The Origin Series was reduced to a one-off Origin Game in 2003 due to the British hosting the touring Both Lancashire and Yorkshire have played numerous matches against touring In 2015, the RFL department of Women's Rugby League announced that they would stage the inaugural Women's "War of the Roses", between Lancashire Ladies and Yorkshire Ladies.
Alternatively, follow the five-and-a-half mile Tolkien trail, exploring the landscape that may have inspired the author.Prefer performances? The series lasted until 1991, when it was scrapped due to lack of interest. It's the War of the Roses all over again.
The fixture became known as the Rodstock War of the Roses, and the first game was played in September 1985. Look at our scenery: not one but two National Parks, plus a bit of the But, of course, it’s the people that make a place. Leeds and York are the hub railway stations – around 2h to 2h 15m from London – while Leeds Bradford airport has flights to London Heathrow, Newquay, Southampton, Belfast and the Channel Islands and Doncaster Sheffield airport flies to Belfast, Dublin, Newquay and the Channel Islands.The M6 runs through Lancashire while direct trains run to Preston and Lancaster from London in just over two hours, and from Manchester in less than an hour. Blackpool Tower has a ballroom and glass skywalk, the town’s illuminations are six miles long, and Blackpool Pleasure Beach is crammed full of rides.
In 1985, an annual fixture between Lancashire and Yorkshire was proposed as a replacement for the County Championship which had last been played in 1982–83. L ancaster’s castle is still owned by The Queen. And when the sun goes down, stargaze in one of the area’s designated Dark Sky Discovery Sites.Love or loathe it, there’s plenty to keep all of the family entertained in the popular seaside resort of Blackpool. The fixture became known as the The fixture was revived in 2001 under the name of the Player eligibility for the Origin Series was based on the player's region of birth, but players born outside of Yorkshire and Lancashire were also eligible for selection, based on the region where they first played rugby league at professional level.
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1. The Leeds Liverpool canal offers 127 leisurely miles and some spectacular locks, including the Bingley Five Rise.On the water you can learn how to sail in Morecambe Bay or take a more relaxing canal boat cruise. Lancashire. Bradford’s Science and Media Museum has Britain’s first IMAX screen while Whitby Museum is a proper old-fashioned cabinet of curiosities without an interactive gizmo in sight. In the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, climb Pendle Hill from Barley. We're not, as some say, mean; just prudent. Yorkshire Vs Lancashire. And we are winning by a mile. Made famous in tales of witchcraft, you can see the Yorkshire Dales from its summit if it’s clear. Their layers of limestone offer as much drama underground, too, with over 2,500 known caves – the biggest caving area in the UK – to explore, some of which form part of the longest cave system in Britain. The latest offers and discount codes from popular brands on Telegraph Voucher Codes I admit we have some funny notions – if we truly were God's own country, the weather would be better – but I still feel I’ve ‘come home’ each time I return. Of the castles, I’d pick Scarborough for drama while top of the museum list has to be York’s National Railway Museum – it’s free and you can get to poke around royal saloons and a Japanese bullet train. Ilkley Moor, an example of the graggy landscapes in the two countysCathy Toogood has found memories of Lytham St AnnesMalham Cove, one of the Dales best-known attractionsThere's much to keep the family entertained in Blackpool