Julian Norton

Julian Norton is a British veterinary surgeon, author and TV personality, best known for his appearances on the Channel 5 TV series "The Yorkshire Vet".
Early life.
Norton was born and brought up in the mining town of Castleford and went to school in Wakefield at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, before gaining a place to study veterinary medicine at Cambridge University.
Career.
From 2015 to 2018, Norton was involved, taking the titular role in Channel 5 docuseries "The Yorkshire Vet", produced by Daisybeck Studios in Leeds. The programme has been popular, achieving viewing figures of over 2 million, making it one of the channel's most successful. Julian has also featured as a regular guest on "The Wright Stuff" as well as "Springtime on the Farm" and "Big Week at the Zoo".
From 2018 Norton worked at Rae, Bean and Partners in Boroughbridge, North Yorkshire. He moved to a new independent small animal practice – Sandbeck Veterinary Centre – in Wetherby, West Yorkshire in 2019.
In March 2021, with colleagues, Julian opened Thirsk Veterinary Centre.
Norton also co-authored a paper in the "Veterinary Record" 142: 107–109, "Measurement of arterial oxygen-haemaglobin saturation in newborn lambs by pulse oximetry".
He performs regular "in conversation" events with comedian and stand up poet, Kate Fox.
Norton attained a certificate in Small Animal Practice in 2007 and was awarded the "Dalesman" "Yorkshireman of the Year 2017".
Julian is connected with various charities and is an ambassador for Cheetah Conservation Fund (www.cheetah.org.uk), VetMentor, an organisation to assist potential vet students in their quest to gain a place at Vet school and beyond (www.medicmentor.co.uk) and others.
Sporting achievements.
Norton held the world record for 24-hour tandem indoor rowing in 2010 with friend Roger Brown, an ex-Olympic rower.
Completed UK Ironman championships and finished in the Top 50 in 2013.
He has completed the challenging ski mountaineering race the Patrouille des Glaciers in 2018, reputed to be the world's most challenging team endurance race, which traverses from Zermatt to Verbier.
Represented Team GB at age-group level for European Long Course Duathlon in 2014 and 2015 and Team GB age-group for European Middle Distance Triathlon championships in Majorca 2014 and Rimini 2015.
Personal life.
Norton is a mixed practice veterinary surgeon, in North Yorkshire, where he lives with his wife, Anne and two sons, Jack and Archie. He has spent the majority of his working life in Thirsk, working as, first, an assistant, then partner in the practice that was once the surgery from which Alf Wight worked, from where he penned his famous stories under the pseudonym of James Herriot.
Works.
Books.
Norton has written six books, and he also contributes a weekly column in The Country Week of "The Yorkshire Post".