10 Most Beautiful Places to Visit in North England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | York | Lake District | Durham

[@LifestyleHal]

Hey folks - so this is a small taste of what the north of England has to offer. If you love the outdoors it’s the perfect part of the country to explore 😎 I’m a big fan of Yorkshire, so il be trying to visit a lot more. So what’s your fav location in England ?

[@OneRedFeatherStudios.]

Definitely the Lake District. It is sublime to say the very least.

[@gillkay3297]

I live in Yorkshire and love all the places you mention but I would add one more, the Flamborough Peninsula which is stunning.

[@jackreacher5667]

@@doommonger7784 According to holiday Hal, they are in the south of the north, or north of the midlands but not quite in the north, west of yorkshire which is in the north of the south north midlands border apart from cumbria, which is in the north of the north north border and not far from wales. Pretty sure everyone knows that.

[@jackreacher5667]

Sorry Hal but no one born in the UK says Hey Folks or Fav any more.

[@lifetruthseeking5808]

@@doommonger7784 Derbyshire is definitely not north it is midlands.

[@Bambi-xg3kr]

My heart is in Yorkshire. One of the most beautiful areas in the world.

[@electriczephyr]

i want to go there soon, hopefully. that would be a dream come true❤

[@robertcooper3491]

@@electriczephyr GODS COUNTRY

[@radboy707]

The Lake District is one of the most beautiful places on Earth and my favorite place to visit.

[@kevingill648]

Agreed!

[@cristianrodrigomedinacarra2356]

So you must say ait instado of wait (white)?

[@rupertbear6883]

horrible

[@royzview6254]

The Lake District is overpriced and over crowded, avoid !

[@michaeltunnicliffe4935]

York is my favourite English city. So full of history, culture and food and drink. I went just over a year ago for a weeks holiday and loved every minute. I even took day trips out to other places and went to Whitby and Scarborough as well as Knaresborough which i kept expecting to pop up on this list too. I'm next due in York a month today. Heading over with some friends to try something a bit different. I plan to take them on a ghost walk and a tour of haunted pubs as a Halloween get away. Cannot wait to be back in the amazing city of York.

[@rachelhenderson2688]

I LIVED in York for seven years; lucky me! Loved it there; we only left because of my husband's job.

[@lesliejackson149]

​@@rachelhenderson2688 Should have left your husband luv 😅

[@Snowshowslow]

I am going to York (and Whitby) next month 😃 I am very excited for the trip! If either of you have any suggestions, they are very welcome.

[@michaeltunnicliffe4935]

@@Snowshowslow well there is tons to do in York. Depends what you want out of a trip. If you want history, then the Jorvik Centre, Castle Museum and Clifford's Tower are all great shouts. If you want food and drink, though I've never been myself, Molly's Tearoom is very popular. Usually has a queue though. Or if alcohol is more your thing, the House of Trembling Madness is great (though a bit small), Lil's on the waterfront is a nice little riverside bar and the Golden Fleece is one of Yorks oldest and most haunted pub. If you want shopping, just investigate the whole city, it's full of interesting little local businesses. If you want cites, the Shambles is a popular one and the Minister is incredible (although the price to go.inside is a bit steep.) and of course there is the wall walk which is a must do. And If you are around in the evening, a ghost walk is a must do. In particular there is a fun little bus ghost tour which blends a bit of comedy into the spooky stories. As for Whitby, you have the Abbey which is accessible by a set of steps which is worth climbing in itself as the views from the top are stunning. There are lots of gem and jewellery shops due to the famous Whitby Jet stones. There are often events based around vampires and ghouls due to the connections to Dracula. But overall it's a standard coastal town just with much better sights, amazing shops and streets and some amazing fish and chips shops.

[@Snowshowslow]

@@michaeltunnicliffe4935 Wow thank you! I think we'll definitely check out some of the museums and one or two pubs. And the wall walk, Minster and Shambles seem like things not to be missed :)

[@deborahfoss904]

Country Durham has some spectacular places and scenery and its the best kept secret in the UK

[@johnmurray5573]

Pevsner described it as the least well known county, I'm all for keeping it that way.

[@kevbar1505]

Oh, you missed Fountains Abbey!! One or the true gems of North England.

[@Alan.92n]

Great to see Northumberland mentioned, and deservedly so. Bamburgh and Lindisfarne are worth seeing of course, but so are Berwick-upon-Tweed, Alnmouth, Amble( and other coastal villages),Alnwick. In fact, ALL of Northumberland is worth the time to explore!

