Pickering Bridge

Pickering Bridge is a historic bridge in Pickering, North Yorkshire, a town in England. The bridge carries Bridge Street across Pickering Beck, at the western end of the town's market place. A stone bridge was first recorded in 1476, and was also mentioned by John Leland. One arch of the Mediaeval bridge survives, while the remainder of the bridge was rebuilt in the 18th century. The bridge was grade II listed in 1950. The bridge is built of stone and has four arches, with the Mediaeval arch being ribbed. The centre arch is segmental, and the others are smaller flanking flood arches with pilasters between.

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Pickering Memorial Hall

Pickering Memorial Hall is a historic municipal building in Pickering, North Yorkshire, a town in England. The building, which is used as a community events venue and houses the headquarters of Pickering Town Council, is a grade II listed building.

Pickering railway station

Pickering railway station is the southern terminus of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway and serves the town of Pickering in North Yorkshire, England. The first railway arrived in Pickering from the north in 1836, however, it wasn't until the railway was connected from the south in 1845, that the current station was built. The station was closed by British Railways in March 1965, but since 1975, the station has served as the southern terminus of the North York Moors Railway. The main building of the station, including the station house and retaining walls, is a grade II listed building.

Pickering Methodist Church

Pickering Methodist Church is a historic Methodist chapel in Pickering, North Yorkshire, a town in England. In 1885, both the Primitive Methodist Church and the Wesleyan Methodist Church opened chapels in Pickering. The Primitive chapel is in the Italianate style, and was designed by Thomas Howdill. Its construction cost £3,500, partly offset by selling the old chapel on Bridge Street to a railway company. The new building could seat 550 worshippers, while its Sunday school could accommodate 400 children. Both the Primitive and Wesleyan Methodists eventually became part of the Methodist Church of Great Britain, which maintains the former Primitive chapel as its church in the town. The building was grade II listed in 1975. The church is built of stone, and has two storeys facing the road, with a pediment containing a circular window, and a lettered and dated band below. On the front are four bays and pilasters. The ground floor contains paired central doorways with decorated fanlights flanked by round-headed windows, all with impost bands and keystones. On the upper floor are four round-headed windows, also with impost bands and keystones. Inside, there is a large gallery, unusual curved pews, and a brass war memorial commemorating both world wars.

Beck Isle Museum

The Beck Isle Museum of Rural Life is a social history museum in Pickering, North Yorkshire, England. The museum features period business displays including the shops of a barber, blacksmith, chemist, cobbler, cooper, printer, gentleman's draper, dairy, and hardware store. There is also a Victorian-era pub and parlour, and a historic costume gallery. Its collection is housed in a fine regency period Grade II* listed mansion with farm outbuildings. Among the collections are the photography and photographic equipment of Sydney Smith (1884–1958), noted photographer of Pickering. Despite poor eyesight due to a childhood affliction with measles, Smith developed a love of photography, opening a photographic business in the 1900s and operating it with his wife, Maud, until World War I. Maud ran the shop while Smith fought in World War I, and after his return from the war he "gave up photography in order to run a garage on Park Street", though he continued to "spend all his spare time taking photographs". The images from the collection number several thousand, and a number are on display throughout the museum. Most of the images date from the 1920s to the late 1940s and are of Pickering and the surrounding villages, events, and local people. Smith's collection was described in 2000 as presenting "a remarkable picture of the Rydale area as it was more than half a century ago."