 Here's another sign of Spring!
For two weeks every year, in May and June, the Swaledale Festival returns to the northern Yorkshire Dales and Richmond. The artists are of the highest international standard, and come from all over the world. With a record 75 events of all kinds (talks, guided walks, classical music, folk music, brass bands and jazz, art exhibitions, poetry and comedy) the Festival is reason enough to book a stay in the Dales - and many people do! The full programme is at swalefest.org. Booking opens 16 February, but be warned... Festival Friends will have had two weeks of advance booking by then. If you're not a Friend, get your shopping list ready now, and move quickly on the 16th - because some events can sell out very fast! All events are individually priced, so you can drop in and out of the Festival as you like. Venues range from tiny chapels to 300-seater auditoriums, from the giddy heights of upper Swaledale to the broad acres of lower Wensleydale. Need somewhere to stay? Take a look at our Accommodation section, for hotels, inns, B&Bs and snug cottages in some of England's loveliest countryside. Nothing, but nothing, can beat the experience of leaving an evening concert at St Andrew's Church in Grinton, to see the summer sun setting on Fremington Edge. Magic...
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 One of Richmondshire's favourite local attractions has been hibernating over winter, but Kiplin Hall will soon be welcoming visitors again.
Not discovered Kiplin yet? You should. Explore the Jacobean house, its walled garden, its 90 acres of parkland and woods. Revel in every weak ray of the early-Spring sunshine, and every tiny snowdrop shoot - soon they'll be carpeting the ground. There's no need to bring a thermos and sandwiches - you can enjoy a light meal and a drink in the warmth of the Tea Room, or outdoors on the patio, if you're hardy. If you're even hardier, find a breezy picnic bench by the lakeside walk! Kiplin is open 10-5 daily (except Thursdays) from 6 February. No booking is needed. Day tickets are £13, or £6.50 for children (or £25.50 and £12.50 for one-year tickets, which sounds like a real bargain). Dogs on leads are welcome, and they love the place! |
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