About Yorkshire.com
You might remember Yorkshire.com from its former life as Welcome to Yorkshire. We're about so much more than just a fond hello now.
Our mission is to organize Yorkshire's information and make it universally accessible and useful.
What We Do
Yorkshire.com is building a complete knowledge graph of Yorkshire — an Operating System for the region. We're not just a tourism website; we're creating a structured, queryable, and comprehensive data layer that powers discovery, planning, and connection across every corner of God's Own County.
From walks and cycling routes to bus timetables and train schedules, from hotels and restaurants to events and attractions, from rivers and streams to roads and towns — if it's in Yorkshire, it's in our system. And increasingly, if it's relevant to people in Yorkshire (like London Heathrow Airport for your holiday to Malaga), we'll map it too.
Our Philosophy
We believe in bringing algorithmic joy, not algorithmic rage. Our focus is on real life — touching grass on a walk, a warm cup of tea by the fire, wise stories from the community, and the perfect weather for a walk (which, as any Yorkshireman knows, is all weather).
The best walks are often the ones in the rain — you remember them more.
How It Works
Like an operating system, we abstract complexity, provide APIs, enable composition, handle relationships, and scale infinitely. Our unified data model means:
- Places — From cities to villages, transport hubs to suburbs, all mapped with precision
- Entities — Hotels, restaurants, attractions, businesses — everything you need
- Routes — Walks, cycling routes, bus routes, train routes, rivers, roads — all linear geography in one system
- Events — From horse racing to food festivals, discover what's happening
- Content — Articles, guides, history, news — context that brings it all to life
This unified approach means everything connects. A walk links to nearby hotels. A village links to its local bus routes. A river links to all the places it flows through. It's all one system, all one graph.
The Yorkshire.com (International) Ltd Story
What Happened to Welcome to Yorkshire?
On 1 March 2022, Welcome to Yorkshire Ltd, which was a Company Limited by Guarantee (a non-profit business that relied heavily on local authority funding), was placed into administration by its board. That company has since gone into liquidation.
The Welcome to Yorkshire brand, website, and other assets were purchased out of administration by a group led by a local business called Silicon Dales, who wanted to preserve the brand for the benefit of the Yorkshire community.
Several of these assets have been put back into operation under the Welcome to Yorkshire trademark, as part of a new limited company called Yorkshire.com (International) Ltd, which has been operating since September 2022.
What's Different Now?
The new Yorkshire.com is commercially focused, technically ambitious, and built for the future. We're not reliant on public sector funding. We're building a sustainable, scalable business that serves Yorkshire's visitor economy, its residents, and anyone who wants to discover this magnificent place.
We're bringing modern technology, data science, and ambitious product thinking to create something unique: a complete operating system for a place. Starting with Yorkshire, because all good things do.
Get Involved
Whether you're a business looking to reach visitors, a local wanting to explore your own backyard, or a traveler planning your Yorkshire adventure, we're here to help.
Got questions? Want to work with us? Get in touch.