Yorkshire folk love Joanna Lumley as she visits Bradford, Whitby and the Dales for Home Sweet Home

TV presenter Joanna Lumley visited a hidden Yorkshire waterfall and summed it up in one word: "Wow."

The actress visited Gordale Scar, near Malham in the Yorkshire Dales for her new show, Home Sweet Home - Travels in My Own Land, which was on ITV last night.

She was stunned by the beauty of Gordale Scar which features a spectacular waterfall tucked away from view in a limestone gorge.

After describing it as a 'natural wonder of the Yorkshire Dales', she said: "Wow - look at this. What a place!"

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And she declared: "No wonder Yorkshire is known as God's Own Country."

She visited the vast gorge with Maxwell Ayamba, a walking enthusiast from Sheffield who described Gordale Scar as 'spectacular' and 'very impressive'.

Maxwell, who is a journalist and academic, said many people were not aware that such 'beautiful landscapes' existed.

He said that, historically, recreational walking wasn't something associated with ethnic minority groups.

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"When our fathers came here, they didn't have the chance of recreation. Walking wasn't something for minorities. It was more typical of people who have got time to spare or are wealthy."

Ms Lumley also visited Bradford for the show and met Muslim women involved in a 'gardening group' and allotments project off Scotchman Road.

The three allotments were set up just for women to allow them to get out of the house and to combat isolation and loneliness.

After meeting the women, Ms Lumley said she was impressed by the 'feminine friendships' being forged and how growing your own food and eating it was a kind of 'therapy'.

Ms Lumley's final port of call in Yorkshire was Whitby where she visited the Pandemonium 'goth' shop on Golden Lion Bank where she brought a black coat and dressed up in gothic-style clothes.

She declared the shop 'packed with treasures' and bought the coat for a walk around the stunning Whitby Abbey which inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula novel.

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"This adventure has made me see Britain as I have never seen it before," said Ms Lumley.

Joanna attracted praise from viewers watching the programme.

One viewer tweeted: "Me whenever anyone says Yorkshire Dales (as Joanna Lumley just did)."

Another replied: "I wish I could say it like her! I suppose if I say it slower... But sadly it allus cums art like yorksher dels..."

A third wrote: "Just seen Joanna Lumley #homesweethome.

"I loved it. I love her programmes and each one abroad you think it’s lovely but she could make anywhere sound perfect.

"Lots of brilliant culture and history explored, a few places I have been. The plague, viaduct and Whitby bits especially were amazing."

Home Sweet Home is broadcast on Monday on ITV at 8pm.