Historic house · York
Castle Howard
Baroque theatre in the Howardian Hills, with grounds to match.
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Things to Do
Abbeys, galleries, gardens and steam — the days out that hold up.
Heritage & landscape · Harrogate & Nidderdale
Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal
The grandest monastic ruin in the country, in a designed water garden.
Heritage railway · North York Moors
North Yorkshire Moors Railway
Steam across the moors from Pickering to the coast.
Arts & heritage · Leeds & West Yorkshire
Salts Mill
A Victorian mill turned gallery, bookshop and very good lunch.
Heritage · Whitby & the Coast
Whitby Abbey
A ruin on a headland doing exactly what a ruin on a headland should.
Heritage · York
York Minster
The one building in Yorkshire everybody should stand under once.
Arts & landscape · Wakefield & Calderdale
Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Five hundred acres of parkland with world-class sculpture in it.
Nature · helmsley-ryedale
Birch Wood Nature Reserve
A secluded woodland reserve north of Helmsley with veteran trees, seasonal flowers and wildlife.
Heritage · helmsley-ryedale
Duncombe Park
An historic estate close to Helmsley with landscape terraces, parkland and the National Centre for Birds of Prey within its grounds.
Museum · grassington-upper-wharfedale
Grassington Folk Museum
A small local museum on the village square covering Upper Wharfedale life, lead mining, farming, crafts, domestic history and the former Yorkshire Dales Railway.
Arts culture · helmsley-ryedale
Helmsley Arts Centre
A community arts venue presenting cinema, theatre, music, exhibitions, talks and workshops in central Helmsley.
Heritage · helmsley-ryedale
Helmsley Castle
A castle above the River Rye whose surviving remains trace the site from medieval fortress to Tudor mansion and later ruin.
Family attraction · helmsley-ryedale
Helmsley Open Air Swimming Pool
A 25-metre heated outdoor swimming pool run as a charity in the North York Moors National Park.
Garden · helmsley-ryedale
Helmsley Walled Garden
A five-acre historic walled garden below the castle, with borders, glasshouses, orchard, café, plant centre and shop.
Shop · helmsley-ryedale
Hunters of Helmsley
A family-run food shop with a deli counter, pantry, Yorkshire produce, cheeses, meats, pies, sandwiches and drinks.
Family attraction · helmsley-ryedale
National Centre for Birds of Prey
A specialist bird-of-prey centre at Duncombe Park with more than 40 aviaries, flying demonstrations and extensive outdoor space.
Heritage · helmsley-ryedale
Nunnington Hall
A National Trust manor house beside the River Rye with period rooms, exhibitions, an organic garden, tea room and second-hand bookshop.
Garden · grassington-upper-wharfedale
Parcevall Hall Gardens
Hillside gardens above Skyreholme with paths, planting and a tea room in a quiet Dales setting.
Garden · Harrogate & Nidderdale
RHS Garden Harlow Carr
Sixty-odd acres of Yorkshire planting, at its best in bad weather.
Heritage · helmsley-ryedale
Rievaulx Abbey
Extensive Cistercian abbey ruins in the Rye valley with a museum, audio interpretation and café.
Garden · helmsley-ryedale
Rievaulx Terrace
An 18th-century landscape terrace above Rievaulx Abbey with lawns, temples and changing views down to the ruins.
Family attraction · grassington-upper-wharfedale
Stump Cross Caverns
A visitor cave system on the B6265 between Grassington and Pateley Bridge, with self-guided underground exploration and a visitor centre.
Shop · grassington-upper-wharfedale
Town End Farm Shop & Tearoom
A family-run farm shop and tearoom in Malhamdale selling local produce, meat, deli goods and food from the farm.