We have plenty of pretty villages in Greater Manchester, but there are many others to be found if you're willing to travel a little further afield.

One that regularly tops the list of best places to visit is just two hours away in North Yorkshire.

On the edge of the North York Moors National Park, Thornton-le-Dale is a chocolate box village which has in fact won awards for being Britain’s prettiest village.

And on a little trip there with my family this Easter, it wasn't hard to see why.

A couple of miles east of Pickering, it's known for its picture-postcard beauty with charming thatched cottages and a bubbling beck running through it. On Easter Monday, 1,000 rubber ducks will be released into the water for the village's annual duck race to raise money for its Christmas........

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