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Local news and television programmes are provided by BBC Yorkshire and BBC North East and Cumbria on BBC One& ITV Yorkshire and ITV Tyne Tees on ITV1. Television signals can be received from either Emley Moor or Bilsdale TV transmitters.

European Oil and Gas Industry History Conference, 3–4 March 2016, pp. 24–5" (PDF) . Retrieved 3 September 2016. Saint Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, on Potter Hill, was designed by the architect Leonard Stokes in 1911, on the instructions of the parish priest, Fr Edward Bryan. It contains a stone font by the sculptor Eric Gill, and the portable altar-stone of the 17th-century martyr Blessed Nicholas Postgate; also a fine icon, painted in Rome, of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, and a mosaic of Christ blessing the loaves and fishes by local artist Audrey Murty. Outside the church is a statue of Saint Joseph designed by Peter Paul Pugin, son of Augustus Welby Pugin. The church features in the book A Glimpse of Heaven by Christopher Martin (English Heritage 2006). The economy of the town saw a turn around in the following decades with the greater mobility of the working population and a rise in tourism due to increasing car ownership. Tourism is a major occupation since the reopening of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway as a restored steam railway and the filming of the television series Heartbeat on the moors. In 1991 the population was 6,269. [8] Landmarks [ edit ] Part of the Conservation Area showing the castle behindThere are few large employers in the town. Most people find jobs in retailing, tourism and small industries based in the two industrial development areas at Westgate Carr Road and Thornton Road to the west and east of the town respectively. [ citation needed]

The local Health Board (the forerunner of the Urban District Council) was formed in 1863. A Gas and Water Company provided gaslight and piped drinking water. The shop fronts were closed in and glass windows were used to display goods for sale. Of course it does help having the delights of the North York Moors and Dalby Forest on your doorstep. It makes it hard to dispute the claim that Yorkshire is God’s own country.’ Ryedale District Council Local Transport Plan Statement 2003" (PDF). Ryedale District Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 February 2012 . Retrieved 8 September 2008. The nearest mainline railway station is at Malton, 8 miles (13km) away and the North Yorkshire Moors heritage railway runs seasonal services to Grosmont and Whitby. Dalby Forest is on the southern slopes of the North York Moors National Park. The southern part of the forest is divided by valleys creating a 'Rigg and Dale' landscape whilst to the north, the forest sits on the upland plateau. Although the forest is mostly pine and spruce, there are many broadleaf trees such as oak, beech, ash, alder and hazel in the valleys and on the 'Riggs'. Clear streams arising as springs run north and south out of the forest which is home to the crossbill and the nightjar. Roe deer abound and badgers, the symbol of the forest, are a common but nocturnal resident. The signs of the past are evidenced in burial mounds, linear earthworks of unknown purpose and the remains of a rabbit warrening industry can be found in the wood. A network of forest roads including the 9-mile (14km) Dalby Forest Drive provide access. The landscape was formed in the last ice age and shaped by the people of the Bronze Age to the present day.This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sourcesin this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.

Notable sports-people from the town include, footballing brothers Craig Short and Chris Short, and snooker player Paul Davison. The town in Yorkshire that worked with nature to avoid the floods". The Independent. 2 January 2016. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022 . Retrieved 9 April 2018. In 1901 the Catholic priest Fr Edward Bryan came to the town and established a school, parish and, in 1911, St Joseph's Church, the work of the architect Leonard Stokes. It contains a font by the celebrated sculptor Eric Gill. Average maximum and minimum temperatures, and average rainfall recorded between 1971 and 2000 by the Met Office. EH.Net Encyclopedia: William Marshall". eh.net. Archived from the original on 2 October 2009 . Retrieved 26 May 2009.Bus services operated by Yorkshire Coastliner connect to York via Malton, Whitby and Thirsk. The 128 bus route connects to Scarborough and Helmsley, and is operated by East Yorkshire.