3 Best Sights in Yorkshire, England

You can take a scenic ride on this preserved heritage railway from the station in Bolton Abbey. If you really enjoy your ride, you can even take a two-hour course on how to drive a steam train. Steam trains run every Sunday in winter and daily in summer, but hours vary greatly, especially in spring and fall, so it's best to call ahead.

This moorland village, 8 miles southwest of Whitby, has a charming 1865 train station that was the location for Hogsmeade Station, where students bound for Hogwarts disembarked, in the film Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. While there, hop on the 18-mile-long North Yorkshire Moors Railway, which travels between Grosmont and Pickering, passing through picturesque towns and moorland. The route of the steam-powered trains extends to Whitby twice daily.

Haworth is one stop along the route of this scenic 5-mile heritage railway between Keighley and Oxenhope through the picturesque Worth Valley, as seen in numerous film and television shows including The Railway Children and Peaky Blinders. Many of the trains are pulled by handsome steam engines. Frequent themed special events add to the fun.