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Scarborough Train station
Scarborough
~13.47 miles from Langtoft city center
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Scarborough railway station serves the seaside town of Scarborough in North Yorkshire, England. It lies 42 miles (68 km) east of York and is one of the eastern termini on the North TransPennine route operated by First TransPennine Express. It is also at the northern end of the Yorkshire Coast Line. It also has the longest station seat in the world at 152 yards (139 m) in length.Until 1965 the station also served a line from Whitby and until 1950 from Pickering. The station was previously named Scarborough Central to distinguish it from Scarborough Londesborough Road on the York to Scarborough Line.Scarborough also sees summer specials from York, hauled by 4472 Flying Scotsman. However, as Flying Scotsman is not due to be released from its overhaul until 2010, the seaside specials have ...
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City Centre Scarborough
Scarborough
~13.55 miles from Langtoft city center
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Scarborough Harbour
Scarborough
~13.75 miles from Langtoft city center
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Scarborough Castle
Scarborough
~14.03 miles from Langtoft city center
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Scarborough Castle is a former Medieval Royal fortress situated on a rocky promontory overlooking the North Sea and the town of Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England.Scarborough Castle is sited on a triangular headland 75 metres (246 ft) above sea level. The location, which shows evidence of prior settlement and fortification on the site, includes the archaeological remains of a Roman signal station, that was built around 370 AD.The medieval castle was founded by William le Gros, in the 1130s during the reign of King Stephen. Work included a gate tower, curtain wall, dry moat and chapel. But in 1154 Henry II seized the castle's ownership upon accession to the throne. Le Gros was required to forfeit Scarborough Castle as a result of its unauthorised construction during The Anarchy. He...
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Flamingo Land Theme Park and Zoo
Malton
~16.53 miles from Langtoft city center
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Flamingo Land Resort is located in North Yorkshire, England. Also on site is a gym, a leisure centre, a spa, a golf course and holiday accommodation.Flamingo Land Resort began in 1959, when an old, small and bankrupt country club was bought up by a resident of Scarborough; an entrepreneur in the cinema and theatre industry by the name of Edwin Pentland Hick. Hick named the site The Yorkshire Zoological Gardens and initially covered a mere nine acres of land. However Hick had grand ideas for the park; a vision which he had since military service during World War II. Hick has been described as both an eccentric and a visionary by his critics. He originally rented animals until receipts allowed him to buy more.Hick wanted to have dolphins in his park, which at that time were not found a...
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Castle Howard
North Yorkshire
~18.73 miles from Langtoft city center
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Castle Howard is a stately home in North Yorkshire, England, 15 miles (24 km) north of York. One of the grandest private residences in Britain, most of it was built between 1699 and 1712 for the 3rd Earl of Carlisle, to a design by Sir John Vanbrugh. It is not a true castle: The word is often used for English country houses constructed after the castle-building era (c.1500) and not intended for a military function.Castle Howard has been the home of part of the Howard family for more than 300 years. It is familiar to television and movie audiences as the fictional "Brideshead", both in Granada Television's 1981 adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited and a two-hour 2008 remake for cinema. Today, it is part of the Treasure Houses of England heritage group.
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Yorkshire Air Museum
York
~23.46 miles from Langtoft city center
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The Yorkshire Air Museum & Allied Air Forces Memorial, (RAF Elvington airfield during the World War II), is an air museum in England. The museum was first opened to the public on 31 May 1986.The Yorkshire Air Museum & Allied Air Forces Memorial is the largest independent air museum in Britain and is located on the former World War II, Station near York. It is the largest & most original WWll RAF Bomber Command station open to the public and the only base used by French Heavy Bomber Squadrons during the war (346 Guyenne & 347 Tunisie) plus 77 Squadron RAF. It is also the only allied air forces memorial in Europe. The Museum has a good international reputation and profile with established branches in Canada and France and is supported by over 4000 registered “friends” across the world.Th...
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City Centre Hull
East Riding of Yorkshire
~24.26 miles from Langtoft city center
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York Maze
York
~24.55 miles from Langtoft city center
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University of York
York
~25.85 miles from Langtoft city center
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The University of York (informally York University, or simply York, occasionally abbreviated as Ebor. for post-nominals), is an academic institution located in the city of York, England. Established in 1963, the campus university has expanded to more than thirty departments and centres, covering a wide range of subjects. In 2003 it attracted the highest research income per capita of any UK university. The university has built a reputation in less than half a century that places it among the top 20 universities in Europe, and the top 70 universities in the world, according to the Times Higher Education/QS World University Rankings. In the last Research Assessment Exercise in 2008, York was also named as the 8th best research institution in the United Kingdom.The University attracts a stud...
