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Most Exciting Food Destination of 2024: Helmsley & the Howardian Hills
Published 23 February 2024

Among the rolling lowlands, country estates, and crumbling abbeys, you'll find Helmsley and the Howardian Hills - The Good Food Guide's Most Exciting Food Destination of 2024. Nestled in one of Britain's National Landscapes (previously Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty) it's a picture-perfect patch of rural North Yorkshire with a rich natural larder to inspire seasonal and locally-led menus. Dive into the dazzling cooking at Myse, soak up the views from The Owl at Hawnby, or relax into the proper Yorkshire hospitality at Tommy Banks' Abbey Inn. Here are the best places to eat in the area.

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