Ashfield,
West End,
Askrigg,
Leyburn,
North Yorkshire,
DL8 3HN.

01969 650771
will@bluedc.co.uk
claire@bluedc.co.uk

What can we say about Askrigg?

All Creatures Great and Small was filmed here, there’s an ancient bull ring in the centre and the 15th Century church is built in the Perpendicular Gothic style. Oh, and the people around here know a thing or two about knitting, clock making and museum exhibition design.

Askrigg for Art Historians

Tumer stayed in Askrigg on 26 July 1816, while making illustrations for ‘A General History of the County of York’, and immortalised Mill Gill Force.

Askrigg for Historians

Mary Queen of Scots is thought to have spent two nights at Nappa Hall while a prisoner at Bolton Castle.

Askrigg for Archeologists

The village of Askrigg is overlooked by the site of an Iron Age settlement on Addlebrough.

Askrigg for Geologists

The village sits on the geological feature known as the ‘Askrigg Block’.

Askrigg for Industrial Archeologists

The village was one of the first to generate its own electricity, using a turbine in the nearby Mill Gill river.

Askrigg for Social Historians

Askrigg milk is used to make the famous Wensleydale cheese.