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North Yorkshire Moors Railway 🎈 Family days out

North Yorkshire Moors Railway

Twenty-four miles of heritage steam and diesel railway from Pickering through Newton Dale to Goathland, Grosmont and the sea at Whitby.

📍 Pickering
Sutton Bank National Park Centre 🎈 Family days out

Sutton Bank National Park Centre

The National Park's western visitor centre on top of the escarpment, with café, bike hire and the "finest view in England" a short walk away

Danby Lodge National Park Centre 🎈 Family days out

Danby Lodge National Park Centre

National Park visitor centre in the Esk Valley with exhibitions, gallery, cafe, play area and riverside walks.

📍 Danby
Goathland Station 🎈 Family days out

Goathland Station

The Hogsmeade of the first Harry Potter film, and a Heartbeat location, on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway.

📍 Goathland
Flamingo Land 🎈 Family days out

Flamingo Land

Theme park and zoo on the edge of the moors near Pickering, with roller coasters and 140 animal species.

📍 Pickering
Go Ape Dalby Forest 🎈 Family days out

Go Ape Dalby Forest

Treetop ropes course and zip wires among the pines, with a junior course for younger children.

📍 Thornton-le-Dale
Grosmont engine sheds 🎈 Family days out

Grosmont engine sheds

Where the steam railway keeps and restores its locomotives, open to visitors through the old tunnel.

📍 Grosmont
The Dracula Experience 🎈 Family days out

The Dracula Experience

Animatronic walk-through of Stoker's novel on the harbourside, with a cape worn by Christopher Lee.

📍 Whitby

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