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Our friends in the Yorkshire Ridings Society could not have dreamt of what they were starting starting 51 years ago. For Yorkshire Day is no longer just the biggest county day celebration but has become England’s largest community event. On 1st August the people of Yorkshire celebrate their shared community in an ever-growing variety of ways – many moving, some hilarious, a few positively bizarre!
There are hundreds, maybe thousands, of Yorkshire Day events going on over the weekend. We presents some highlights.More photos to be added later.
Thornaby Town Hall proudly flying the Yorkshire flag on Yorkshire Day Saturday 1st August. Councillor Steve Walmsley read out the Declaration of Integrity from the Town Hall balcony.What a great tribute to Yorkshire Day from Yarm Knitters. Yorkshire Declaration at Yarm Town Hall on Yorkshire Day 2026. Yorkshire Day 2026 at the Old School House care home in Brough upon Humber. Yorkshire Day 2026 at Middlethorpe Hall & Spa, York. Rt Hon John Healey MP at the Yorkshire Day event at Manvers Lake, Wath Upon Dearne.The county flag flies above Leeds City Hall on Yorkshire Day 2026.A terrific celebration in Baildon town square for Yorkshire Day 2026, beginning with the proclamation of the Declaration of Yorkshire by the Deputy Mayor of Baildon.Yorkshire MPs join Mr Speaker to celebrate Yorkshire Day 2026. Maurice Dobson Museum, Darfield gets into the swing of Yorkshire Day 2026.Stephanie Peacock MP in Darfield on Yorkshire Day 2026.Yorkshire Day 2026 at the Oddfellows Arm, Northallerton. Yorkshire Day 2026 for the Temple Newsam parkrun.Fountains Abbey parkrun on Yorkshire Day 2026.Asda in Barnley is renamed for Yorkshire Day 2026.Yorkshire Day 2026 at the Wonkey donkey visitors centre, Cridling Stubbs. Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP in Pontefract for Yorkshire Day 2026. Yorkshire Day 2026 in Valley Gardens, Pontefract.The county flag flies from Ponetfract Castle on Yorkshire Day 2026.The Ilkley Strummers perform on Yorkshire Day 2026.The view from the stage at the Yorkshire Day 2026 celebrations in Ilkley. The Yorkshire Day thanksgiving service in Goole with the Warbles Pop & Show Choir. The assembled mayors of Yorkshire at the Yorkshire Day 2026 civic celebration in Goole. Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council proudly flies the Yorkshire flag on Yorkshire Day 2026 at its Dunedin House headquarters on the south bank of the River Tees in Thornaby on Tees.Yorkshire Day 2026 at the Emley Show. Yorkshire Day wine, cheese and nibbles at Windsor Court Care Home in Wetherby.Robert Park parkrun, Baildon on Yorkshire Day 2026East Riding of Yorkshire Band at the Leconfield Yorkshire Day Celebrations.Wreathes were laid at the Memorial to The King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry in Elmfield Park as Doncaster proudly marked Minden Day.Osmotherley Show on Yorkshire Day 2026. The Yorkshire Festival at Manvers Lake. The 679th Mayor of Hedon with the town clerk at the Yorkshire Day 2026 civic reception in Goole. Ilkley Town Crier lost among the Yorkshire Day crowds.Yorkshire Day 2026 celebrated in Arplemere Care Home, Great Sankey in Lancashire!The Yorkshire Declaration being read at Micklegate Bar (facing the West Riding), York on Yorkshire Day 2026. Yorkshire Day 2026 in May View care home, Ilkley.Into the Mystic take the stage at the Yorkshire Day celebrations in Ilkley.Dignitaries arrive at St John’s Church Goole for the Yorkshire Day Thanksgiving Service.
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One thought on “Yorkshire Day 2026”
Wonderful, as ever. Great photos. Happy Yorkshire Day to all! And for the whole weekend of celebration (let’s be cheeky and get two days this year!)