I’m pleased to introduce a new private day out from York: The Road to Pemberley, a journey through the Peak District inspired by the 2005 film adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. If you’ve ever watched Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen on screen and wondered what it would be like to see those landscapes for yourself,…
If you’ve watched the 2005 film of Pride & Prejudice, you may recognise the sweep of open moorland where Elizabeth Bennet looks out across Derbyshire, or the grand rooms she explores at Pemberley. Both are real places in the Peak District, and you can visit them. But there’s a small point worth clearing up before…
When you’re staying in York, it’s easy to spend your whole visit within the city walls. There’s plenty to see here, of course, but Yorkshire is just beyond the city, and working out how to explore it can take a bit of planning. I’m Kes, owner and driver-guide at Highwayman Tours. I came to York…
Your local driver-guide in York I’m Kes, owner and driver-guide at Highwayman Tours. I came to York for university and, more than 25 years later, I’m still here. I grew up in West Yorkshire, so Yorkshire has been home for a long time. I started Highwayman Tours because I didn’t want to run coach trips…
York is a good base for exploring Yorkshire, but choosing a day out can be harder than it looks. Do you fancy the coast, quiet villages, a grand country house or a day among the moors? Our private tours from York are driven by me, Kes, the owner and local driver-guide. Your booking is exclusively…
Christmas in York is lovely. It is also busy. The city centre fills with shoppers, lights, market stalls and people trying to walk in opposite directions along the same narrow street. That is fine for an afternoon. But if you have come to Yorkshire for a few days, you may also want to get out…
Launching private tours from Leeds feels a little different for me. Harrogate made sense because I used to work there and know the journey and the area well. Leeds is more personal. My family came from Leeds. My great-granddad drove the steam trains in Leeds. And, for better or worse depending on who you support,…
Highwayman Tours started in York, and York will always be at the heart of what I do. But Harrogate has never felt like somewhere separate to me. I used to work there. For a long time, my mornings involved getting the train through Knaresborough and into Harrogate. And I still remember that moment when the…
Explore Helmsley Why Helmsley Is Having a Moment – And How to Visit from York Helmsley has been getting some rather high-profile attention. Condé Nast Traveller recently asked whether this small North Yorkshire market town could be “North Yorkshire’s answer to the Cotswolds?” It is a comparison that will probably make a few Yorkshire people…
Explore This Tour Introducing Wild Yorkshire Dales: Our New Private Tour from York We already take guests into the Yorkshire Dales. So why have we created another Yorkshire Dales tour? Because the Dales are huge. Our existing Yorkshire Dales tour explores places including Bolton Abbey, Grassington, Linton Falls and Brimham Rocks. Wild Yorkshire Dales goes…