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Walmgate Bar
York
~26.53 miles from Langtoft city center
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Most of Walmgate Bar was built during the 14th century, although the inner gateway dates from the 12th century. The Bar's most notable feature is its barbican, which is the only one surviving on a town gate in England. It also retains its portcullis and 15th century oak doors. On the inner side, an Elizabethan house, supported by stone pillars, extends out over the gateway. The Bar has been repaired and restored many times over the years, most notably in 1648, following the 1644 Siege of York in the English Civil War when it was bombarded by cannon fire, and in 1840 after it had suffered years of neglect. It was also damaged in 1489 when, along with Fishergate Bar, it was burnt by rebels who were rioting over tax raises.
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Monk Bar
York
~26.64 miles from Langtoft city center
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Monk Bar has a portcullis, which surprisingly is still in good working order. Built in the 14th century, Monk Bar is one of four major medieval gatehouses which form a part of the city wall that surrounds York. Originally this Bar was a guardhouse; many years later it was used as a prison, and later still it became a police house. Now it is home to the Richard III Museum which should be on every visitor's list of places to see.
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Merchant Adventurers' Hall
York
~26.74 miles from Langtoft city center
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The Merchant Adventurers' Hall is a medieval guildhall in the city of York, England, and was one of the most important buildings in the medieval city. The major part of it was built in 1357 by a group of influential men and women who came together to form a religious fraternity called the Guild of Our Lord Jesus and the Blessed Virgin Mary. In 1430 the fraternity was granted a royal charter by King Henry VI and renamed 'The Mistry of Mercers'. It was granted the status of the Company of Merchant Adventurers of York by Queen Elizabeth I in the sixteenth century. The main part of the building consists of the Great Hall and the undercroft, which was originally a hospital or almshouse for poor people of York.The Great Hall is a timber-framed structure and was completed by 1368. It is the lar...
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The Shambles
North Yorkshire
~26.78 miles from Langtoft city center
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The Shambles (official name Shambles) is an old street in York, England, with overhanging timber-framed buildings, some dating back as far as the fourteenth century. It was once known as The Great Flesh Shambles, probably from the Anglo-Saxon Fleshammels (literally 'flesh-shelves'), the word for the shelves that butchers used to display their meat. As recently as 1872 there were twenty-five butchers' shops in the street but now there are none. There is still a butcher in the adjacent Little Shambles which leads to York's open-air Newgate Market.Among the buildings of the Shambles is a shrine to Saint Margaret Clitherow, who was married to a butcher who owned and lived in a shop there.Although the butchers have now vanished, a number of the shops on the street still have meat-hooks hang...
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York Castle Museum
North Yorkshire
~26.81 miles from Langtoft city center
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York Castle Museum is a museum located in York, North Yorkshire, England, on the site of York Castle, originally built by William the Conqueror in 1068. The museum itself was founded by Dr John L Kirk in 1938, and is housed in prison buildings which were built on the site of the castle in the 18th century, the Debtors Prison (built in 1701-05 using stone from the ruins of the castle) and the Female Prison (built 1780-1785).The museum's displays include recreated period rooms such as a Victorian parlour and a 17th century dining room. There are displays of everyday life including an exhibition about rites of passage and an exhibition all about washing and cleaning. There is also a Hearth Gallery with recreated fireplaces and kitchens. A display about life in the prison has been opened in ...
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Duncombe Park
Helmsley
~26.82 miles from Langtoft city center
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Duncombe Park is the seat of the Duncombe family whose senior member takes the title Baron or Earl Feversham. It is situated near Helmsley, North Yorkshire, England and stands in a commanding location above deeply incised meanders of the River Rye.The house was completed 1713 to designs by the architect William Wakefield. It was remodelled in 1843 by Sir Charles Barry. In 1879 the main block was gutted by fire and remained a ruin until 1895 when rebuilding was carried out by William Young. The reconstruction was based on the original design, though there were changes made, especially in the interior layout to meet contemporary needs. It is of two storeys with a basement and attic. The building was used as a school between 1914-1980. It is now open to the public and may be hired for civil...
