Culture, Media and Sport
There are three theatre venues in the town offering a very wide range of amateur and professional productions. In July the annual Jazz Festival is held in Pickering.
There is a leisure centre, a swimming pool and a modern library and information centre. Sports activities include athletics (track and field), football (soccer), cricket, badminton and bowls. Pickering is home to Pickering Town F.C., who currently play in the Northern Counties East Football League Premier Division, Level 9 of the football league pyramid.
Notable sports-people from the town include, footballing brothers Craig Short and Chris Short, Great Britain 400 metre runner Richard Buck, and snooker player Paul Davison.
Local newspapers are
- Ryedale Mercury (weekly)
- Scarborough Evening News (daily)
- Evening Press (daily)
- Gazette and Herald (weekly)
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