Welcome to Castlegate Books. We are an independently owned bookshop based in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, UK.

We also serve Harrogate, Wetherby, Boroughbridge and the surrounding area. Please select any book category to see a selection of titles available to buy online.

 

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Robin Lewis, a local author from York is visiting the shop each Saturday, he will be available

to discuss the books that he is currently reading. For more information, visit Robin's blogs :

http://reviewsofhistoricbooks.blogspot.com/

http://viewsandreviewsofbooks.blogspot.com/

 

In Stock :       The Richmond Way by John Coppack        £11.99

 

This guidebook provides clear, easy to follow route directions for the 60 and a half mile-long Richmond Way, passing through a unique area of Northern England. This is a linear walk starting from the main gate of Lancaster Castle and ending below the great keep of Richmond Castle in North Yorkshire. The walk encompasses sections of the Lower Lune Valley, the limestone country around Ingleborough and Whernside, the moorlands and fells of the central Pennines and the central and northern valleys of the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

The Richmond Way does not exist in a formal sense; it does not have the status of an officially recognised trail and the walker will not find any reference to it on any waymarkers or signposts. Nevertheless, the route, devised and tested by the author over a number of years is along public rights of way that in the main are well waymarked. The route is almost entirely along field, woodland and riverside paths, ancient tracks and quiet country lanes.

A strong walker could complete the walk within two days, though more realistically an average walker even if accompanied by children should be able to complete the walk inside five days. The book includes 58 maps and 167 colour photographs, information on local public transport, accommodation and facilities, and features historical, archaeological and geographical information along the route.

 

 

Follow our blog here The bookshop is located on the ground floor of part of a grade II listed building on the corner of Market Place and Castlegate, in the historic market town of Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, England.

 

Knaresborough is located on the river Nidd, three miles North-East of Harrogate and seventeen miles West of York. One hundred metres South of the bookshop are the remains of Knaresborough Castle which was built around 1170AD, there are breath-taking views of the Nidd Gorge beyond the castle. Next to the castle remains is the Courthouse museum, the building dates from the 14th century. The town holds a market every Wednesday, the origins of which are unclear but it has been around since at least 1206AD. Knaresborough's most famous former residents are Mother Shipton (Prophetess) and Blind Jack (John Metcalfe - Roadbuilder).

The Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire Moors and Hambleton Hills are all just a short drive away.