[@jillcox6685]

Living on the South coast, which is beautiful, I have also explored all the places mentioned in this video, so fortunate to have done so. This amazing Country is so beautiful, diverse, and utterly fantastic!

[@lindaengland6521]

Moved to Lincolnshire 5 years ago and now obsessed with Whitby and Robin Hood's Bay, they are lovely and as for the Dales they are breathtaking.

[@GHExploration]

Made a good choice moving up here, not a world away here at the other side of the Humber Bridge.

[@royzview6254]

Whitby is expensive , car parks are a rip off, you even have to pay 40p to use a toilet and they are disgusting !

[@paulpayton8238]

Thanks for sharing 👍 I love it up north I'm going to retire up north Yorkshire way this year 👍 😀

[@Carvetii]

As gorgeous as as nice as york and Durham are there like Blackpool on a weekend.

[@nandanijayaweera5468]

I am glad to see this video. Beautiful North England.

[@kevingill648]

The Lake District to me is the most beautiful place to visit in the North of England, and my personal favourite is Keswick ( Derwent Water ) love everything about this location with great memories.

[@LifestyleHal]

Totally agree!

[@kevingill648]

😃@@LifestyleHal

[@harddriven1344]

The North is beautiful.

[@bertgerry2945]

Definitely!

[@jimjiminy5836]

Oh aye. Proper.

[@jeanmarsden1575]

The Lake District is my favourite place, it has everything.

[@Brian-om2hh]

Apart from enough parking places.....

[@JWL-001]

If Another great spot is Cragside House in Rothbury. Pretty close to Alnwick too which is definitely worth visiting; especially for Harry Potter fans.

[@JoelJosephson]

Amazing you missed Chester, the only city in England still with it's walls around the whole city, the Unique Rows, the Eastgate clock, the most photographed clock after Big Ben.

[@monkeytennis8861]

Barely the North

[@hpsauce1078]

I think this guy has classified the north as basically anything between the Mersey and Humber estuaries, so Chester just misses out.

[@hpsauce1078]

@@Nickel1147 I don't think that would be the case, he did include Bamburgh after all, but the North is a big place and the county of Northumbria constitutes a pretty small part of the overall territory.

[@ringtail1401]

@@monkeytennis8861 Chester is certainly the north.

[@kathymay3980]

@@Nickel1147Northumberland has more castles than any other county and is steeped in history. Loads of monasteries too. Not to mention Hadrians Wall and loads of beautiful villages with stone cottages. Proud Gordie here! 😀

[@georgecass7581]

Nice to see the North get some well-deserved appreciation. Subscribed.

[@Irish12345]

I am from Redcar a coastal town but Whitby is my favourite. I live in Canada now but I truly miss the seaside and the beautiful Lake District

[@user-me8ot1iw1q]

Was there last week I now live in Inverness ,but still miss the coast from Staithes down to Boggle hole

[@Irish12345]

That’s a new one to me - Boggle hole??

[@johnmudd6453]

I agree I also live in inverness, originally from the Boro

[@exploreearth6275]

North England has so many beautiful places

[@robertw4265]

Once again: nobody calls it 'North England' ...

[@maalikserebryakov]

Northern England*

[@callicordova4066]

Visited Grasmere in the Lake District for the first time in May 2024. I didn't want to leave.

[@hunt4redoctober628]

A hidden gem not even mentioned is the Upper Eden Valley, Cumbria (Kirkby Stephen area) on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, the Howgills Mountain Range, Lake District National Park and the Pennine Area of Outstanding National Beauty. It is 'far from the madding crowd' (Thomas Hardy), a beautifully wild, peaceful and tranquil place, where nothing has really changed in centuries.

[@martindonohue66]

He’s also missed Grassington, Settle, Dent amongst others. There’s way too many places in the north to include them all.

[@valwright9871]

You actually have said what I kept thinking. All of these mentioned are great. I have been Whitby for years and it is like many known about. That is not a criticism just that yes include a years long if you have to of all the smaller villages and market towns etc mentioned here and by Martin.

[@rachelhenderson2688]

Thomas Hardy's books were mainly set in Dorset!(He wrote " Far from the Madding Crowd")

[@welltravelledlife]

New subscribers here. We’re heading to the UK for August and September. Love this video as we are formulating our plans.

