A new guide to encourage visitors to book now for destination spots in Bridlington and the East Coast for 2021 has been produced.
Visit East Yorkshire (VEY), who have created the guide, is looking forward to welcoming visitors back to popular East Coast towns, resorts and attractions when it is safe to do so.
The recent spell of great weather has given many of us a taste of summer – balmy evenings relaxing or entertaining in the garden, and fresh air filling the home through an open window.
If thoughts of spending summer nights – and days – in a brand new dream home, Linden Homes East Yorkshire has plenty to offer in Driffield.
The Burton Agnes Jazz & Blues Festival, which began in 2007, celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2017.
Performers included jazz’s great Claire Martin OBE and Ray Gelato, Mississippi native Lisa Mills, and Belfast Blues legend Kaz Hawkins. To crown the celebrations a link was made with the Caribbean Island nation of Saint Lucia.
The latest display by the Skidby Mill volunteer team opened this week.
Entitled Steeple People: East Riding Churches and Associated People, the display looks at a selection of churches from across the East Riding, as well as people closely connected with them.
Thousands of spectators are expected to line the streets of the East Riding on Friday, 28 April as the 2017 Tour de Yorkshire gets underway in Bridlington before passing through East Yorkshire and taking in Driffield and Pocklington for the first time.
The ceremonial start takes place outside Bridlington Spa, at 12.35pm, before the riders leave the town, passing by East Riding Leisure Bridlington and out via the A614.
A new mini guide, aimed at helping day visitors make the most of their trip to Bridlington, is now available.
The ‘Enjoy Bridlington’ guide includes information about various attractions in the town, including Bridlington Spa, Sewerby Hall and Gardens, John Bull’s World of Rock, Burton Agnes Hall, the Bayle Museum and Priory Church, details about sport and leisure activities like those offered by East Riding Leisure Bridlington and things to do on the heritage coast, such as tours of Flamborough Lighthouse or viewing the seabird colonies of RSPB Bempton.
Hundreds of school children in Bridlington, Driffield and Pocklington will get the chance to see the Tour de Yorkshire Trophies as they go around the county ahead of the third race, which starts in Bridlington on Friday, 28 April.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s Road Safety Team, working with race organisers Welcome to Yorkshire, has arranged for both the men’s and women’s Y-shaped trophies to visit the schools on Monday, 27 March.
Places are still available for business and community representatives in Driffield and Pocklington to find out more about what they can do to make the most of the 2017 Tour de Yorkshire.
Hosted by Welcome to Yorkshire and East Riding of Yorkshire Council, the free roadshows will be taking placed at Driffield Showground on Wednesday, 15 February, from 10am-12.30pm, and at The KP Club, Kilnwick Percy, York, on Wednesday, 22 February, from3-5pm.
A free roadshow will be held at The Showground in Driffield, designed to help businesses and the community maximise the opportunities presented by the 2017 Tour de Yorkshire, which will pass through the Capital of the Wolds for the first time.
Welcome to Yorkshire and East Riding of Yorkshire Council will host the event on Wednesday, 15 February, from 10am-12.30pm.
Welcome to Yorkshire and East Riding of Yorkshire Council will host a business and community roadshow at Bridlington Spa on Monday, 30 January and at The KP Club, Kilnwick Percy, York, on Wednesday, 22 February to help Bridlington and Pocklington make the most of the 2017 Tour de Yorkshire.
The free events will take place between 2-4pm in the Harbour Suite, at Bridlington Spa, and 3-5pm at The KP Club, with those attending needing to register online.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council is excited by today’s announcement that the 2017 Tour de Yorkshire will start in Bridlington on Friday, 28 April and will take in a number of East Yorkshire settlements, including Driffield and Pocklington, on its way to the stage one finish in Scarborough.
Similar to the inaugural event in 2015, the race will start outside The Spa Bridlington in front of a large crowd, anticipated to be in the tens of thousands, before the riders leave the town
The tenth 2016 Burton Agnes Jazz & Blues Festival is taking place in just a couple of weeks’ time over the weekend of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd July with the last few remaining tickets on sale.
The early bird tickets currently on offer for Burton Agnes Jazz and Blues Festival comes to an end on May 31st and festival goers are urged to take advantage of this offer asap