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Kit Kat Crescent (Bootham Crescent)
York
~26.82 miles from Langtoft city center
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KitKat Crescent, formerly Bootham Crescent, is an association football stadium in York, North Yorkshire. It has been the home of York City since 1932, when it was purchased from York Cricket Club as a replacement for Fulfordgate, which was relatively inaccessible for supporters to reach. As well as hosting York City games, it has held a match between the Football League XI and Northern Command and a number of England youth internationals. Other than football, it has hosted a pop concert, a firework display and American Football and rugby league matches.During the Second World War, the ground's Popular Stand was converted into an air raid shelter and the ground suffered slight damage when a bomb landed on houses at the Shipton Street End. Floodlights were fitted at the ground in 1959 at t...
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Fairfax House
York
~26.84 miles from Langtoft city center
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Jorvik Viking Centre
York
~26.85 miles from Langtoft city center
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The JORVIK Viking Centre is a museum and visitor attraction in York, England. It was created by the York Archaeological Trust.Cravens, a firm of confectioners founded in 1803, relocated from their factory in Coppergate, a street in central York, in 1966. Between 1976 and 1981, after the factory was eventually demolished, and prior to the building of the Coppergate Shopping Centre (an open-air pedestrian shopping centre which now occupies the enlarged site), the York Archaeological Trust conducted extensive excavations in the area. Well-preserved remains of some of the timber buildings of the Viking city of Jórvík were discovered, along with workshops, fences, animal pens, privies, pits and wells, together with durable materials and artefacts of the time, such as pottery, metalwork and bo...
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Cliffords Tower
York
~26.85 miles from Langtoft city center
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York Castle (of which Clifford's Tower is a part) is a fortification in the city of York, England. The principal remains of the 13th century - 14th century castle are the keep and some of the curtain wall. From its start in 1068 through the English Civil War, the castle had a particularly noteworthy history.
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York Minster
North Yorkshire
~26.85 miles from Langtoft city center
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York Minster is one of the great cathedrals of the world.York Minster is a Gothic cathedral in York, England and is one of the largest of its kind in Northern Europe alongside Cologne Cathedral. The Minster is the seat of the Archbishop of York, the second-highest office of the Church of England, and is cathedral for the Diocese of York; it is run by a Dean and Chapter under the Dean of York. The formal title of York Minster is The Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of St Peter in York. The title "Minster" is attributed to churches established in the Anglo Saxon period as missionary teaching churches, and serves now as an honorific title. Services in the Minster are sometimes regarded as on the High Church, Anglo-Catholic end of the Anglican continuum.It has a very wide Decorated Go...
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Bootham Bar
York
~26.91 miles from Langtoft city center
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The English city of York has, since Roman times, been defended with walls of one form or another. To this day, substantial portions of the walls remain, and York has more miles of intact wall than any other city in England. They are known variously as the [York] City walls, the Bar walls and the Roman walls (though this last is a misnomer as very little of the extant stonework is of Roman origin, and the course of the wall has been substantially altered since Roman times).
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St. Mary's Abbey
York
~26.92 miles from Langtoft city center
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The Abbey of St Mary in York, England, is a ruined Benedictine abbey that lies in what are now the Yorkshire Museum Gardens, to the west of York Minster. The original abbey on the site was founded in 1055 and dedicated to Saint Olave. It was refounded by William II in 1088 who laid the foundation stone of the Norman church, although this church no longer remains. Following a dispute and riot in 1132, a party of reform-minded monks left to establish the Cistercian monastery of Fountains Abbey. The surviving ruins date back to the rebuilding programme begun in 1271 and finished by 1294.The abbots of St Mary's were said to be very worldly and the abbey featured heavily in the early medieval ballads of Robin Hood (with the abbot usually as Robin Hood's nemesis).St Mary's was once the large...
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York Theatre Royal
York
~26.92 miles from Langtoft city center
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The York Theatre Royal is a theatre in St. Leonard’s Place, York, England, which dates back to 1744. The theatre currently seats 847 people. This reduced capacity (from 863) takes into account removal of the mixing position seats and the stage side boxes which are normally not sold. It is also home to Pilot Theatre, a national touring company which co-produces its work with the theatre.The York Theatre Royal was built in 1744 on, and among, the site of the medieval St. Leonard’s Hospital. Parts of the old hospital can still be seen in the modern building, including archways and walls. Under the stage lies a well, which is believed to be dated from the Roman era of York's history. The 1744 theatre replaced a theatre in Minster Yard, built by Thomas Keregan, with the encouragement of the...
