Situated at the welcoming heart of North Yorkshire and encompassing some of the most beautiful countryside in Great Britain, the District near Queen Ethelburgas is a true Yorkshire rose. A colourful tapestry of market towns and farming villages, historic haunts, leafy lanes, parks, gardens, rivers, moors and dales rising to unchanging landscapes and clean fresh air.

The area is renowned as England's Floral District. It covers over 500 miles of the Vale of York, which has been a main thorough-fare from time immemorial. Prehistoric man set up mysterious ceremonial circles and standing stones along the Vale, Roman legions marched up and down it and the fortunes of the Civil War Royalists and Roundheads ebbed and flowed over the countryside.

On the West horizon are the Yorkshire Dales and the spectacular peak of Great Whernside which is surrounded by the high land of Nidderdale. To the east are the North Yorkshire moors and Marston Moor where the last great battle of the Civil War was fought in 1644. The regal town of Harrogate nestles amidst green countryside. The District abounds in natural attractions. York with it's famous minster and Knaresborough with natural beauty and infamous caves highlight the charm of the area.