We look at a selection of the most famous people and products to originate from God’s Own County.
5. The National Science and Media Museum.
The first motion pictures were filmed at Oakwood Grange and on Leeds Bridge by Louis Le Prince in 1888. So, film started life in Yorkshire! No wonder we are home to the National Media Museum in Bradford. The Children In Need mascot Pudsey Bear was named after his creator’s home town. Pontefract cakes, roughly circular black sweets made of liquorice, were originally manufactured in Pontefract. York is home to many famous confectionery products, such as KitKat, Chocolate Orange and, naturally, Yorkie bar. Photo: Bruce Rollinson
6. Pen-y-Ghent
Three Peaks Pen-y-ghent, Whernside and Ingleborough are often climbed for charity, generally in that order. Photo: Marisa Cashill
7. York Maize maze
Our county is home to York Maize Maze, biggest in the UK, this award-winning maze is open throughout summer, also featuring more than 20 other attractions and activities. Photo: Tony Johnson
8. Dame Judi Dench
Yorkshire has produced many famous and highly talented actors including Judi Dench, who grew up in York; Sean Bean, who grew up in Sheffield; and late Richard Griffiths, who spent his childhood in Thornaby-onTees. Scarborough-born Charles Laughton – star of The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Mutiny on the Bounty – won two Oscars and directed movie classic Night of the Hunter. Photo: Gareth Cattermole