moor Baht ’at

If you’re from Yorkshire you will probably recognise our background picture as the Cow and Calf Rocks on Ilkley Moor, famous as the location of the Yorkshire dialect anthem "On Ilkla Moor Baht ’at". More on Ilkley .