Knaresborough Christmas Market
The historic Market Place fills with festive stalls and a Sunday fireworks display bursts above the river gorge and viaduct.
A cliff-top castle, a spectacular Victorian viaduct framed in the gorge below, a Wednesday street market, three CAMRA-listed pubs and a working high street of independent shops make Knaresborough one of the most complete and rewarding market towns in the north of England.
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"One of the largest one-day agricultural shows in the North of England, set in the magnificent parkland of Duncombe Park with over 250 trade stands, sheepdog trials, a brass band and a showcase of local livestock and crafts."
Ryedale Show
"Traction engines, showman's engines and road rollers gather above Whitby for a summer rally that ends each Saturday with fireworks over the abbey ruins, in one of the most dramatic settings for any steam event in England."
Whitby Traction Engine Rally
"The beautiful village of Osmotherley above the Vale of Mowbray holds its annual show at Thimbleby each August, a hill-country gathering where the Cleveland Hills form an unbroken skyline above the ring and the sheep and cattle classes are judged with an intimacy impossible in any larger show."
Osmotherley Show
"Ripon celebrates the return of St Wilfrid from Rome in 672 AD with a costumed procession through the city each August Bank Holiday Saturday, a piece of living medieval pageantry that has run continuously for well over a thousand years and remains entirely in the hands of the city's own community."
St Wilfrid Procession
"One of the Vale of York's biggest village shows, handing out more than 120 trophies across livestock, horticulture and a different farm-animal theme each year."
Tockwith Show
"The 225th running: the Egton Bridge Old Gooseberry Society meets in a North York Moors village to weigh berries that have been grown in secret since March, and the champion is measured in drams, not centimetres."
Egton Bridge Old Gooseberry Show
✦ Weird and Wonderful"A neighbourhood that takes its food seriously, doing what neighbourhoods should do on the first Sunday morning of every month."
Chapel Allerton Farmers Market
"Seventy stalls of crafts and local produce take over the scenic centre of this canal-and-cross Cheshire village beside Lymm Cross."
Lymm Makers Market
"Alnwick Castle's historic Guest Hall opens for a one-day Christmas fair with handcrafted gifts from local artisans, seasonal food and twinkling lights, all in aid of Newcastle Hospitals Charity's Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Unit."
Alnwick Castle Christmas Fair
"Black-and-white timbered Tudor streets light up as a festive market lines Churchyardside in this characterful Cheshire market town."
Nantwich Christmas Lights and Festive Market
"Held over two days at the atmospheric Tweedies Bar and Lodge on Red Bank Road, this outdoor Christmas market draws artisan stallholders from across Cumbria and pairs local food and festive drinks with a Lake District village backdrop."
Grasmere Christmas Market
"This beautifully preserved Westmorland market town packs three days with chalet villages, indoor and outdoor markets, a lantern parade, a Ferris wheel in Market Square and live music across multiple stages in one of the Lake District's most complete and least-touristed town centres."
Kirkby Lonsdale Christmas Fair