To move to Yorkshire from the south coast on my own?

Look - this is what's happening in Harrogate this weekend 😄

I would add Penistone to that list.

(South) Yorkshire born and bred.
Although the public transport isn’t great, South Yorks is a great place to live. Sheffield is an amazing city, musical heritage and great live music scene, theatres, sports, museums, exhibitions, peace gardens, winter gardens, Tramlines music festival. So much to do! We’ve got the Yorkshire Wildlife Park, stately homes, castles, heritage centres.
Great links to the Peak District, the towns and villages all across the county are surrounded by beautiful countryside. An hour drive to the east coast. Affordable housing compared to the South. & just all round friendly people.

Recommend these towns/villages:
Bawtry, Harworth, Tickhill, Sprotborough, Ravenfield, Wentworth, Dore, Cawthorne.

Don't right off east Yorkshire, Beverly is lovely and good value for money.

I'm thinking for me tbh. Don't need schools. Need a place to run and walk the dog.

Harrogate’s quite expensive..

I’d rent for a year. It’s not a bad idea but you will have to make an effort to build a new life. It’s undeniably colder and more rainy.

CUllingworth is very nice. Between Haworth and bingley. Good primary school, couple of shops and pubs. A good mix of different sized houses

Any thoughts on Cullingworth?

It is nice- the article shows the level of anti-social behaviour that constitutes a public meeting!

It is too far to walk into Harrogate though and the traffic can be really really bad. Close to Ripley which is very naice and the greenway runs by for walks/cycle.

Job wise, keep an eye on the council website. It is a huge LA so watch distance but centralised jobs often offer hybrid/WFH ( as the council can no longer afford office space for all staff!)

Currently SEN hubs developing. LA also offers a medical education service, attendance officers etc.
https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/jobs-and-careers

North Yorkshire Council has recently been through devolution so Harrogate Borough Council, has become part of NYC.

In that case I’d aim for Bilton! Knaresborough is lovely but I don’t think travelling between Harrogate and Knaresborough is great, especially compared to living here. Areas of Bilton are walking distance to town! There are lovely walks from Bilton too, you can even walk to Ripley along the Nidderdale Greenway.

It gets a bit of a bad reputation and is considered as being less desirable, but I honestly think there are no bad parts of Harrogate, and of the three “bad parts”, Bilton, Jennyfields and Starbeck, Bilton comes out on top for me.

Good luck!

How about renting first? Many people move to Yorkshire because of the idea of Yorkshire (especially Harrogate) and although Yorkshire is beautiful on the whole and there is more of a culture of talking to people/anyone I don't think it's necessarily friendlier. There are plenty of lonely people in Yorkshire! Plus a lot of deprivation , social problems and not always enthusiasm for southerners. I'd focus a little on connection to your daughter. How close is it by train or to the motorway? As much as you shouldn't do everything based on what she approves of, living somewhere accessible makes a difference. As someone who has moved from family and where I grew up I must say that on the whole people don't visit you, the onus is always on you to make the million trips around the place to keep up with everyone so be warned.

OP I would avoid Killinghall and opt for Knaresborough or Bilton.

Plenty of places to work - five state secondary schools in Harrogate town alone!

https://thestrayferret.co.uk/residents-call-for-action-after-spate-of-violence-in-killinghall/

On a slightly more serious and realistic note- Killinghall is a traffic nightmare. Too many houses built in the wrong place with no infrastructure. To get out you mostly have to go through Ripon, Knaresborough or Harrogate - and so you hit traffic multiple times.

Killinghall is on the no.36 bus route (runs from Ripon to Leeds), so is very convenient. However, it has two major roads running through it, so doesn't feel very village-y to me. It has a little Tesco and a lovely kitchen shop/farm shop, but no pub at the moment, and the doctor's surgery is closing down.

Knaresborough is lovely. Small market town, weekly market on a Wednesday, castle, river (with rowing boats) and Mother Shipton's Cave. Easy access to A1. Railway station with trains to Leeds, Harrogate and York. Lots of shops, pubs/cafes and a little theatre. Events include a summer Arts Festival (FEVA) and the famous Bed Race.

I grew up in the 80s and 90s in the Otley/Whatfedale area. It was an idyllic childhood filled with lots of strong Yorkshire characters. Like a pp I'm down south now and will probably never return up north, which makes me quite sad.

However OP I would be wary of your daughter's warnings. What if she never visits? It's a very long journey from the south coast - too far for a weekend.

Ivegotthis. I love Northallerton and noticed no one had mentioned it. Lucky you living there

These are the ones in Beverley I was trying to link

Yay I've scrolled through the whole post and some one has finally mentioned my home town!!
Excellent train links in Northallerton and the market town has lots to offer with the dales in your door step not too remote either