Museum round-up
A selection of the many attractions in Yorkshire - close to Osmotherley. Bowes, the photo above, purpose built and renowned for it's collections is a must. Bowes Museum

Captain Cook RN attended the nearby Postgate School in 1740, now a museum at Great Ayton Captain Cook's Schoolroom museum

A day in York
What would it be like to walk in the footsteps of Romans or Vikings? Find out at Jorvik Viking Centre. See a street from a time long gone in the York Castle Museum and the prison cell of the notorious highwayman, Dick Turpin? The Dungeons

Take a day out with steam trains at the National Railway Museum or at Pickering's North Yorkshire Moors Railway