news and events
Adventure and Activities:
- Yorkshire Coast Nature for birdwatching and wildlife tours and boat trips, seabirds and whales adventures, wildlife photography courses, workshops and discovery days
- North Yorkshire Water Park for paddle boarding, kayaking, sailing, aqua park, zipline, climbing wall, cycle path and lakeside walk
- Saltburn Surf School for surf lessons and hire of equipment
- Dalby Forest 8,500 acres of walking and cycle trails
- Go Ape Dalby Forest for tree top adventures
- Bilsdale Riding Centre hose riding for everyone
- Adventures for the Soul for guided walks, yoga and dark skies events
Local Agricultural Shows 2024:
- Monday 06 May Duncombe Park Country Fair, Helmsley
- Sunday 30th June Malton Show Scampton Park
- Tuesday 30 July Ryedale Show
- Tuesday 06 Aug Egton Bridge Gooseberry Show
- Wednesday 07 August Thornton-le-dale Show
- Wednesday 14 Aug Danby Show
- Saturday 17 Aug Rosedale Show
- Wednesday 21 Aug Egton Show
- Monday 26 Aug Farndale Show
- Saturday 07 Sept Lealholm Show
- Saturday Sept Castleton Show (tbc)
- Saturday 21 Sept Stokesley Show
Special Events in and around the National Park 2024:
- 09-25 Feb Dark Skies Festival
- April Easter egg Hunt at The Moors National Park Centre
- 26-28 April Whitby Goth Weekend, Whitby
- May to July Community Earth Festival
- May WalkFest, across the North York Moors National Park
- 06 May Duncombe Park Country Fair, Helmsley
- 14 May North York Moors Chamber Music Series, Lythe
- 27-29 May Rosedale Walking Festival
- 10-11 June Yorkshire Fossil Festival, Whitby Museum
- 9-11 June Robin Hood's Bay Folk Weekend
- 11 June Open Farm Sunday
- 17-18 June Stokesley Open Gardens
- 14-16 July Great North Folk Festival at Botton Village
- 11-14 July Great Yorkshire Show, Harrogate
- 17 June Pride Walk, Talk and Picnic at Sutton Bank
- 1-2 July Duncombe Park Steam Rally, Helmsley
- 14-30 July Ryedale Festival, concerts and arts events in historic venues
- 22-28 July Ryedale Jazz Festival, Pickering
- 4-6 Aug Whitby Traction Engine Rally, Hawsker Whitby
- 11-24 Aug North York Moors Chamber Music Festival (18th Aug performance at St Hilda's Danby)
- 09-11 Aug Saltburn-by-the-sea Folk Festival
- 17-19 Aug Whitby Regatta
- 17-23 Aug Whitby Folk Festival
- 14-15 Sept Staithes Festival of Arts & Heritage, Stithies
- 01-03 Nov Whitby Goth Weekend, Whitby
- Nov Christmas Craft Fair, The Moors National Park Centre, Danby
- Nov Christmas Shopping Weekend, Sutton Bank National Park Centre
- Nov/Dec weekends Santa Specials, and Northern Lights Express, North Yorkshire Moors Railway
North York Moors National Park website has a wealth of information on events in and around the National Park. Visit Danby Lodge National Park Centre to explore the exhibitions and gallery of changing works, relax in the cafe, and pick up books, maps, and guides to the local area.
Local History
A book by Alastair Laurence 'Danby: Four More Views of a History' explores the history of Castleton, the farms of Danbydale, Botton Village, and the historic dwellings of the North York Moors; including our own Church House Farm, formerly Canons' Hall, which has been traced back to the Middle Ages when the Augustinian Canons of Gisborough Priory were given Canons' Hall by Robert de Brus. The present Church House farmhouse and closes are identified as the site of the medieval Canons' Hall with the same view of the church enjoyed by guests today that the Canons looked out across five hundred years ago.
'Danby: Four More Views of a History' (2021) and the first volume 'Danby: Three Views of a History' (2020) which examines Danby Parish, Danby Castle, and Ainthorpe; are available to buy locally at Botton Village Store, Danby Health Shop, The Moors National Park Centre in Danby and here at Church House Farm.
