Secret North Yorkshire

Explore fascinating stories from North Yorkshire.

Radio York,94 episodes

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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
Gentleman Jack’s York connection
Hannah Sackville-Bryant finds about the union of Anne Lister and Ann Walker.
15 Jun 2025,5 mins
The story of Filey's forgotten Caribbean air force
Bek Homer hears about the brave men who came to Filey in the 1940s.
08 Jun 2025,7 mins
The York bunker that's a Cold War time capsule
James Addyman explores the York Cold War Bunker.
01 Jun 2025,9 mins
How Nun Monkton's maypole brings people together
James Addyman hears the story of Nun Monkton's maypole.
18 May 2025,7 mins
Mary, Queen of Scots' Yorkshire 'imprisonment'
Dave Manning tells James Addyman about Mary’s time at Bolton Castle.
27 Apr 2025,7 mins
Why this Yorkshire castle has a hiding place
Hannah Sackville-Bryant uncovers a hidden priest hole at Ripley Castle.
20 Apr 2025,6 mins
Peeling back the wallpaper at York's Mansion House
Emily Johnson finds out how a York landmark has been decorated throughout history.
13 Apr 2025,6 mins
Is Yorkshire home to the country's oldest theatre?
Jack Hadaway-Weller gets a tour of Richmond's Georgian Theatre Royal.
06 Apr 2025,9 mins
The hidden history of Scarborough's lighthouse
Bek Homer shines a light on the secrets of a Scarborough landmark.
30 Mar 2025,6 mins
The story of Harrogate Theatre's 'lucky ghost'
Hannah Sackville-Bryant unearths the secrets of Harrogate Theatre.
23 Mar 2025,6 mins
Inside Ripon Cathedral's 1,350 year old crypt
Jack Hadaway-Weller explores Ripon's underground crypt which was built in 672.
16 Mar 2025,8 mins
Why is there a druid’s temple in North Yorkshire?
James Addyman investigates the history of The Druid's Temple on the Swinton Estate.
09 Mar 2025,4 mins