The Yorkshire Vet?

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I am American and just started watching this show. Is Yorkshire truly as quaint as it is depicted in this series? So many of the rural areas in the US are poor and extremely conservative compared to cities. Yorkshire just looks so beautiful and the people really very warm and lovely. Would it be a good place to visit if the pandemic ever ends?

Yorkshire is beautiful. It has a fabulous mix of busy, vibrant modern cities and traditional villages, plus some absolutely stunning scenery. There's lots to see and do. I spent lots of holidays there as a child and had three happy years at university so I know the county fairly well.

I haven't seen the TV series, I'll have to take a look.

And yes, you'll be very welcome when the pandemic is over I'm sure

If anyone has suggestions for things to do or see in Yorkshire that would be wonderful. Would love to plan a trip with my children who are also enjoying the program.

Yorkshire is a beautiful county & I love that program!

York itself is a fab day out but if you want to stay rural the look at the abbeys... my favourite is Rievaulx Abbey and the little town of Helmsley nearby is stunning.

Posted too soon. I think if you google the National Trust in Yorkshire or English Heritage then you'll get loads of ideas.

Thanks LatteLover. I just ordered a "slow travel" book on Yorkshire and am going to really indulge in planning. This show is so heartwarming and lovely. I usually do not enjoy reality TV on any kind, but this is so gentle and the community seems so warm. I have had a lot of loss over the last 2 years and my mother is currently very ill, so this show has really been perfect. Thanks so much for the tips.

My friend was in this episode. And they've known The vets on it for years, though they don't use that practice for their own pets. They also knew James Herriot. I was when I found that out, as I grew up on his books and still love them.

Fountains abbey is also stunning. As is Jervalux. And there is a lovely ice cram parlour nearby.

The Yorkshire Vet is based around a practice (or two now, I think) based in Thirsk, in North Yorkshire. Yorkshire is a huge county, and not all of it is as beautiful as North Yorkshire!

It's also very, very rural, unlike other parts of the county, which is why so much of the stories in the series feature farm animals.

If you haven't already come across them, have a read of the James Herriot books - Here

The Yorkshire Vet is set in the town where James Herriot originally practised.

There are three Yorkshires.

South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire are very densely populated, multi-cultural urban areas including the major industrial cities of Sheffield, Leeds & Bradford.

North Yorkshire, where the Yorkshire Vet is filmed, is completely different. It is a rural, agricultural area containing affluent market towns, beautiful national parks and traditional seaside towns. It’s a great place to live or to visit.

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There are three Yorkshires.

South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire are very densely populated, multi-cultural urban areas including the major industrial cities of Sheffield, Leeds & Bradford.

North Yorkshire, where the Yorkshire Vet is filmed, is completely different. It is a rural, agricultural area containing affluent market towns, beautiful national parks and traditional seaside towns. It’s a great place to live or to visit.

There's East Yorkshire too

(and really lovely countryside in West Yorkshire too)

There used to be three ridings of Yorkshire - but that was reformed back in the 1970s. The three ridings were East, West and North.

bit of an explanation here

@purpleme12 I thought the area around Hull was now called Humberside?

[quote AgeLikeWine]@purpleme12 I thought the area around Hull was now called Humberside?[/quote]
No, it's now east Yorkshire. Not the East Riding of Yorkshire, though.

OP, if you like slow, try the North Yorkshire moors railway www.nymr.co.uk/

There is rural poverty in the U.K. but there’s a lot of wealth too - living in the country is seen as very desirable and as we’re such a small country many rural areas allow commuting for better paid jobs. It’s definitely more conservative in the country than in cities generally but that’s still a lot less conservative than US conservative, I think.

Yorkshire is a beautiful county with some gorgeous places. We went to Richmond I holiday this year and loved it. The town was gorgeous, with a river you could paddle in, a ruined castle and abbey, and lots of nice walks around the place. Highly recommended as a place to stay!

York it's self is just wonderful!

North Yorkshire is absolutely beautiful. The best part of the UK with the possible exception of the Lake District.

South Yorkshire, despite having large urban centres like Sheffield, as another poster pointed out, adjoins the Peak District and also has its lovely parts. I have also heard that there are a large number of millionaires around Sheffield (probably the Peak District side) and that a very high proportion of students attending university there chose to stay in the area. I live just over the border in Derbyshire so I do know the area.

East Yorkshire also has lovely areas - the Yorkshire Wolds.

I think one possible difference to American rural areas is that Britain is much smaller so the rural areas are less cut off. People can live in a rural area and commute to a city for work. Obviously, there is rural poverty in the UK and the decline in public transport makes this worse.

I'm off to Filey in North Yorkshire at the weekend, a genteel seaside town without much of the tacky seaside stuff (which many people love but not me, there is plenty to be found elsewhere like Scarborough or Bridlington).