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York Weather

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York Traffic

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Holiday and Travel News and offers from around the UK

26 October 2011
Visitors to several towns in East Sussex were treated to a rare phenomenon yesterday as a water spout formed off the coast at a little after 4pm. Local residents have stated that the water spout was visible for several minutes during a thunderstorm. One expert has said that if you want to see a waterspout that October was when water spouts were most common.

24 October 2011
Two buildings that have been on the English Heritage at Risk Register have the possibility of a new lease of life.
Croome Court is the location of the first where the Grade 1 listed Red Wing has been bought by the Croome Heritage Trust who intend to begin a programme of repairs and who will then lease the building to the National Trust.

The fate of Ditherington Flax Mill in Shrewsbury is less certain with regeneration being dependent upon funding being raised from the Heritage Lottery Fund by the Flax Mill Maltings Group.

21 October 2011
Funds to provide a facelift to the diplay of the Nigg cross-slab have been secured from a combination of the Heriatge Lottery Fund, the Scottish Government, and the European Community Highland Leader Fund.br />The Nigg cross-slab is an intricately carved Pictish stone depicting snakes and monks who are receiving bread from a raven.

18 October 2011
The Cairngorms National Park is getting a facelift. A string of electricity pylons are being removed, covering around 33 miles in total, with the hope that this will improve the overall scenery of the area.

17 October 2011
It's a Happy Birthday today to the Transporter Bridge in Middlesbrough. This iconic feature of the Middlesbrough skyline is a grade II listed structure and although only 16,000 people crossed on it in 2010, in its heyday a whopping 5.1 Million crossings were made.

14 October 2011
Visitors to Jersey will soon be able to enjoy the Millennium Town Park, located in St Helier, which has been 13 years in creation due to many postponements due to cost over the years. The park is finally due to open on Saturday the 29th of October.

13 October 2011
More flights out of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland have proved a tourist success according to Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd. Increased flights to the area's ariports to various UK destinations as well as to a new route to Amsterdam. All of which is good news for people wanting to visit the area for its spectacular beauty, getting here just got a whole lot easier.

12 October 2011
The toads have it. Forty giant toads on display in Hull to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the poet Philip Larkin has won this years Tourism Event of the Year award. Yorkshire has done particularly well this year, with in addition to the toads, Rudding Park in Harrogate won the Hotel of Year award and Cannon Hall Farm won the Tourism Experience of the Year award.

11 October 2011
Offa's Dyke is once again the meeting place for people from England and Wales, but this time rather than meeting with weapons, in a fight over territory, it is a friendly meeting of various groups to help promote the area, and in particular the Dam and the walks available along it. So keep an eye on the Walking with Offa Project and when it complete you too will be able to enjoy the walks, views, and history, EVEN more than you can at the moment.

10 October 2011
If delegates from Lincoln get their way then finding your way to the City could soon become easier. They are advocating that the Department for Transport erect 4 'brown' tourism signs on the A1 to advertise Lincoln and its offerings to passing motorists to promote the city.

07 October 2011
The importance of the tourism industry in the UK and in Keswick in particular has been amply shown recently by the announcement from United Utilities that they would delay work on the high street until the 31st of October to avoid the holiday period. This decision was taken after concerns were raised with United Utilities by local people and businesses.

Visiting York? What information we would like to provide you with.

Whether you are planning to visit York from the US, Europe, or even from elsewhere in the UK we would like to help you get the most from you visit. So, we are slowly building the amount of useful information we can about York and the ways of getting there, and (starting with England) the potential traffic problems you can encounter.
Also, as people provide the information to us, we are slowly building the general information about York that we can share with you. We hope that as we grow, more and more people will share their knowledge with others and help us make your visit to, or stay in, York more enjoyable.

Most recent additions to touringGB to support your trip to York.

We have been fortunate to be able to provide traffic information for the major roads in England recently, and we hope that we will source the same information for the rest of the UK shortly.
Also, we have added a limited number of Coupon/Voucher codes to the site (we are trying to be selective), though, at the moment, non-specific to York but we hope that you can find some useful savings through them non-the-less.

 

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