Yorkshire Leasing

Did You Know?

The population of Yorkshire is roughly 5.3 million marvellous souls, according to the 2011 census.

Renowned Yorkshire word-wranglers include Alan Bennett, Barbara Cartland, Arthur Ransome, J.B. Priestley, Ted Hughes, and W.H. Auden.

Famous Yorkshire folk from history include the explorer James Cook, anti-slavery campaigner and abolitionist William Wilberforce, clockmaker John Harrison (the man who solved the problem of establishing longitude at sea), and pioneering aviator Amy Johnson.

James Mason, Sir Patrick Stewart, Dame Judi Dench, Sean Bean, Michael Palin, Brian Blessed, and Sir Ben Kingsley are just some of our award-winning theatrical exports.

The Yorkshire Dales is home to Britain's highest pub, the Tan Hill Inn, serving real ale at a heady 1,732 feet above sea level.

The Shambles in York was named Britain's most picturesque street in the 2010 Google Street Awards. It is believed to be the oldest shopping street in Europe, even getting a mention in the Domesday Book of 1086.

Yorkshire's three National Parks – the North York Moors, most of the Yorkshire Dales, and part of the Peak District – account for nearly a third of the total area of National Parks in the UK.

Yorkshire is home to 30+ real ale breweries, producing enough ales between them to give you a different pint each night for at least six months.

Other renowned Yorkshire word-wranglers include Alan Bennett, Barbara Cartland, Arthur Ransome, J.B. Priestley, Ted Hughes, and W.H. Auden.

The earliest reference to the classic ‘Yorkshire Pudding’ was in Hannah Glasse’s Art Of Cookery in 1747. .

Sheffield FC in Yorkshire is the oldest association football club in the world, formed in 1857. As such, Sheffield is recognised by FIFA and UEFA as the birthplace of club football.

Pateley Bridge, near Harrogate, is home to the world's oldest sweet shop, cannily named The Oldest Sweet Shop in England, which opened in 1827 and is still selling spice today.

The economy is worth an astonishing £110bn per year - that's around twice the size of Wales and larger than 11 EU countries.

The Pennine Way, which runs for 268 miles through Yorkshire and continues all the way to the Scottish border, was the UK's first ever National Trail, opened in 1965.

 The classic British sitcom Last of the Summer Wine, which was set and filmed in Holmfirth in Yorkshire between 1973 and 2010, holds the record for the world's longest-running comedy series.

Yorkshire has six Michelin-starred restaurants, more than any other region outside London: The Black Swan in Oldstead, The Old Vicarage in Sheffield, The Yorke Arms in Ramsgill-in-Nidderdale, the Box Tree in Ilkley, The Pipe & Glass Inn in South Dalton, and The Burlington in Skipton. Great.