The trip, in order
Follow the route day by day. Times and prices can change, so check official information before you travel.
Minster and walls
York
- 1
York Minster
York Minster is worth allowing time for because it combines architecture, worship spaces, monuments and the changing use of a long-lived religious site. The site is more useful than a quick photograph: its surviving features give clear evidence of how the place developed and how people used it. Key things to concentrate on are nave, choir and principal architectural details, memorials, chapels and historic fittings and historic urban setting. Its position in or near York also makes it a practical anchor for exploring the surrounding region without reducing the visit to a simple landmark stop.
- Duration
- 90 minutes suggested
- Price
- Check current official information
- Start time
- Choose a start time that suits your day.
- 2
York City Walls
York City Walls is worth allowing time for because it combines a structure whose engineering, design and relationship with its surroundings can be read on site. The site is more useful than a quick photograph: its surviving features give clear evidence of how the place developed and how people used it. Key things to concentrate on are key structural details, the building’s relationship with the surrounding streetscape or landscape and historic urban setting. Its position in or near York also makes it a practical anchor for exploring the surrounding region without reducing the visit to a simple landmark stop.
- Duration
- 180 minutes suggested
- Price
- Check current official information
- Start time
- Choose a start time that suits your day.
Fountains and estate landscape
Ripon
- 1
Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal
Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal is worth allowing time for because it combines monastic architecture, ruins and the historical setting of a religious community. The site is more useful than a quick photograph: its surviving features give clear evidence of how the place developed and how people used it. Key things to concentrate on are main landscape viewpoints, geological, coastal, moorland or mountain features, formal or botanical planting and contrasting garden and parkland areas. Its position in or near Ripon also makes it a practical anchor for exploring the surrounding region without reducing the visit to a simple landmark stop.
- Duration
- 90 minutes suggested
- Price
- Check current official information
- Start time
- Choose a start time that suits your day.
- 2
Castle Howard
Castle Howard is worth allowing time for because it combines state rooms, architecture and the political or social history attached to a major residence. The site is more useful than a quick photograph: its surviving features give clear evidence of how the place developed and how people used it. Key things to concentrate on are principal state or historic rooms, exterior architecture and landscaped setting, formal or botanical planting and contrasting garden and parkland areas. Its position in or near York also makes it a practical anchor for exploring the surrounding region without reducing the visit to a simple landmark stop.
- Duration
- 150 minutes suggested
- Price
- Check current official information
- Start time
- Choose a start time that suits your day.
Yorkshire Dales limestone
Malham
- 1
Malham Cove
Malham Cove is worth allowing time for because it combines a distinctive landscape that can be understood through geology, land use and carefully chosen walking viewpoints. The site is more useful than a quick photograph: its surviving features give clear evidence of how the place developed and how people used it. Key things to concentrate on are main landscape viewpoints and geological, coastal, moorland or mountain features. Its position in or near Malham also makes it a practical anchor for exploring the surrounding region without reducing the visit to a simple landmark stop.
- Duration
- 180 minutes suggested
- Price
- Check current official information
- Start time
- Choose a start time that suits your day.
Moors and abbeys
Helmsley / Whitby
- 1
North York Moors National Park
North York Moors National Park is worth allowing time for because it combines a broad protected landscape with walking, wildlife and cultural history spread across a large area. The site is more useful than a quick photograph: its surviving features give clear evidence of how the place developed and how people used it. Key things to concentrate on are main landscape viewpoints and geological, coastal, moorland or mountain features. Its position in or near Pickering also makes it a practical anchor for exploring the surrounding region without reducing the visit to a simple landmark stop.
- Duration
- 180 minutes suggested
- Price
- Check current official information
- Start time
- Choose a start time that suits your day.
- 2
Rievaulx Abbey
Rievaulx Abbey is worth allowing time for because it combines monastic architecture, ruins and the historical setting of a religious community. The site is more useful than a quick photograph: its surviving features give clear evidence of how the place developed and how people used it. Key things to concentrate on are main landscape viewpoints and geological, coastal, moorland or mountain features. Its position in or near Helmsley also makes it a practical anchor for exploring the surrounding region without reducing the visit to a simple landmark stop.
- Duration
- 90 minutes suggested
- Price
- Check current official information
- Start time
- Choose a start time that suits your day.
- 3
Whitby Abbey
Whitby Abbey is worth allowing time for because it combines monastic architecture, ruins and the historical setting of a religious community. The site is more useful than a quick photograph: its surviving features give clear evidence of how the place developed and how people used it. Key things to concentrate on are principal surviving features and the surrounding historic or natural setting. Its position in or near Whitby also makes it a practical anchor for exploring the surrounding region without reducing the visit to a simple landmark stop.
- Duration
- 90 minutes suggested
- Price
- Check current official information
- Start time
- Choose a start time that suits your day.