John Keen-Tomlinson from Winning Moves, said: “We are very excited by the challenge of putting this unique board for the Yorkshire Dales together.” Advance to Stafflex, The Mount School, Huddersfield Lawn Tennis and Squash Club, or even the Harold Wilson Statue - will you owe rent or reap the rewards?

Maidstone landed the honour of a customised Monopoly game after seeing off 24 other places across Europe to win the accolade and beating runner-up Chartres in France.

Monopoly has evolved far beyond the confines of its box, though, expanding into new properties and themes and into completely different forms of entertainment. From its many variants to appeal to the residents of Yorkshire to living the game of Monopoly, here’s how the UK’s favourite board game has evolved into a cultural icon and an ever-appealing brand. Monopoly for the people of Yorkshire In 1993 the company produced a special limited edition of the game when 500 sets were produced with all the squares named after Leeds locations.

Designers have said famous landmarks featured on the board could include the Ribblehead Viaduct, Bolton Abbey, Jervaulx Abbey and Skipton Castle. Image: Unsplash

Now Victor is trawling through another tranche of the firm's archives and his personal papers, he is sorting them out to make sure any important material goes to the right home. Waddingtons were taken over by the US firm of Hasbro in the 1990s. Most of the firm’s archives reside at the West Yorkshire Archives Service and Abbey House.

In between Leeds Castle and Archbishop’s Palace are the great and good of the town, including Maidstone Museum which will replace Oxford Street, the Hazlitt Theatre replacing Coventry Street and Maidstone United's home ground the Gallagher Stadium in place of Piccadilly. Such is the position of Waddingtons in Leeds history that this special edition was one of the 10 objects chosen by Leeds museums to represent the city in the The contents, board and box are identical to that of Monopoly sets produced from 1987 to 1993 (apart from the Leeds theme). ContentsFinding four train stations as in the Monopoly original proved a challenge. As did locating Maidstone’s Old Kent Road equivalent. The public suggested Maidstone landmarks and charities to be featured in the new game

The announcement was made in March. At the time, the public was invited to suggest Maidstone landmarks and charities to feature. More than 5,000 suggestions were received. Mayor of Maidstone, Cllr Fay Gooch, attended the launch MONOPOLY, the great property trading board game, finds its home in the historical town of Huddersfield: from award-winning Victorian architecture to Iron Age monuments. Live the life of a high flying trader in the fast paced world of real estate as you become a property magnate. Originally published in 1935, Monopoly has been the cause of billions of hours of fun – and a fair few disgruntlements – for 87 years now. With Christmas around the corner, it’s a guarantee that households around Yorkshire and the rest of the country will be pulling the classic board game out from the cupboard. It won’t come as a surprise that Monopoly consistently ranks among the best-selling games in the country.

Monopoly: Leeds Private Edition is a 1989 version of the classic boardgame privately published through Waddingtons, the publishers of the standard UK edition of the game. But now, manufacturers Winning Moves UK have said that the Yorkshire Dales is getting it’s own board and we are absolutely buzzing about it.