Explore fascinating stories from North Yorkshire.
Radio York,·112 episodes
Freya Cox investigates the work of Robert Thompson.
18 Oct 2026,·5 mins
Seb Cheer finds out about one of the AA's last remaining call boxes in the UK.
09 Oct 2026,·8 mins
Sarah Urwin meets one of the people behind the Stamford Bridge Tapestry.
04 Oct 2026,·6 mins
Sarah Burnage from York Civic Trust reveals the hidden history of Fairfax House in York.
27 Sep 2026,·6 mins
Declan Vink hears the story of the Grand Opera House in York.
20 Sep 2026,·7 mins
York-born Joseph Hansom created the Victorian cab used around the world.
13 Sep 2026,·7 mins
Xanthe Palmer hears the story of St William.
06 Sep 2026,·5 mins
Declan Vink meets a man who remembers The Beatles' early gigs in York.
23 Aug 2026,·5 mins
Antony Collins investigates the history of Selby Abbey.
16 Aug 2026,·6 mins
Bek Homer visits Scalby Manor, the former home of a famous bloodhound breeder.
09 Aug 2026,·4 mins
Antony Collins investigates the history of bile beans.
02 Aug 2026,·6 mins
Bek Homer uncovers the story of an unusual clifftop cricket ground.
26 Jul 2026,·5 mins
Antony Collins investigates why so many North Yorkshire place names are found in Canada.
19 Jul 2026,·5 mins
Jack Hadaway-Weller hears the story of Rievaulx Abbey.
12 Jul 2026,·5 mins
Bek Homer checks into an iconic Scarborough hotel.
05 Jul 2026,·6 mins
Antony Collins finds out about the history of Scarborough's spa waters.
28 Jun 2026,·7 mins
All aboard the UK's largest miniature railway
Freya Cox hears the story of Scarborough's North Bay Railway.
01 Mar 2026,·7 mins
How York's railway journey began
Hannah Sackville-Bryant hears the story of York's first railway stations.
19 Oct 2025,·5 mins
Sitting on the world's longest railway bench
Bek Homer discovers something special about Scarborough railway station.
21 Sep 2025,·5 mins
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
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
Hannah Sackville-Bryant finds out how York responded to the plague.
21 Jun 2026,·5 mins
Bek Homer looks into Wilfred Owen's stay on the Yorkshire coast.
07 Jun 2026,·6 mins
Hannah Sackville-Bryant looks at the history of the annual Knaresborough Bed Race.
Antony Collins investigates a Yorkshire tradition that dates back over 1,100 years.
31 May 2026,·5 mins
Hannah Sackville-Bryant investigates the secrets of a York landmark.
17 May 2026,·6 mins
The story of Charles Laughton, from Scarborough beginnings to screen legend.
10 May 2026,·4 mins
Hannah Sackville-Bryant investigates the history of York's many cat sculptures.
26 Apr 2026,·5 mins
Elly Fiorentini sees the Arma Christi scroll at the Bar Convent in York.
19 Apr 2026,·7 mins
Hannah Sackville-Bryant investigates the grizzly history of York Tyburn.
12 Apr 2026,·8 mins,·
