Click on the links in this article to find details of the tourist venue or attraction that you are looking for.
Below you will find links to stately homes, sporting venues and beauty spots within easy reach of the town.
Burton Agnes Hall is an exquisite Elizabethan house filled with treasures inclu
ding art, furniture and porcelain collected by our family over five centuries. Lawns and topiary bushes surround the Hall and an award winning walled garden contains a maze, giant games, a jungle garden and more than four thousand plant species.
Sledmere House is the home of Sir Tatton Sykes, 8th Baronet. There has been a Manor House at Sledmere since medieval times.
The Driffield Steam and Vintage Rally is a popular attraction bringing in visitors from all over the country. The event also includes a road run through the streets of Driffield. Click
here for a flashback to the 2007 road run.
Burton Constable Hall is a large Elizabethan mansion set in a 300 acre park with nearly 30 rooms open to the public. The interiors of faded splendour are filled with fine furniture, paintings and sculpture, a library of 5,000 books and a remarkable 18th century 'cabinet of curiosities' which contains fossils, natural history specimens and the most important collection of scientific instruments to be found in any country house. Occupied by the Constable family for over 400 years, the house still maintains the atmosphere of a home.
Castle Howard with its stunning location and ongoing programme of events is well worth a visit.
The North York Moors Railway takes you on a journey through the fantastic North York Moors countryside with many opportunities to stop off along the way. A must for families.
Beverley Racecourse offers a great programme of events near to the minster town of Beverley and in a stunning location at the foot of the Yorkshire Wolds.
Dalby Forest enjoy, explore and discover Dalby - the Great Yorkshire Forest with lots of an exciting new features for 2008!
Sewerby Hall and gardens - East Riding of Yorkshire Council's house and gardens on the coast at Bridlington. Houses Amy Johnson exhibition, beautiful gardens, children's park and zoo, golf course, pitch and putt.
Scarborough Castle - Yorkshire's most spectacular castle has endured sieges from the Roman army, attacks from Viking invaders, medieval kings, Civil War battles and German naval bombardment during WWII. Now you can climb to the battlement viewing platforms for dramatic coastline views, and take tea in the 18th-century Master Gunner's House.
Cruckley Farm - Watch the daily routines of feeding the animals and milking the cows at Cruckley Animal Farm.
Honeysuckle Farm - Farm venue for children at Hornsea.
