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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...

RHS Garden Harlow Carr
Garden Attractions
Harrogate
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RHS Garden Harlow Carr

One of Yorkshire’s most relaxing and innovative gardens at the gateway to the Yorkshire Dales, RHS Harlow Carr is...

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...

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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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Beningbrough - National Trust
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Royal Pump Room Museum
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Ripon Courthouse Museum

Ripon Prison & Police Museum
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Ripon Prison & Police Museum

Studfold Adventure Trail
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Studfold Adventure Trail

Newby Hall & Gardens
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Newby Hall & Gardens

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Whittaker's Distillery Tours
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Whittaker's Distillery Tours

Stump Cross Caverns
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Stump Cross Caverns

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Skipton Castle
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Skipton Castle

Yorkshire Heart
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Yorkshire Heart

Ripon Racecourse
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Ripon Racecourse

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Behind the scenes of  Attractions

A New Way to Launch an Exhibition
Attractions
24th Feb 2021
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A New Way to Launch an Exhibition

In normal times, Ripon Museums will hold several exhibitions a year across three sites: the Workhouse Museum, Prison &...

Caring for the state beds
Attractions
26th Feb 2021
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Caring for the state beds

Caring for the state beds by Alana Bates, Collections Assistant, Beningbrough Hall, Gallery and Gardens An empty house When...

The Yorkshire Agricultural Society launch 'Farm to Fork'
Food & Drink Producers
30th Apr 2020
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The Yorkshire Agricultural Society launch 'Farm to Fork'

The Farm To Fork campaign from the Yorkshire Agricultural Society celebrates and highlights the crucial role farmers are playing...

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