Hawnby is a village of two halves, top and bottom. We parked at the bottom, in the village hall car park, paid money into the honesty box and, passing the chance of tea shop titbits, climbed the ...

Hawnby (population 193), which sits in a tangle ... Steve Bell The next morning, I pop into the tiny village shop, run by Sonia Leeman for over 20 years. Though crammed haphazardly with everything ...

An entire village is switching to dark skies-friendly lighting in a bid to cut light pollution. Lighting in Hawnby is being swapped as part of a scheme involving Mexborough Estates and North York ...

Hawnby is one of the first places in England to be named a dark skies friendly site. Conservation charity, The Woodland Trust, selected the trees with a team of ...

I mention all this because, in 2022, I went to the Owl at Hawnby, up on the North York ... to pop in for a pint – I am reliably told the village is very happy to get their pub back again.

The residents of a small British village have been treated to a spectacular view of the stars, as their community became one of the darkest in the country. The villagers of Hawnby in the North ...

Inhabitants of Hawnby, near Helmsley in North Yorkshire—population 193 at the last count—which is owned by Mexborough Estates, have got together to ensure their small village becomes the first to be ...

Or roadside between village and church. Lavatories: None. Refreshments: The Hawnby Hotel or the Post Office/tea shop. Tourist and public transport information: Helmsley TIC 01439 770173.

Lighting in Hawnby is being swapped as part of a scheme to curb light pollution An entire village is switching to dark skies-friendly lighting in a bid to cut light pollution. Lighting in Hawnby ...