How Stean Gorge has long been regarded as one of Yorkshire’s hidden gems
How Stean Gorge is a small, tight gorge of around 20 metres in depth and around one kilometre long with How Stean Beck running at its foot. It features caves, footbridges, narrow pathways and tunnels and the Tom Taylor Cave that legend reveals was so-named as being a hideaway of a local highwayman, although you cannot imagine there would have been many rich pickings for this unlicensed trade in this sparsely populated area.
Keeping the customer satisfied is one element, the other is ensuring the team is too. Tony said he is fully aware of the need to ensure the whole business continues to run soundly and that local people are the key.“Being in the middle of nowhere, in a rural location, we employ a lot of local people full-time and part-time team.
“My brother Dan works alongside me too. Where we went to school had its own outdoor education department, which was part of our GCSEs. I followed him into an apprenticeship at Carlton Lodge outdoor centre near Thirsk. That’s where we both started off. We both came here and worked for the previous owners Stan & Ann Beer.