[@lenrichardson7349]

It's a bit mixed up so don't expect things to be the same as labeled.

[@welltravelledlife]

@@lenrichardson7349 uh oh. Anything you’d specifically point out to us as we are putting our plans together?!

[@unitedkingdomoffiveeyes9765]

​@welltravdontelledlife Don't go to London, Birmingham Luton....they are dead places. Go to: Bath, Cornwall, Cheshire, York, Edinburgh, cotswolds, North Yorkshire, brecon/snowdonia and the west coast of northern island. York is my fave Manchester or Liverpool if you want the hipster metropolitan thing. But yeah

[@globetravelus]

The combination of natural beauty and cultural heritage is fantastic. I love how this list captures iconic places like the Lake District and York, it's fantastic.

[@karpfl9237]

Thank you for this beautiful video! Enjoyed it so much, ready to make some travel plans!

[@gelvisblue]

Great video. I would add Skipton, Harrogate, Ilkley, Haworth, Yorkshire Moors and Wolds, Grassington, Forbidden Corner, Pateley Bridge, Alnwick, Knaresborough, Hexham, Flamborough, Cheshire, Grange-Over-Sands, Sandsend.

[@dlittlester]

My favourite places to go when I visit England.

[@martindonohue66]

Thanks, you’ve just made me incredibly homesick!!!

[@garyhanley3477]

A fantastic video. I'll be there over Xmas this year. Looking forward to seeing everything that you reviewed.

[@ronrichardson3103]

Durham is the best place to visit . The villages around Durham are nice places to live in.

[@ZuhraAsqarova-r8c]

Very Beautiful country. Thank You for video.

[@philipheron3429]

Great footage but it was a bit Yorkshire biased , Chester, Matlock Bath, Pendle Hill, Hale Village and Wilmslow are all great places on the North West side👍

[@Tidybitz]

Matlock isn't north, it's midlands. I know because I grew up in Derbyshire, East Midlands, which is were Matlock is.

[@mikhailshmelev9004]

Durham wows with its Norman cathedral & castle, both UNESCO treasures. Explore medieval streets, beautiful gardens, and a vibrant student atmosphere. History buffs and architecture lovers won't be disappointed.

[@RhodieRowley]

The North. Magnetic, isn't it?

[@sajeevanmenon4235]

One of the most beautiful area's in the world 🌎🌎🎉🎉❤❤❤❤

[@subhamchauhan5662]

World's beautiful place is this one ❤once visit here and see the natural beauty

[@GHExploration]

Chalk and cheese this and the South video, North is best hands down, people talk up here and even hold doors open 👀

[@RidgeRose]

I love England.

[@Brian-om2hh]

The W in the middle of Keswick is silent. It is pronounced Kezzick......

[@SenditosAdventures]

Like it a lot;) visually admiring informative story like video . Well done 👍

[@eamonnclabby7067]

Excellent, best wishes from the wirral peninsula,bounded by the mersey and the Dee and the Irish sea...geography and rhyme...😊

[@jackreacher5667]

Yes, and Birkenhead, and the chemical works at Ellesmere Port are a must see.

[@philipheron3429]

Or go round the corner and visit Chester

[@jackreacher5667]

@@philipheron3429 Try York, far better then Chester. (From a proud Mancunian/ Lancastrian)

[@jackgilroy9903]

Great video. A good blend of spots I'd heard of and some I hadn't. The lass and I were struggling to find good videos with places to visit for our honeymoon and this is the best one we had found that shows truly lovely spots and gives both a nice narrated summary and good footage.

[@Ubacatlas]

Wooow. Very nice video good continuation

[@davidpaterson2309]

FYI - No one in the U.K. would refer to “North England”. Generally “Northern England” or “The North of England” - or for many English people just “the North”.

[@portcullis5622]

Or to the Tory Government, "That area north of Birmingham where all the rough, common folk live. "Northern Powerhouse" and "levelling up" my arse. Meaningless, patronising phrases to win votes in former Labour strongholds.

[@RichO1701e]

Northerner here, it's actually UP north, not "the North"

[@chriscaedmon1525]

@@RichO1701e Yes, I thought the same, "The North" sounds like Game of Thrones, not England. The narrator has a discernible English accent, but an unusual turn of phrase... and pronunciation. Good video though.

