Pickering, North Yorkshire
Pickering is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, on the border of the North York Moors National Park. Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, it is at the foot of the moors, overlooking the Vale of Pickering to the south.
Pickering Market Place
The wall paintings in Pickering church
Heavy frost near Pickering. The temperature was −2 °C when this picture was taken.
A week of extremely heavy rain in late June 2007 resulted in extensive flooding on 26 June.
The North York Moors is an upland area in north-eastern Yorkshire, England. It contains one of the largest expanses of heather moorland in the United Kingdom. The area was designated as a National Park in 1952, through the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949. Covering an area of 554 sq mi (1,430 km2), the National Park has a population of 23,380. It is administered by the North York Moors National Park Authority, which is based in Helmsley.
North York Moors National Park sign near Great Ayton
The North York Moors from space
Aerial photo of the North York Moors
A cross section of the geology of the North York Moors