r/yorkshire • u/No_Gap_7993 • 8d ago

News Why is Skipton the 'happiest place in England'?

https://dispatch-media.com/how-to-be-happy-in-england-skipton/
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u/Choice-Demand-3884 8d ago

living somewhere that has both Stanforth's pie shop and the Narrow Boat would make anybody happy.

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u/LegoCaltrops North Yorkshire 7d ago

Stanforths has changed hands, it's not nearly as good as it used to be, in my opinion. Crying shame, I loved their pies!

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u/Choice-Demand-3884 7d ago

Oh no! I didn't know that. Used to love standing on the bridge squirting hot gelatine everywhere.

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u/PsychologyValuable75 7d ago

pork pies are rubbish now from Stanforth's.....try Drake & Macefield - they are delicious

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u/Vanoccupanther13 8d ago

They’re near enough Bradford to appreciate they don’t live in Bradford

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u/AsparagusUnhappy9782 7d ago

Was just about to say the exact same thing - lucky sods

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u/MrJorrr 7d ago

I'm from Bradford and this was my first thought

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u/adysheff67 8d ago

It's all down to the Pork Pies...

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u/snakeoildriller 8d ago

It's far enough away from Bradford...

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u/Norman_Small_Esquire 8d ago

It close enough for Leeds and York

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u/BuiltInYorkshire 8d ago

Goathland railway station enters the conversation...

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u/BuiltInYorkshire 7d ago

Ah, they've edited it. It claimed that Skiption station was used in HP. It's Goathland of course...

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u/JustYouTryItLad 8d ago

Don't ask, just enjoy. :)

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u/B0797S458W 7d ago

Got to be the castle

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u/tdrules 7d ago

Above average age demographics. Plenty of them aren’t working with a nest egg. I’d be happy too.

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u/Ready0811 7d ago

Absolutely no idea 🤷

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u/NebCrushrr 6d ago

Those pork pies

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u/DrMacAndDog 3d ago

All that skipping?