[@oliviaj9037]

I live In West Yorkshire. While ‘northern England’ or ‘the north’ or ‘up north’ is what’s used I don’t think it would be too weird if someone someone said ‘north England’. It’s not the usual but still Ignore the comments above everyone calls it the north too, It’s used with ‘up’. ‘We live up north’ ‘I love the north’ ‘it’s up north’ ‘the north is better’ etc.

[@johnascialpi5247]

@@chriscaedmon1525 that's what I thought the north , I guess Hadrian's wall would be like the wall in GOT lol

[@fmcb269]

Great memories of Bamburgh. Had my first bonk there, back in 1966.

[@alchemi_art]

Northerner here... all beautiful places but I found your list way to centred on Yorkshire.

[@maksimsdjacuks8571]

Really nice places

[@ShirleyPotts-ud3nb]

England is very special and amazing.

[@ThaiSoup39]

Wow, good video. Lots of places i've never heard of!

[@JoeB_BSc]

What a beautiful video inspiring desire to visit. Thanks for sharing

[@maguffintop2596]

I wish you spent a bit more time in each. I know it’s a short vid but , the places are really cool & the vid quality is good.

[@havingalook2]

Very nice. Well done - I do though think you were remiss in not mentioning Beatrix Potter in the Lake District. We wouldn't have as much park land if it were not for her. And I think people are a 1,000,000 times for familiar with her and her beloved books then they ever will be with William Wordsworth. However you may beg to differ, after all, it is your video. Cheers

[@davidgreene864]

Beautiful! Thanks for the ideas. I hope I can travel without a car.

[@bob75819]

only got to visit England once and toured the southern half.. I cannot wait to do the north half

[@decorationideas12]

Actually perfect ❤🌹🌹

[@jamiearnott9669]

Great video. The pictures look amazing, although never heard of Staithes, yet the seaside village looks picturesque. Apart from growing up near the lake district, a day in Kendall years ago. Otherwise, just to drive through in car or train to get to the cities of the southeast of England.😊

[@robertw4265]

Never heard locals say Staithes, then? > 'Steers'.

[@beartoven6116]

Next video Cotswolds Rodborough some beautiful views and a nice local pub, a suggestion. Great photography also.

[@ukaly1]

It's pronounced Kez-ik not Kes-wick.

[@jimjiminy5836]

Typical southerner, eh?

[@Hiram8866]

You're havin' a larf int ya.

[@dlittlester]

I believe there's another local pronunciation for Staithes too, but I can't remember what it was.

[@Irish12345]

@@dlittlester steers

[@MUFCSINCE90]

kez ick ✔️ he’s correbt

[@percymcnabb4746]

thank ou for sharing beautiful, and love the history

[@rayiakhan]

I have seen all these areas last July. U are absolutely right. These are really magical places.

[@siborasabrina6174]

The lake district 💚💚

[@penshaw2]

All amazing places I have been to many times. Would have to include the Durham Dales

[@Amber-md8ut]

Northumberland only got one mention! There’s a lot more than just the Bambrough Castle.

[@frankb821]

Absolutely gorgeous, and excellent presentation! Can't wait to hit a few of these places in May 2024. If you could only choose between Hawkshead and Keswick, in which town would you stay for 3 days?

[@promotedhealth5274]

Wow super places

[@adrianhudson1116]

The difference between North and South countryside is that in the South it's signposted, in the North it's just there

[@charlesedwards4160]

You don't honestly expect civilised behaviours like signposting things in the North do you? Lol. Come on man !

[@ณัฐวูฒธารีชูสกูล]

I'm from thailand i love England

[@franssmoses6791]

England have good environment

[@martyndeighton8654]

A lovely video. However, you missed out the following important content regarding the area around Malham. These are Gordale Scar, the Limestone escarpment and Janet’s Fosse all known for there geological interest and beauty and all within minutes walking.

[@TurquoiseTerrorizer]

love your videos. incredibly soothing

[@alunjones2550]

"Kez-Wick"...... No No No..... "Kezzik".

[@HelenFrith-mn1mj]

Exactly! and it's YORK-SHU, not YORK-SHY-A. Sounds like a Southerner haha.

[@livingwithjoy89]

Lake District is one of my favourite places on earth.

[@Psmith-ek5hq]

The "w" in Keswick is silent.

[@jsa-z1722]

Thank you I really enjoyed this video!

[@blackblurr-be8hi]

Incredible 😊

[@me5969]

I can't believe Toxteth isn't on here

[@jandavidson7093]

😂 I wonder, what is it that makes it so bad? Hmm? 🤔

[@jackreacher5667]

No, but some clown suggested the Wirral.

