Civic launch for new book celebrating the Yorkshire Wolds
Fri 12th May 2017
The chairman of East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Councillor Caroline Fox, has hosted a civic launch of an acclaimed new book highlighting the exciting tourism offer of East Yorkshire, at the Treasure House, in Beverley.
‘The Yorkshire Wolds – a journey of discovery’ is authored by experienced travel writers Fleur and Colin Speakman and celebrates one of the country’s lesser-known landscapes.
The Wolds are famous for inspiring the works of internationally-renowned artist David Hockney but are also considered to be a hidden gem with their amazing natural beauty, picturesque countryside, unspoilt market towns and a stunning coastline offering something for everyone.
With a foreword by Sir Gary Verity, chief executive of Welcome to Yorkshire, the book is a practical guide on how to explore the area, by train, bus, bike, horseback or on foot and offers many suggestions on how to reach those special places that will make a visit to the Yorkshire Wolds such a memorable experience.
Councillor Fox said: “The council is pleased to be launching this exciting new book which helps paint such a vivid picture of a unique part of the UK.
“As well as promoting the tourism offer of the area to audiences locally, nationally and internationally, it also acts as a perfect travel companion for those who have decided to visit the Yorkshire Wolds.”
As well as providing an insight into the area’s rich heritage, it also provides information about towns such as Beverley and Pocklington and also takes an in-depth look at Hull as the UK City of Culture for 2017.
Colin Speakman, co-author of the book and director of publisher Gritstone Writers’ Co-operative, said: “The landscape of rolling chalk hills, dry grassy valleys, scattered woodland, dramatic coastline and ancient tracks that so inspired David Hockney, has been described as a little bit of southern England in the North as its character has much in common with the Wiltshire or South Downs. But this landscape and its communities are very much a special and distinctive part of Yorkshire.
“Our book is all about how the great city of Hull, and the remarkably unspoilt market towns that form a ring around the Wolds, are an integral part of the story of the Wolds, their structure, history, culture and economy.”
The book can be purchased for £15 from The Treasure House, Beverley, the tourist information centres in Beverley and at the Humber Bridge, The Monks Walk Inn, Beverley, The Hull History Centre, The Bayle Museum, Bridlington, Burnby Hall and Gardens and several local bookshops, including Forths, Pocklington, Wrays, Filey, Waterstones, in Hull and York, or online at www.gritstone.coop