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York Grand Opera House
York
~26.92 miles from Langtoft city center
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The Grand Opera House is a theatre in York, England. It is currently operated as part of the Ambassador Theatre Group. It plays host to touring productions of plays, musicals, opera and ballet, one-off performances by comedians, and other theatrical and musical events.The Grand Opera House was not originally built as a theatre. It was a conversion of two buildings, one a warehouse, the other a corn exchange designed by G. A. Dean in 1868. The architect, Mr J. P. Briggs of London, was commissioned to perform the conversion, which took three months and cost £24,000. The theatre opened as the Grand Theatre and Opera House on 20 January 1902 with a performance of a pantomime (Little Red Riding Hood), starring Florrie Forde.17 July 1902: the first public performances of films in York. P...
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York Dungeon
York
~26.93 miles from Langtoft city center
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York Dungeon is a tourist attraction in York, England. York Dungeon depicts local horrible history using actor led shows, special effects and displays of models and objects.York Dungeon was opened in 1986 at 12 Clifford Street, York, England. It was the second dungeon created by Merlin Entertainments, the first being the London Dungeon.The dungeon operates on the basis of tours which start every 7 minutes and last between 1 and 1.5 hours. In these tours visitors are led around a sequence of shows and exhibitions which are loosely based on historical events and practices.The Great Plague show is set in 1551 with a recreation of medieval York streets and culminates with a performance from an actor playing a plague doctor. There is also a recreation of a York pub the Golden Fleece I...
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York Mansion House
York
~26.93 miles from Langtoft city center
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Mansion House in York, England is the home of the Lord Mayor of York, during their term in office. It is situated on St Helen's Square, where York's Coney Street and Lendal intersect in the city centre. It is built in an early Georgian style. The foundation stone for the Mansion House was laid in 1725, with the building being completed seven years later in 1732. The architect who designed the Mansion House is unknown.The house was restored in 1998 by the York Civic Trust, and exhibits a wide collection of silver, antique furniture and paintings. The collection includes York's great sword of state, dated 1416, which once belonged to the Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund. The York Guildhall is situated behind the Mansion House.
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York Guildhall
York
~26.94 miles from Langtoft city center
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York Guildhall is located behind the York's Mansion House and was built in the 15th century, it served as a meeting place for the guilds of York. The city's guilds largely controlled the trade within York, they oversaw the quality of the workmanship within the city and looked after their members' interests.Because of damage sustained during an air raid in 1942, the present Guildhall is a rebuilt version of the 15th century building, and was opened by the Queen Elizabeth II in 1960. The stone walls, however, escaped total destruction and now form the frame of the reconstructed hall. A single tree trunk was used for each oak pillar, the originals coming from the royal Forest of Galtres. The Inner Room survived the raid intact and has panelled walls, masons' marks, two hidden stairways and ...
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Yorkshire Museum
York
~26.98 miles from Langtoft city center
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The Yorkshire Museum is a museum in York, England. It is the home of the Cawood sword, and has four permanent collections, covering biology, geology, archaeology and astronomy. It is due to undergo a major refurbishment from November 2009 to August 1st 2010, with major structural changes and a re-development of all existing galleries.The Museum was founded by the Yorkshire Philosophical Society to accommodate their geological and archaeological collections, and was originally housed in Ousegate, York until the site became too small. In 1828 the society received by royal grant, ten acres (0.040 km²) of land formerly belonging to St Mary’s Abbey in order to build a new museum. The main building of the museum is called the Yorkshire Museum and was designed by William Wilkins in a Greek Re...
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Helmsley Castle
Helmsley
~27.05 miles from Langtoft city center
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Helmsley Castle is a medieval castle situated in the market town of Helmsley, North Yorkshire, England.The castle was first constructed in wood around 1120 by Walter l'Espec. Walter had no children and on his death in 1154 the castle passed to his sister Adelina who had married Peter de Roos. In 1186 their son Robert de Roos began work on converting the castle to stone. He built the two main towers, the round corner towers and the main gateway on the south side of the castle. He died in 1227, granting the castle to his older son William who lived there from 1227 to 1258. The only change made to the castle during this time was the construction of the chapel in the courtyard. William's son, Robert, inherited the castle and was Lord of Helmsley from 1258 to 1285. Robert's son William then i...
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