Beverley will be a hive of activity this weekend as one of the key signature events, Beverley Festival of Christmas takes place with the promise of festive fun for all.
With tens of thousands of people expected to attend, the Beverley Festival of Christmas will feature a Victorian market, festive parade and host of live entertainment.
Beverley chef John Robinson likes his food to do the talking and this month it has a very festive story to tell.
John, who runs Whites in North Bar Without, Beverley, specialises in offering surprise tasting menus; a concept that has proved so popular it has won national acclaim from food critics like Jay Rayner and has made Whites the only restaurant in the town to feature in the Good Food Guide.
When Beverley chef John Robinson got married four years ago he had a wedding gift with a difference for his new wife, Liz.
Using her maiden name, John, who owns and runs Whites Restaurant in North Bar Without, Beverley, had set up the Tyas Foundation, a charity to help vulnerable children across East Yorkshire.
The O’Connor Academy of Irish Dance are looking for people in Beverley who wish to embark on dance lessons with them in Beverley.
Victoria Whincup who runs the classes says the aim of the lessons is to make Irish Dancing as fun as possible.
Who knew that Beverley had such a grisly and gruesome past? In a dramatic turn of events, there is a ghostly new tour in town.
On a cold dark winter’s evening you can now be guided round the dark cobbled alleys and ancient buildings of the town and be spooked by tales of Beverley’s bloody and supernatural past.
A Beverley Town Centre trader says she thinks North Bar Within is becoming the ‘independent boutique area’ of Beverley.
Trading from St Mary’s Arcade, Tyler & Black business owner Jane Tyler feels that what is happening in their part of Bevelrey is exactly what shoppers and visitors really want.
Café Velo, Beverley’s popular themed cycling café in North Bar Within, has been granted a reprieve by planning officers, who just a few weeks ago were recommending that planning permission should be refused; a move which would have led to the closure of the thriving business.
At the Council’s Eastern Area Planning Committee, in June, Café Velo, which had been operating without planning permission for a change of use from retail to restaurant for 12 months, was faced with a recommendation from Council Officers for refused planning permission because certain paperwork wasn’t in order, and there had also been complaints about noise disturbance from local residents.
Beverley Theatre Company are happy to announce that their next production will be “The Vicar of Dibley”, based on the popular BBC comedy series starring Dawn French.
Tony Musgrave, Chairman of the Beverley Theatre Company, says that the show is keeping with the hit TV show and is packed with laughter.
A Beverley restaurant has made it into the top ten best restaurants in Yorkshire, according to the 2018 Good Food Guide, published this week.
Having just completed nine full years of trading, Whites, in North Bar Without, has been featured in the guide every year since its launch in September 2008 and remains the only one in the town to be included.
The Yorkshire Wolds will play host to the seventh Walking and Outdoor Festival, from Saturday, 9 to Sunday, 17 September.
The event is brought together by more than 30 partners and has grown in strength since it first run in 2010. The 2017 festival will feature over 100 walks and activities for all ages and abilities, showcasing the wonderful landscape and rich heritage of this unique area.
Italian family business Poma, who have a cafe on Walkergate in Beverley, will next month celebrate a year since opening their gelateria in St Mary’s Court shopping arcade, North Bar Within.
Poma Piccolo is a stone’s throw from their retired business Rolando’s which the family closed at the end of 2015.
Since Beverley got its own out of town multi million pound retail park it would be easy to forget the things that actually make Beverley a unique and attractive place to visitors.
St Mary’s Court, located in the stunning North Bar Within is one of those places and remains the only place that offers an indoor shopping experience in the historic town.
A new independent business in Beverley say they just knew the town centre was the right choice for their new venture, The Modern Draper.
Owners Chris Terry and Lisa Brown started trading in Beverley’s Georgian Quarter at the start of April bringing their own unique and personal shopping experience to the town.
Playwright Alan Ayckbourn’s superb comedy RolePlay comes to Beverley later this month. It is a welcome return to Yorkshire having debuted at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough in 2001.
It focuses on ill-matched couple Justin and Julie-Ann preparing for a dinner party in their London Docklands flat on a stormy night.
A painting by Fred Elwell will be auctioned today (Sunday 9th April) with the local antique dealer John Hawley saying it could fetch up to £8,000.
The painting which shows the North Bar Within will go on sale today at Beverley Racecourse and will be auctioned for what is thought to be the first time.
Mimi Boutique will holding a special event as they look to celebrate five years of trading in the historic market town of Beverley.
Located in the Georgian Quarter the independent business specialise in quality fashions for ladies from a UK size 6 to 22 and currently operates two stores.
Landlord Steve Smith says he would like to thank the locals for their support over recent weeks since he took over a popular Beverley pub, The Royal Standard.
Mr. Smith has run several pubs in the local area over the years was speaking after he confirmed he had ‘fully committed’ to Punch Taverns.
2017 marks the coming of age of the much loved Beverley & East Riding Early Music Festival, (Friday 26 – Monday 29 May) as the Festival celebrates its thirty years of music-making alongside an extraordinary year for culture in the region, as Hull is 2017 City of Culture.
Initiated by the local authority, with the aim of attracting visitors to the area to discover a rich medley of history, striking architecture and music of the past, over the years the Festival has grown to be recognised as a ‘jewel in the cultural crown’