This museum is based in the house where Thomas Lord, founder of Lord’s Cricket Ground, was born in 1755. There are eight rooms of...

The World of James Herriot offers a unique tribute one of the most famous vets and authors from Yorkshire. Based in his original surgery...

Our falconry courses or hawk walks are an ideal birthday or Christmas present or a fantastic idea for that corporate company special day out for...

It was between 1760 and 1767 that the eccentric parson Laurence Sterne wrote his famous tale Tristian Shandy. The early 15th Century house is...

This was amongst one of the most northerly outposts of the Roman Empire, a long way from Rome. This area was used as a...

This Cistercian monastery was founded in 1131 as part of a missionary effort to reform Christianity in western Europe. A founding community of 12 grew...

Stroll and picnic on the elegant half-mile grass terrace and enjoy the superb views over Rievaulx Abbey to Ryedale and the Hambleton Hils. Visit...

Mount Grace Priory is England’s most important Carthusian ruin - the remains of a 14th Century priory. It has a small herb garden, nature...

Today’s ruins date from the turn of the 13th Century. After consolidation by the de Roos family, the castle briefly passed to Richard III until...

The Black Sheep Brewery Visitor Centre is the ideal place for an interesting and alternative day out. Regular ‘shepherded’ tours of the brewery involve a...

This museum is housed in what would have once been the House of Correction in the community. The origins of the building go back...

Along the law and order trail in Ripon, discover 1) The Workhouse – “vacancies for vagrants: bath, bed and board; payment – chopping wood and...

Ripon is one of the country's smallest cities, yet has much to recommend it to the visitor. Situated on the banks of the River...

Ripon Courthouse Museum celebrates the long and illustrious history of this exceptional looking ancient building and the goings on that have happened within it at...

The beautiful late 17th Century house that is Newby Hall, built in the style of Sir Christopher Wren, has an Adam-designed interior. The extensive grounds...