Storm Boelo: The Yorkshire attractions and events affected by high winds as storm hits
A number of events and attractions in Yorkshire have been affected by the high winds brought to the region by Storm Boelo.
An amber weather warning for wind is in place until 9pm tonight for large areas of Yorkshire and the rest of the North, as well as Scotland.
A number of events and attractions in Yorkshire made changes to their plans ahead of the weekend on the basis of the warnings, while others have made decisions to close or cancel earlier this morning.
Storm Boelo follows Storm Austen, the first named storm of the season, which brought strong winds to parts of the UK on Friday.
Here are the attractions and events which have been affected by the storm.
• RHS Garden Harlow Carr (The main garden is fully closed today, but they hope to keep the Garden Centre and Bettys Café Tea Rooms open as usual for shopping and refreshments)
• Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal: The entire National Trust estate is fully closed all day today. Their evening 'Fountains by Floodlight' event has also been cancelled due to the high winds
• Brimham Rocks: The site is fully closed today due to the extreme wind risk on the moor. They hope to safely reopen on Monday
• Birchfield Ice Cream Farm: The outdoor pumpkin festival and farm activities are fully closed today
• Harewood House (Closed completely today; opening an hour later on Monday to clear debris)
• Mother Shipton's Cave in Knaresborough (Closed completely today)
• Little Leaf Cafe: Closed for the day and cancelled its craft market after part of its polytunnel wind was damaged in the storm
• Real Markets at The Piece Hall, Halifax: Cancelled on Sunday due to the high winds forecasted by The Met Office.
• Illuminated Whitby at Whitby Abbey: Closed for the day, runs until October 31.
• Mother Shipton's Cave in Knaresborough (Closed completely today)
• Little Leaf Cafe: Closed for the day and cancelled its craft market after part of its polytunnel wind was damaged in the storm
• Real Markets at The Piece Hall, Halifax: Cancelled on Sunday due to the high winds forecasted by The Met Office.
• Pumpkin Festival at Farmer Copleys, Pontefract: Closed for the day
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