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Secret North Yorkshire

Explore fascinating stories from North Yorkshire.

Radio York,76 episodes

Episodes

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The story of Knaresborough's blind road builder
Freya Cox looks into the story of pioneering civil engineer John Metcalf.
11 Jan 2026,7 mins
The Thirsk man who gave cricket a home
The story of Thomas Lord. His dream built the stage for cricket’s greatest moments.
04 Jan 2026,4 mins
How Yorkshire inspired Dickens' A Christmas Carol
Antony Collins finds out how Charles Dickens took inspiration from Malton.
21 Dec 2025,6 mins
Why is there a dead cat at the Mansion House?
Fiona Callow looks into a magical story inside a York landmark.
14 Dec 2025,4 mins
When a future Queen lived in a Yorkshire castle
Hannah Sackville-Bryant explores Catherine Parr's links to Danby Castle.
07 Dec 2025,7 mins
How unpaid ransom money built a Yorkshire church
Jack Hadaway-Weller investigates the tragic origins of a church near Ripon.
30 Nov 2025,7 mins
From a family project to world's 'strangest place'
Freya Cox explores Forbidden Corner in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
23 Nov 2025,5 mins
The religious rivalry behind the Bar Convent clock
Elly Fiorentini visits York's Bar Convent.
16 Nov 2025,7 mins
A brief history of North Yorkshire's music venues
Declan Vink looks into the history of music venues in York and North Yorkshire
04 Nov 2025,7 mins
Why the 'screaming tunnel' gives people the creeps
Jericho Keys finds out why a tunnel in Whitby is the subject of local superstitions.
02 Nov 2025,6 mins
The ghosts of Byland Abbey
Discover Byland Abbey’s chilling ghost tales from 15th-century Yorkshire.
26 Oct 2025,5 mins
Secret Railways
How York's railway journey began
Hannah Sackville-Bryant hears the story of York's first railway stations.
19 Oct 2025,5 mins
Secret Railways
Sitting on the world's longest railway bench
Bek Homer discovers something special about Scarborough railway station.
21 Sep 2025,5 mins
Secret Railways
Inside York's love affair with Flying Scotsman
Elly Fiorentini looks at the locomotive's history and how it came to make York its home.
11 May 2025,7 mins
Secret Railways
Who put these arches in York's city walls?
Hannah Sackville-Bryant speaks to Baz Jones from Friends of York Walls.
14 Jul 2024,7 mins
When a famous tea room was a rowdy wartime bar
Kit Taylor hears the story of a York tea room and a North Yorkshire mansion.
12 Oct 2025,7 mins
Why the North Bay water chute still makes a splash
Freya Cox hears the story of Scarborough's historic water chute.
05 Oct 2025,5 mins
Last piano builders say it's 'not a dead craft'
Fiona Callow visits the UK's last surviving piano makers.
14 Sep 2025,4 mins
The York chapel that 'hides in plain sight'
Elly Fiorentini explores the Bar Convent's hidden chapel in York.
07 Sep 2025,7 mins
How York created the KitKat
Hannah Sackville-Bryant goes inside the Nestle factory on Haxby Road in York.
31 Aug 2025,6 mins
Why this mayor goes in the river every seven years
Seb Cheer reports from the traditional Richmond Boundary Walk.
27 Aug 2025,7 mins
Why Scarborough is home to a Victorian carousel
Bek Homer explores a unique collection of fairground rides and vintage vehicles.
17 Aug 2025,6 mins
How the Terry's clock tower became a timeless icon
Oliver Day goes inside the iconic clock tower in York.
10 Aug 2025,6 mins
'I set out to prove there were Romans in Cawood'
Hannah Sackville-Bryant finds out why there's more to Cawood than meets the eye.
03 Aug 2025,5 mins
Inside the world's oldest music hall in Settle
Jack Hadaway-Weller meets Josie Guthrie from Settle Victoria Hall.
27 Jul 2025,10 mins
How Joseph Rowntree shaped York
Hannah Sackville-Bryant takes a tour of significant places in the life of Joseph Rowntree.
20 Jul 2025,6 mins
How a theatre in a Yorkshire library made history
Bek Homer hears the story of Stephen Joseph's original Scarborough theatre.
13 Jul 2025,6 mins
The escaping bear of York Museum Gardens
Hannah Sackville-Bryant takes you back to the 1800s when York Museum Gardens had a zoo.
06 Jul 2025,6 mins
Unwrapping the Fat Rascal's Yorkshire history
Freya Cox investigates the history of a Yorkshire favourite.
29 Jun 2025,6 mins
The Brontë sister that loved Scarborough
Bek Homer investigates Anne Brontë's connections to Scarborough.
22 Jun 2025,7 mins