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Ryedale's market towns of Pickering,
Helmsley, Kirkbymoorside and Malton
are set in wonderful countryside and there are lots of arts
events and things to do! Ryedale is a great place to cycle,
walk, or just expolore by car or bus. There are abbeys, castles
and museums and you can get lost on the North Yorkshire moors
or wolds. The coast At Scarborough, Whitby and Filey only a short
drive away. There are many hotels
and bed and breakfast establishments,
holiday cottages and campsites and a few are within walking distance
of The Shed - Yorkshire's famous music
and poetry venue.

GUARDIAN - TRAVEL 20.3.10
The insiders guide to the world's best small music venues.
Musicians,
DJs and authors reveal their favourite hangouts.
"The Shed was the inspiration for my tour of village
halls around Britain, which I am currently writing up as a book.
And, after 235 villages, The Shed is still the loony best."
Hank Wangford, Guardian. Read
the whole article:
The Shed's Sprung and Simmer
2010 Tickets on sale
now!
From Pickering you can travel
through the spectacular scenery of the North Yorkshire Moors
by steam train (one of the film locations
for Harry Potter) all the way to Goathland (Aidensfield in Heartbeat)
and Grosmont.

Castle Howard - view across the
Great Lake to the house. TOP
Castle
Howard is one of Britain's
finest stately homes, located in the beautiful Howardian Hills
only fifteen miles northeast of York. The house was built in
1699 by the architect Sir John Vanbrugh and was the location
for the filming of the TV series Brideshead Revisited.
From castle to shed, the fame
has spread...
During the summer months in Ryedale
there are traditional agricultural shows held in Rosedale, Farndale,
Thornton Le Dale, Malton, Ryedale (Welburn) and Boon Hill. There
is a major traction engine (steam) rally at Pickering and the
world famous Yorkshire
Pudding Boat Race (below). Ryedale Festival of classical
music is held in late July / early August.

Ship Ahoy! the Yorkshire Pudding
Boat Race Top
BBC Radio 4 records programmes
at The Shed and people travel from across
the UK and Europe to see international artists performing contemporary
jazz, folk, blues, world music and poetry in this intimate and
friendly space. One of the smallest and probably the most famous
micro-venue in Yorkshire, The Shed plays host to artists as diverse
as Hank Wangford and the Lost Cowboys, Snake Davis, Martin and
Eliza Carthy, Andy Sheppard, Simon Armitage, Carol Ann Duffy,
Ian McMillan, Billy Jenkins and more.."The Shed is the
best venue in England" David Thomas.

The North Yorkshire Elvis Bus
Tour Top
The
North Yorkshire Elvis Bus Tour
meanders through magnificent
Ryedale countryside with poet and Radio 3 presenter Ian McMillan
as tour guide. The tour celebrates the publication of All
Shook Up! by Ian McMillan and will soon form part of a new
BBC Radio 4 drama (see below). This is a surreal and totally
improvised commentary on the places of special relevance to the
King's past life in the market town of Pickering. Sponsored
by Sirdar. Learn about the famous knitted
Elvis wigs!

Hovingham
Hall is located directly
opposite The Shed in the picturesque village of Hovingham. This
historic 18th Century house was the childhood home of The Duchess
of Kent and is open to the public from 4th June to 7th July 2007
(closed Sundays). For over 400 years Hovingham has been the home
of the Worsley family. The Palladian house was built between
1750 and 1770 by Thomas Worsley to his own design and is unique
being entered through The Riding School.
Nunnington Hall.
The sheltered walled garden on the bank of the River Rye, with
its delightful mixed borders, orchards of traditional fruit varieties
and spring-flowering meadows, complements this mellow 17th-century
manor house. From the magnificent oak-panelled hall, follow three
staircases to discover family rooms, the nursery, the haunted
room and the attics, with their fascinating Carlisle collection
of fully furnished miniature period rooms.
Eden
Camp is an original Prisoner
of War camp built in 1942. Reconstructed scenes, using movement,
lighting, sound, smells (even smoke machines) will transport
you back in time and make you feel that you are taking part in
the history of wartime Britain. Eden Camp is an excellent day
out for visitors of all ages, with assault courses to keep the
younger visitors amused, and won the English Tourism Council's
England for Excellence Award for Visitor Attraction of the Year
in 1998.

Pickering station - North Yorkshire
Moors Railway 2003 TOP
North Yorkshire Moors Railway - Pickering's famous steam railway -
travelling to Goathland and Grosmont from Pickering.
Ryedale Tourist Information - buy tickets for The Shed in Malton
and Pickering.
Malton Museum is currently showing a special exhibition about
the 25 years of archaeological research on the sands and gravels
of Heslerton. Also permanent display of the Roman artifacts from
the Roman Fort at Malton.
Ryedale Folk Museum.
Step back to the 18th Century! The museum has collections dating
from pre-history to the 20th century and includes a thatched
cruck cottage, an Elizabethan manor house and the oldest daylight
photographic studio in the country.
Beck Isle Museum
at Pickering comprises 24 rooms packed with displays which describe
social, domestic and working life in the 18th century. The museum
includes a collection of local photographs by Sidney Smith and
William Marshall planned England's first Agricultural Institute
here in the early 1800's.
Duncombe
Park - Country house
near Helmsley
The Shed's Sprung and Simmer
2010 Tickets on sale
now!
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