Sunrise Cottage in the North York Moors

01/09/2026

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Making proper bread at home is a fantastic fulfilling hobby 🙂 although there will never be a loaf as good as a bluebird! 😋😁

31/08/2026

Goodbye to a brilliant local restaurant, with friendly service and delicious food! I wonder what will be coming next?

Good luck with your next adventure! 😁

26/08/2026

Heather is looking great all over the moors right now. I’ve decided that there are so many amazing photos around I will stick to taking quick photos of the dog! I’m calling this one Heather clad Moors meets Forest, by a nice spot of water! 😆

24/08/2026

It is a truly amazing place, we are very lucky to have this important historic crypt near to us and a lovely pub opposite to admire the church! 😊

Discover one of the most unforgettable, moving places in England -in Lastingham in the North York Moors, where one of England’s best known poets, Sir John Betjeman, declared the 11th century monastic church of St Mary to be the most moving place he’d visited.

From the outside the church seems quite humble but inside it’s home to one of the world’s oldest crypts dating back to the Norman era. It also happens to be the only crypt in England with a nave, a chancel in the form of an apse (a rounded end) and side aisles – it’s like a mini church in itself with huge pillars and three-foot thick walls, reached by going down a set of stairs from the nave.

The crypt was originally built to house the remains of St Cedd, a missionary from Lindisfarne who had founded a monastery on the site of the church. Shortly after attending a meeting at the Synod of Whitby where Celtic leaders had agreed to adopt the Roman calendar, St Cedd died of the plague.

In 1078 William the Conqueror granted a new church could be built at Lastingham and Benedictine monks from Whitby took the project on, building a crypt over the place where St Cedd was believed to have been buried. A decade later and the monks had left, deserting the unfinished church which lay derelict for another 140 years before finally becoming a parish church.

Step down into the crypt and you can see why Betjeman was so moved by it – with the calm and hushed atmosphere that surrounds ancient artefacts such as Saxon preaching crosses and the Celtic carved stones that would have formed part of St Cedd’s shrine.

Words by Amanda Brown
Image by Ebor Images/NYMNPA

22/08/2026

Rosedale Abbey 🤩😍 walking around the old railway, history, stunning views, peaceful and epic all at the same time 😊 whether walking or cycling, it’s definitely one to do often and feel the historic beauty! 🥰

19/08/2026

Sutton Bank on the A170 will be closed for annual maintenance from 7am on Sunday, 13 September, until 7pm on Sunday, 4 October.

The closure has been extended to three weeks this year to allow for further drainage work and repairs.

A wider programme of improvements to Sutton Bank is planned over the next three years.

To find out more, visit: https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/news/2026/annual-maintenance-sutton-bank-take-place-next-month

19/08/2026

13/08/2026

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13/08/2026

Thank you, such amazing work 😊

12/08/2026

🌞 Tonight's the night! 🌑✨

Get your solar eclipse glasses and head into the North York Moors, an International Dark Sky Reserve, to experience tonight's partial solar eclipse.

🔭 Sutton Bank National Park Centre will be open until 8:30pm, with access to the toilets, shop, info point and café for hot drinks and snacks.

🌌 Danby Lodge National Park Centre is hosting a free drop-in session with Whitby and District Astronomical Society from 6pm to 8pm, where you can learn more about eclipses and what's happening in the sky above you.

🔭 Outside the National Park, Scarborough & Ryedale Astronomical Society will be at Oliver's Mount with a specially filtered solar telescope.

Wherever you choose to watch, please remember to protect your eyes. Never look directly at the Sun without certified solar eclipse glasses. 👓☀️

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