Venue Yorkshire - Yorkshire Tourist Board

Yorkshire can boast five lively and animated cities within its boundaries, all with their own distinct personalities. 

 

Leeds is well known as a centre for wonderful shopping and cultural opportunities, with excellent theatres, opera and ballet companies.  Voted ‘Visitor City of the Year’ by the Good Britain Guide in 2005, it is home to European style street cafes and superb restaurants, as well as visitor attractions such as the Royal Armouries.

 

Visitors to Hull  now find themselves in a city with an upbeat, cosmopolitan feel. Development of the marina, including the nation’s only submarium, the  Deep, provides the perfect contrast to the city’s old town.

 

Bradford is a multi-cultural city with exciting architecture and a rich industrial heritage. 

 

 

Home to the National Media Museum and the Alhambra theatre, Bradford embraces the modern and the new whilst retaining strong links to its industrious past.

 

York has been crowned Europe’s top city destination after scooping an international award.  Launched by European Cities Marketing (ECM), the first ever European Cities Tourism Awards were attended by over four hundred tourism professionals at a gala dinner in Athens.   Finalists in the category for Best European Tourism City were York, Gothenburg and Valencia.

 

York is well known and loved for its historic city walls and centuries old buildings, including the stunning York Minster.  The city is now linked equally to science and research through the York Science Park and its expanding university.

 

Sheffield is closer to nature than its traditional steel heritage would suggest, with a third of the city lying within the boundary of the Peak District National Park. 

 

It is a fast growing destination with internationally renowned sporting venues, wonderful theatres and galleries, as well as two well-respected universities.