Today’s Kirkbymoorside, a Danish name meaning "Church by the moorside", is a quiet market town with a wide main street cobbled on either side. The wealth and history that surrounds this little town is reflected in the fine Georgian houses and welcoming hostelries that flank the main street. A walk up Vivers Hill, originally the site of one of Kirkbymoorside's two castles, offers a wonderful view over the town and of the Vale of Pickering.

The town comes alive on Wednesdays, as market traders sell fine produce from their stalls and locals gather to exchange gossip. You may even catch the town’s excellent brass band, which has won many accolades and regularly plays at events in the area.

Just a few miles north of Kirkbymoorside you can find the Ryedale Folk Museum at Hutton-le-Hole, a collection of rescued and restored historic buildings which display the area’s rich cultural history, and the vast wild heather moorland of the North York Moors.