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Holmfirth lies in Yorkshire, the largest
of all England's counties. In the northwest of the county lies
the Yorkshire Dales National Park, a lovely patchwork of limestone
hills, gentle valleys and the high peaks of Whernside, Pen-y-ghent
and Ingleborough. The classical Yorkshire Dales spread to the
north from the market and spa towns of Settle, Skipton, Ilkley
and Harrogate in North Yorkshire, with most of the larger southern
dales such as Ribblesdale, Malhamdale and Airedale, Wharfedale
and Nidderdale running roughly parallel from north to south,
and the more northerly dales including Wensleydale, Swaledale
and Teesdale running generally from west to east. The North York
Moors is the county's other national park, with bleak upland
moors and a magnificent rugged coastline. To the southeast of
the region lie the Yorkshire Wolds, formed from chalk hills that
arc from the Humber estuary west of Kingston upon Hull up to
the North Sea coast between Bridlington and Scarborough. Photos
left and right: Holmfirth. |
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Last of the Summer Wines' Sids Cafe, Holmfirth.
One of the locations made famous by the longest-running British
television sitcom, featuring Compo, Nora Batty and the rest.
Location: In the centre
of Holmfirth.
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