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The Great Uniquely Local Christmas Giveaway 2024
Win a prize bundle worth over £350!
Your chance to WIN some amazing prizes including:
2 x vouchers for a Liquor Studio Gin Making Experience in Leeds
2 x Scotch Whisky Tasting Experiences at Liquor Studio in Leeds
A West Yorkshire Alpaca Walking Experience for Two plus Two Cute Alpaca T-Shirts
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Yorkshire Indie Shopping Christmas Gift Guide 2024
At Uniquely Local, Christmas is our favourite time of year to celebrate all the incredible independent businesses right here in Yorkshire. This year, we’re bringing you a special gift guide brimming with thoughtful, handpicked ideas that perfectly capture the diversity and creativity of businesses across our region.
While our usual focus...
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Win tickets for four to a Santa event with Inn Collection Group in Yorkshire
🎅 Win a Magical Santa Experience for the Whole Family! 🎅
We’re giving away a chance to enjoy breakfast or dinner with Santa at one of the stunning Yorkshire hotels from The Inn Collection Group. Expect festive fun, delicious food, gifts for the little ones, and plenty of cheer by the...
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Uniquely Local Experiences Christmas Gift Guide 2024
Take a look at our Christmas Gift Guide 2024 to inspire your gift giving this Christmas.
At Uniquely Local, we’re passionate about creating memories – not clutter. When you look back on your life, it’s not the gadgets or novelty mugs you’ll remember, but the special moments shared with special people....
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Meet the Experience Provider – Sarah Schiewe
In this month’s Meet the Experience Provider, we had the pleasure of chatting with Sarah Schiewe, the talented ceramic artist behind Schiewe Ceramics. Sarah shared her journey as an artist and the inspirations that shape her stunning pieces. We also got an inside look at her Bespoke Fine Art Ceramic...
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Ripon Food Tasting Tour – A Uniquely Local Review
As you can probably imagine, one of the things I most love about running an experience company is the opportunity to try out new and unique experiences.
Last week, I had the pleasure of joining a food tour and tasting experience in Ripon run by our experience partner Yorkshire Appetite. It...
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Christmas Shopping Habits Survey 2024
After last year’s cracking response, we’re back and eager to hear from you once again in our annual Christmas Shopping Habits Survey! In partnership with Yorkshire Mark, we’re on a mission to make sure the experiences and products you love are exactly what you want—and at prices that keep your...
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30 Gift Experiences Under £30
If you’re on the hunt for affordable and economical gift experiences in Yorkshire, you’ve landed in the perfect spot. Our curated selection of 30 gift experiences under £30 covers a huge range of activities to suit all tastes. Whether you’re into culinary delights, outdoor adventures, arts and crafts, or DIY...
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Meet the Experience Provider – The Biskery
Grab a cuppa and have a read of our latest blog. In this edition of Meet the Experience Provider, we chat with Saskia, who, along with her business partner Lisa, runs the Leeds-based bakery The Biskery. Their business caught our eye during lockdown when they sent out free ‘kindness’ biscuits...
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Mad Alice’s Bloody Tour of York – A Uniquely Local Review
We were invited to join Mad Alice on her Bloody Tour of York recently courtesy of Indie York – a membership organisation celebrating and promoting York’s independent businesses.
If you’re in York (whether visiting or you live here) and are craving a mix of history, drama, and spookiness, Mad Alice’s Bloody...
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Cooking up Community
How Leeds Cookery School is a Cookery School with a Conscience
Here at Leeds Cookery School, we like to do things a little differently. Whilst our kitchen buzzes with foodies whipping up plates of Dum Biryani and mouthwatering Char Sui pork, something much bigger is going on behind the scenes. Here,...
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Buy Women Built
We are absolutely delighted to be part Buy Women Built, an exciting new movement to showcase female founded businesses and to encourage consumers to buy from businesses that have been founded or co-founded by women. You can find Uniquely Local Experiences along with hundreds of other fantastic female founded businesses...
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Yorkshire Events for May Spring Bank Holiday
Stuck for something to do this bank holiday weekend? Here’s a handy rundown of what’s happening in Yorkshire for Spring Bank Holiday 2024. Fingers crossed the sun shines and the rain stays away.
May Spring Bank Holiday Events in Yorkshire – 2024
The Yorkshire Dales
The Yorkshire Dales has Swaledale Festival from 25th...
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Meet the experience provider – Kelham Island Food Tours
A couple of weeks ago I went down to sunny Sheffield to meet Sophie Barber who runs Kelham Island Food Tours. We met at the The Cutlery Works which is one of the venues on Sophie’s Taste of Kelham Island Food Tour and chatted about her love of the local area...
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Experience the Yorkshire Dales – Exploring Swaledale, Wharfedale and Wensleydale
All three valleys of Swaledale, Wharfedale, and Wensleydale, are absolutely stunning. For me, they are some of the most picturesque regions of Yorkshire. You wont find more scenic, more traditional Yorkshire landscapes. I want to introduce you to some hidden gems in all three locations for you to discover yourself....
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Horse drawn carriage ride with afternoon tea – a review
One sunny weekend in April, Holly and her family went to check out a horse and carriage ride with Little Skipwith carriage rides. Her family was made up of two adults and three children between the ages of two and eleven and they reviewed the carriage ride with afternoon tea.
Here’s...
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