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Sunday 21st March 2010

Places to go along the River Ouse (Yorkshire)

Local attractions

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Image for Beningborough Hall & Garden

Unlike many fine properties, Beningborough Hall was not owned by the same family for hundreds of years. Little is …

  • Garden
  • Leisure attraction
Image for Treasurer's House

This grand house was originally home to the treasurer of York Minster and is hidden away behind the impressive …

  • Historic building
  • Leisure attraction
Canal Boats at Rest (Sheepcote Street Bridge, Birmingham). © John Twinning

Artist John Twinning has exhibited and sold his work at exhibitions throughout the country. You can see examples of …

  • Gallery
  • Leisure attraction

  • Leisure attraction

  • Leisure attraction
National Railway Museum. © Stephen Dawson - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/

The World's largest railway museum is full of railway paraphernalia and millions of artefacts, ranging from Mallard …

  • Museum
Selby Abbey, Nave, © Dylan Moore - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/

Selby Abbey was originally a rich Benedictine monastery. Its foundation is said to originate with Germain, a French …

  • Historic building

The tidal River Ouse and wharfs at Selby are today still very much an active port, and the area presents an …

  • Historic structure
Image for The Waterways Museum, Goole

The museum tells the story of the Aire & Calder Navigation and the Port of Goole, including an archive of some 5000 …

  • Museum
  • Visitor centre
  • Restaurant
  • Cafe
  • Canal boat holidays
  • Boat trips
  • Boat hire

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