This nice market town is known as the starting point for the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. The town’s other attraction is the Norman Pickering Castle. Monday is market day.

Practical information

Pickering Tourist Information Centre

Ropery House, The Ropery, Pickering
Tel (01751) 473791
Open Jan-Feb Mon-Sat 9.30am-4pm; Mar-Oct Mon-Sat 9.30am-5pm, Sun 9.30am-4pm; Nov-Dec Mon-Sat 9.30am-4pm

Sightseeing, museums & tourist attractions

North Yorkshire Moors Railway

England’s most popular heritage railway runs through 29km of the North York Moors National Park between Pickering and Grosmont. Goathland station has featured in the TV show Heartbeat and also in the film Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.

Pickering Station, Park Street, Pickering
Tel (01751) 473 799
Website www.nymr.co.uk
Return fare £15-20

Parish Church of St Peter & St Paul

This Norman church is famed for having the country’s most complete collections of medieval wall paintings.

Hallgarth, Pickering
Tel (01751) 472 983
Admission free

Pickering Castle

The original keep, towers and walls survive in this well-preserved 12th-century Norman castle.

Pickering
Bus 128, 840, 842
Tel (01751) 474 989
Website www.english-heritage.org.uk
Admission £3.50
Open Apr-Sep 10am-6pm daily; Oct Mon & Thu-Sun 10am-4pm

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