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Market towns and villages that reward a slow afternoon.

Independent shops on a stone high street
Worth the detour

Market town · Harrogate & Nidderdale

Knaresborough

A gorge town with a viaduct, a castle and rowing boats below.

Fishing boats and red rooftops on the Yorkshire coast
Loved by locals

Village & coast · Whitby & the Coast

Robin Hood's Bay

A smugglers' village poured down a cliff into the sea.

Timber-framed shopfronts leaning over a cobbled lane
Loved by locals

Street · York

The Shambles

A medieval butchers' row that leans in over your head.

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Grassington

Town in Grassington.

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Helmsley

A compact market town with sandstone streets, independent shops, cafés, a castle and direct access to the western North York Moors.

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