Visit the original home and surgery of the world's most famous vet.


Learn...

...about being a vet and check out the displays of veterinary equipment. The World of James Herriot is the only veterinary science museum in the country - with over 4000 objects in its collection

Interact..

... take a call for the vet, try your hand at being a TV cameraman, or take a seat in the Austin 7 car used in the TV series 'All Creatures Great and Small' and imagine what it was like to be out on the veterinary rounds.

Discover...

...Skeldale House the Grade Two listed building where the James Herriot stories were born. Take a journey back to the 1940s when Alf Wight was simply a vet amassing his now famous tales.

The World of James Herriot
23 Kirkgate
Thirsk
North Yorkshire
YO7 1PL
Tel: 01845 524234 Fax: 01845 525333

e-mail: james.herriot@hambleton.gov.uk