North Yorkshire Council has announced a 20% increase in parking charges, from 19 April. The Council comments that: "Car parking fees have not increased in some areas for more than a decade, with the majority unchanged for at least three years." As a result of this change, the prices in our Car Parking in Richmond leaflet and in the Car Parking links on our Useful Links page may be unreliable for a short while after 19 April. We'll get this fixed as soon as we can. UPDATE: the new prices are below.
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The Easter Bunny is still busy in Richmond... Here at the Information Centre, in Richmond's Victorian Market Hall, we still have some Cadbury's eggs to give away in our Looking up competition! Just bring your under-12 youngsters to our shop between 10:00 and 16:00, pick up a quiz form, and take a short walking tour round the Market Place. There's a simple map to follow, and six simple questions to test the kids' powers of observation. But be quick! The quiz will end when all the 100 chocolate eggs have been won; meanwhile, our Webmaster is looking at them greedily... The Station's Great Egg Robbery Easter Activity Trail is still on! Can your little egg-finders recover the stolen loot? Trail sheets are £1 per child, and are available from The Station Shop every day between 10am and 4pm until 14 April. There's a small prize. And when the hunt is over, you'll find a three-screen cinema to keep your children entertained (1) - as well as an ice-cream shop and sweet-shop to top up that sugar-rush! (2) (1) Films coming up at the Station Cinema include Ghostbusters, Kung Fu Panda 4 and Dune Part Two (2) Real meals are also available, at the excellent Station Cafe/Bar "Where can I walk my dog?" We get that question all the time at the Info Centre, and the answer is "Almost everywhere". But if you're visiting and want some more specific ideas, here are a few... The Town Trail. Just follow your nose round town, or pick up a copy of Richmond Walks (£2) from the Information Centre for a more informed ramble. The Batts: a green riverside area near The Station. Good for splashing! The Easby Loop. 2.5 mile riverside walk from The Station. Another of the four enjoyable circular rambles in Richmond Walks. The Old Racecourse, just north of town. Great for flat-out galloping! Our page on nearby Castles and stately homes flags up all those which allow dogs in their parks and grounds, with a 🐕 symbol. Scorton Lakes nature reserve; 350 acres of lovely lakes, level tracks and recent re-wilding, just a few miles from Richmond. Pick up a free leaflet/map at the Info Centre. And don't forget our free, downloadable FAQsheet on Dog-friendly Richmond, which lists dog-friendly cafes, pubs, accommodation and other walks in the area. (As a responsible dog owner, you don't need reminding to bag and remove poo - and not hang the bag on a stile or a tree... Or that any sign urging you to "keep dogs under control" should be read as "on a lead, please!") Happy walking. Arf, arf! We've not dipped into What's On Richmond for several weeks, so here goes... Ah! The famous Katona Twins are back! If you haven't heard this great guitar duo, you'll really enjoy their evening medley of works from Bach to the Beatles. Plenty of drama and Spanish flair are promised en route, as well as a couple of pieces by the king of gypsy jazz, Django Reinhardt. The fun starts at 19:30 on 6 April, in Richmond School hall. Details at the Richmondshire Concerts website, rsconcerts.org, and you can pick up tickets at the door (£20, or just £1 for U16s). Tickets for the 2024 Swaledale Festival are on sale. Book now - because some events can sell out very fast! In fact we'll bet that some of the walks are already sold out. All the events are individually priced, so you can drop in and out as you like. Venues range from tiny chapels to 400-seater auditoriums, from the giddy heights of upper Swaledale to the broad acres of lower Wensleydale. Need somewhere to stay? Take a look at our Accommodation section, for hotels, inns, B&Bs and snug cottages in some of England's loveliest countryside. Tickets for the Wensleydale Railway are now on sale, and prices have been held at their 2023 levels - despite rising costs. Impressive! The season begins on 2 March, when travellers can enjoy spectacular scenery, visit restored historic stations and learn more about the 1900s way of life while enjoying free guided tours with costumed living history interpreters. Fish and chips too! Visit wensleydale-railway.co.uk. If you're coming by car (or by camper, or motorbike) we've some handy tips for you on our Useful Links page: • Parking in Richmond: a map of car parks, and details of rates and free disc parking. • Circular drives: free, downloadable FAQsheet. • Electric car charging: rapid, medium-speed and slow options. • Roadworks: live map of works, blockages and holdups in the area. (None, we hope.) From our pod in the Market Hall you can also pick up a free leaflet on parking options in Richmond, and a parking disc - also free - which is needed for parking in some parts of town. Enjoy your visit. Toot toot! If you're planning an event, you can list it, at no charge, in What's On Richmond. Published every two months for free distribution in shops, Post Offices, pubs and other outlets around Richmond, What's On Richmond is an A5-format, full-colour guide of 16 pages or more to as many events, concerts, shows, exhibitions, markets, parades (etc., etc., etc....) as can be squeezed in. It is the What's On guide to our area - and placing an entry is so easy: 1. Go to the Richmond Information Centre website at richmondinfo.net 2. Click Planning an event? on the Home Page... After review, your event is guaranteed an online entry. If it's submitted in good time and there's room, your event will then also appear in the appropriate print edition. Print editions are published in January, March, May, July, September and November. Simple. What are you waiting for? Richmond MayFest takes place every early-May Bank Holiday, with loads of great music and other activities in and around Richmond Castle and the town centre. And many events are free! 2024 highlights will include a three-day fair in the Castle, with music, dancing, storytelling, craft stalls, traditional games, circus fun and food and drink. There'll be a ceilidh, folk and choral concerts, medieval minstrels, morris groups, living history combats, a retro dance with music from the 50s and 60s, a May parade. Exhausted already..? There's much more! Ever fancied clog-dancing? Or drum circles? Or tarantella? Come and have a go! We don't have all the details yet, but that sounds pretty exciting to be going on with. You can follow MayFest here, plan ahead and book tickets. There are some wonderful walking clubs in the Dales. One such is the charity Access the Dales - for people who 'walk' by wheelchair. The motto of the team behind the venture is "Making the Inaccessible Accessible". The photo says it all. If you're coming to the Dales with a wheelchair, or if you need to hire an off-road chair, you really should visit the Access site. You could also take a look at our previous post, Wheelchair-walks-in-the-dales, to see a few of the recommended wheelchairable walks. NB that we stock the excellent book Walks without Stiles in the Information Centre, as well as a free, downloadable FAQsheet called Accessible Richmond. Get some mud on those wheels! |
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