Private Tour: All Creatures Great And Small

The Private All Creatures Great and Small Tour is a full-day guided tour of the series' Yorkshire Dales filming locations for your group alone, up to seven guests. We can pick you up at your hotel or at one of several points on either side of the Lakes and the Dales, including Windermere, Kirkby Lonsdale, Sedbergh and Hawes.

Fans of the show usually have a favorite character and a favorite episode, and on a private day we can plan around both. Stand at the door of Skeldale House in Grassington, see the green where Darrowby held its fair, Mrs. Pumphrey's mansion at Broughton Hall, the Aldersons' farm at Yockenthwaite and the church at Hubberholme where James and Helen married, and stop wherever the view deserves it. Lunch is at a pub near Grassington where interior scenes for the Drovers were filmed. Your guide sets it all against the real James Herriot, the Yorkshire vet Alf Wight, whose books started it.

For fans of the beloved PBS Masterpiece series, standing in the real streets of Darrowby and looking up at Skeldale House is an unforgettable moment. This private tour takes your group to all the key filming locations from All Creatures Great and Small — Grassington, Skeldale House, the Alderson farm, and the sweeping Yorkshire Dales countryside — with your own dedicated guide and exclusive use of the vehicle throughout the day.

Traveling privately means you can spend as long as you like at the locations that matter most to you. If your group wants to linger in Grassington’s market square, explore a particular corner of the Dales, or simply take in the landscape at a pace that feels right, your guide can accommodate that. There is no shared schedule to keep and no strangers to consider — just your group, your guide, and the world of James Herriot spread out around you.

This tour is particularly popular with American visitors who know the series through PBS, as well as with long-standing fans of the original James Herriot books. Your guide’s knowledge of both the filming locations and the real history behind the stories makes this a genuinely immersive day out. Up to seven guests can travel together.

Step into the 1930s world of the hit Channel 5 / Masterpiece PBS show "All Creatures Great & Small". On this private tour you will spend a remarkable day visiting film locations you will instantly recognize from the show as you pass through the astonishingly beautiful Yorkshire Dales countryside.

Follow in the footsteps of James, Siegfried, Tristan, Helen and Mrs. Hall as you stroll through Darrowby village, past the Vet's Surgery and the Greengrocers to the Drovers Arms. Wave to Mrs. Pumphrey and Tricki Woo as you pass by their mansion. You pass over the narrow bridge where James always encounters another vehicle, on your way to Helen's family farm set in the stunning Yorkshire Dales scenery, dotted with sheep and friendly cattle.

You will visit these and other locations in a comfy, air-conditioned minivan accompanied by an experienced driver and an expert guide. Only your group of up to 7 people will be in the vehicle, so there is plenty of laughter, conversations and photo stops.

This tour is also available as a shared small-group experience on our All Creatures Great & Small Full-Day Tour. If you enjoy exploring literary England, our Private Brontës Tour also ventures into Yorkshire to follow in the footsteps of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë. For a private day in the Lake District itself, our Private Ultimate Lake District Tour takes in 10 lakes and a cruise on Ullswater. Visiting from the US? Our American Visitors Guide has everything you need to plan your trip.