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Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal Water Garden
Garden Attractions
Ripon
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Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal Water Garden

Surrounded by beautiful North Yorkshire countryside, this World Heritage Site has a lot to offer for a thoroughly enjoyable day out. The magnificent ruins of the once prosperous Fountains Abbey, the largest monastic ruins in the country, sit alongside a Georgian water garden that is sure to delight your senses. This breath-taking landscape is also home to a manor house known as Fountains Hall, Studley Royal medieval deer park, a beautiful Victorian church and Cistercian...

How Stean Gorge
Family Attractions
Pateley Bridge
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How Stean Gorge

How Stean Gorge is well-known as one of the best North Yorkshire attractions and with good reason. Featuring so...

Black Sheep Brewery & Tours
Food & Drink Producers
Masham
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Black Sheep Brewery & Tours

Experience Black Sheep beer at the source with a tour of the Black Sheep Brewery Visitor Centre in Masham...

Stockeld Park
Family Attractions
Harrogate
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Stockeld Park

Welcome to Stockeld Park, a magical destination that will transport you to a world of enchantment and adventure! Open...

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A broad and fascinating array of unique attractions is waiting to be discovered when you visit the Harrogate District.

Historic abbeys, castles, country houses and monuments tell the ancient stories of politics, religion and power. From Roman mosaics and medieval strongholds to 18th Century showpieces, generations have left their mark for us to see today.

No visit is complete without a trip to the World Heritage Site of Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal or the lovely Ripon Cathedral, believed to be a source of inspiration for Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland.

Stockeld Playhive

As you would expect from the home of the prestigious Harrogate Flower Shows, this part of the world is a garden lover’s paradise. We have an extraordinary range of almost forty parks and gardens to enjoy including the Royal Horticultural Society’s most northerly gardens, magnificent formal and public gardens and some more exotic surprises too!

There is plenty among our attractions to keep the whole family entertained with a variety of visitor attractions offering anything from nature trails and adventure playgrounds to miniature railways, ice-skating and boating. With the Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty on our doorstep there is every opportunity to experience the outdoors with a little adventure or just take some time to explore the wonders of the natural world. 

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Museums and galleries are peppered across the District, each different to the next and our lively theatres and cinemas and rich programme of leading arts festivals mean that there is always something to entertain you.

Whatever your age, whatever your passion you will always find something memorable to do when you visit this District.

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RHS Garden Harlow Carr
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RHS Garden Harlow Carr

Ripon Cathedral
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Ripon Cathedral

Beningbrough - National Trust
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Beningbrough - National Trust

Studfold Adventure Trail
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Studfold Adventure Trail

Newby Hall & Gardens
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Newby Hall & Gardens

Stump Cross Caverns
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Stump Cross Caverns

Mother Shipton's Cave and...
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Mother Shipton's Cave and...

The Himalayan Garden &...
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The Himalayan Garden &...

Kitchen Garden, at Rudding...
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Kitchen Garden, at Rudding...

Ripon Workhouse & Garden...
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Ripon Workhouse & Garden...

Whittaker's Distillery Tours
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Whittaker's Distillery Tours

Ripon Courthouse Museum
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Ripon Courthouse Museum

Ripon Prison & Police Museum
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Ripon Prison & Police Museum

Spirit of Harrogate - Unique...
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Spirit of Harrogate - Unique...

Royal Pump Room Museum
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Royal Pump Room Museum

Skipton Castle
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Skipton Castle

Harewood House
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Harewood House

Ripon Racecourse
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Ripon Racecourse

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Behind the scenes of  Attractions

Something amazing is happening at Ripon Cathedral this summer
Attractions
8th Jul 2020
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Something amazing is happening at Ripon Cathedral this summer

Something amazing is happing at Ripon Cathedral this summer Thousands of beautiful, white, paper angels are being created and...

Year-round beauty in the Harrogate district
Garden Attractions
5th May 2022
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Year-round beauty in the Harrogate district

Harrogate is a floral district with an abundance of gardens to visit that bring colour and splendour all year...

GARDENING FOR WILDLIFE
Garden Attractions
13th Jul 2021
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GARDENING FOR WILDLIFE

by Mark Pethullis, Gardener at Beningbrough Hall, Gallery and Gardens.

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