[@janetbrockbank323]

I’m a Lancashire lass and Ribble Valley is lovely xx 🌹

[@callicordova4066]

I love Bamburgh Castle!

[@meghanschwanke1133]

have you done a video about Wales???

[@kristinagoss6349]

I'm lucky I live about an hour from Durham in Darlington

[@witchieblackcat]

Keswick is pronounced Kesick as the w is silent like in Greenwick.

[@monkeytennis8861]

Where the hell is Greenwick?

[@witchieblackcat]

@@monkeytennis8861 my mistake, I can’t spell Greenwich

[@richardsoper777]

Please come visit the Cotswolds

[@EazyPeazyEnglish]

I wish I could access these places without such long and expensive train journeys, no car, but I have been trying my best to visit a few places.

[@lesliejackson149]

Long journeys? Then never plan to visit Canada. That's long journeys between places.

[@rohandosad8899]

i like this video

[@colinearnshaw7725]

A bit thin on the ground there. Skimps York, too light on the Lake District, no mention of Lancaster, Morcambe Bay, even Blackpool! Or how about the Trough of Bowland, Clitheroe and even Liverpool? Hadrian's Wall?? I suspect Lifestyle Hal caught the LNER line up to the northeast and ignored the north west.

[@DaveBartlett]

Obviously, you were limited in the number of different places you could highlight, and so concentrated on various localities, but something well worth mentioning would have been The Leeds-Liverpool Canal. This passes through varied landscapes: urban and rural, and stretches from West Yorkshire all the way to Merseyside. It crosses the pennines, skirts The Yorkshire Dales and surrounding areas of natural beauty, and highlights are 'The Three Rise' and 'The Five Rise' locks at Bingley, where canal boats are raised up by a total height of over 88ft (27m) by two series of lock-gates which were an engineering marvel when built in 1773/1774, are still working and are still a marvel of engineering to this day.

[@jamesfoo8999]

"marvel of engineering to this day" It's a few bits of wood for gates and some water. Joking. It is an incredible sight to see. I've been through them a few times, takes a while but you should never be in a rush on a canal boat anyway

[@shaunparker5410]

What about Haltwhistle, classed as the centre of Britain it is steeped in history and the gateway to the Roman wall.

[@86RSJag]

Knaresborough?? Surely!

[@arikreed7931]

Amazing

[@Serioussamurai300]

Beautiful

[@Romanfp7]

Beutifulll❤

[@arikreed7931]

LOVE

[@davekirk100]

No visit to the Yorkshire Dales is complete without a trip to the Tan Hill Inn, England's highest pub, and for older viewers, the setting of a TV advertisment for double glazing

[@MartinaDanielaSchreck]

🙏🙏🙏🙏👍 BUT everywhere in the NORTH the weather is always cold, rainy windy..... (In Spain, in Italy, in Greece,in Germany, in France etc.etc.it was always a bad weather)!!!!!!

[@paulyeomans850]

The lake District is by far the most beautiful place in England!

[@annickrasquin1346]

Hishtory? Shtreets? Dishtricts? Shtreams? KesWIck?

[@John...44...]

Keswick was a good one. I didnt hear the others but he probably cant help the way he pronounces them...

[@ringtail1401]

Why wouldn't you include the Peak District? Or around Hadrians Wall, or even Chester?

[@n0rthernl1ght18]

Peak District and Chester are the Midlands

[@liamduttonart]

Scarborough is the most amazing place ever you must visit it

[@blackporscheroadster-yw8hb]

No Peak District?

[@elizabethdarley8646]

I think that people think that the Peak District which is basically mostly Derbyshire and partly Staffs...is the Midlands.

[@blackporscheroadster-yw8hb]

@@elizabethdarley8646 I currently live in the Peaks and it's definitely considered northern England. Southern end in Staffs probably less so.

[@UkSapyy]

Peaks are the start of the North because they start the pennies. But the south peaks is the grey border lands where people are past the big Northern cities and so have to pick a side.

[@donaldcook3112]

@@blackporscheroadster-yw8hb . . . ‘North feckin’ midlands’ - an that’s aw this gitten!.. van’ier chocked on me crunchy nut cornflakes - giv owa, will ye , nee matta wot yon local numpties sed - ffs .

[@Happyfairytalesus]

very beautyful.❤❤❤