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Beverley - pleasant but not that exciting

by Slug

Huddersfield, United Kingdom

February 24, 2013

Best of IgoUgo It had been quite a few years since we had had a good look around the market town of Beverley in East Yorkshire, so on out last afternoon in the area we decided to drop by and see what it was like. The town centre used to have a lot of small ...Read more It had been quite a few years since we had had a good look around the market town of Beverley in East Yorkshire, so on out last afternoon in the area we decided to drop by and see what it was like.

The town centre used to have a lot of small independent shops, but like most other places in the UK they have now largely been taken over by multiples. There are some more upper market shops around such as White Stuff and Fat Face for clothing, but we decided to take a good look around the fabulous looking St Crispin's Arcade. This is a big old house divided into different areas for antique stalls to sell their wares. There was plenty to look at from books, pictures, maps and china and pottery. We actually bought two items which appeared quite keenly priced; a silver coated jewellery box which obviously dated from the 1930s and was very heavy, and a piece of unmarked studio pottery; the two items together were £20. I doubt I'll make my fortune, but I'm sure other places would have sold them at a higher price.

There is a little cafe in the St Crispins Arcade but the place smelt a little stale and fusty so it didn't seem like a good place to stop as much as we enjoyed the arcade. Unfortunately the market wasn't on, so we decided to walk to the minster which is quite an impressive structure. I'm not too excited by Churches so we were fairly relaxed that there was a funeral ongoing, so we decided not to go in, although our hunt for a suitable place to eat for lunch was getting a little tiresome.

On the edge of town is the famous Beverley Racecourse; we have been there with a rather nice Champagne picnic for a friend's 30th birthday celebrations. I remember we didn't win anything on the horses but getting home was a bit of a blur. From memory it is a couple of miles out of town, but worth checking to see whether a race meet is on.

Having wandered around Beverley we had the impression that the town would be a nice place to live, and in fact on doing a bit of research it did win one of those surveys undertaken from time to time voted the best town in Britain to live.

Having spent an afternoon in Beverley I have to say that while it is pleasant enough I wouldn't particularly want to spend a week's vacation in the town, although there are some interesting places nearby within car travelling distance.
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