Survey says Summer Wine worst thing about Yorkshire

Sep 5 2008 by Katie Campling, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

Mr Christoffi added that Holme Valley tourism promoters were looking to the future and finding alternatives to Last Of The Summer Wine for ‘selling’ the area.

He said: “Last Of The Summer Wine is part of our heritage, but Holmfirth has more than the programme.

“I suppose it’s coming to the end of an era and we do need to start looking for other things to promote Holmfirth. We are working on it and trying different things.

“But for the moment Last Of The Summer Wine is still going strong.”

Rebecca Pearson, features editor at Country Life, edited the County Guide. She said it did not aim to be a definitive guide, but a celebration of Yorkshire.

She said: “We chose the features to include mainly through a lot of discussion within the editorial team and by using authoritative sources and guide books.

“For some counties we also put in best and worst features, which was all very tongue in cheek.

“What we have ended up with only scrapes the surface of all Yorkshire has to offer. We hope people will write to us with their views and let us know about things we missed.’’