Attractions in Yorkshire

Aysgarth Falls

Upper, Middle and Lower Force: three flights of falls on the River Ure in mid-Wensleydale.

• Yorkshire Dales, Yorkshire

Beck Isle Museum

Rural life museum in Pickering with recreated shops, from barber and chemist to cobbler, and a Victorian pub.

• North York Moors, Yorkshire

Bolton Abbey Estate

The Duke of Devonshire's estate along the River Wharfe, named after the 12th-century priory.

• Yorkshire Dales, Yorkshire

Bolton Castle

14th-century castle in Wensleydale, still owned by descendants of the Scrope family; closed in winter, so check reopening dates.

• Yorkshire Dales, Yorkshire

Bolton Priory

Grade I listed priory church at Bolton Abbey, where worship has continued since 1154 beside the monastic ruins.

• Yorkshire Dales, Yorkshire

Byland Abbey

Ruins of a medieval abbey beside the hamlet of the same name, in the national park; cared for by English Heritage.

• North York Moors, Yorkshire

Captain Cook Memorial Museum

Walker's House on Grape Lane, where James Cook lodged as an apprentice to the shipowner John Walker from 1746.

• Whitby & Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire

Captain Cook Schoolroom Museum

Museum in Great Ayton about the boyhood of James Cook.

• North York Moors, Yorkshire

Captain Cook Statue

Statue of James Cook in Whitby, the town where he learned his seamanship.

• Whitby & Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire

Central Tramway

Funicular railway on the cliff between the town and the South Bay seafront.

• Scarborough, Yorkshire

Chapel of Our Lady of the Crag

Early 15th-century wayside shrine cut into the sandstone cliff of the Nidd gorge.

• Harrogate & Knaresborough, Yorkshire

Cholmley House

17th-century banqueting house next to the abbey, now the English Heritage visitor centre.

• Whitby & Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire

Craven Museum

Museum of the Craven area in Skipton Town Hall, reopened in 2021 after redevelopment.

• Yorkshire Dales, Yorkshire

Dalby Forest

Forestry England woodland on the southern slopes of the moors, part of the North Riding Forest Park.

• North York Moors, Yorkshire

Dales Countryside Museum

Museum and national park visitor centre in Hawes about the people who have lived and worked in the Dales.

• Yorkshire Dales, Yorkshire

Duncombe Park

Seat of the Duncombe family in 300 acres of parkland, a mile south-west of Helmsley above the River Rye.

• North York Moors, Yorkshire

Gisborough Priory

Ruins of an Augustinian priory founded in 1119 by Robert de Brus.

• North York Moors, Yorkshire

Goathland station

Moorland station on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, used in many television and film productions.

• North York Moors, Yorkshire

Gordale Scar

Limestone ravine with two waterfalls and overhanging cliffs over 100 metres high, north-east of Malham.

• Yorkshire Dales, Yorkshire

Grand Hotel

Grade II* listed hotel above the South Bay; when it opened in 1867 it was the largest hotel in Europe.

• Scarborough, Yorkshire

Grosmont station

Junction of the Esk Valley line and the heritage railway, with the NYMR engine sheds.

• North York Moors, Yorkshire

Hardraw Force

Waterfall in a wooded ravine just north of Hawes, near the Pennine Way.

• Yorkshire Dales, Yorkshire

Helmsley Castle

Medieval castle ruins in the market town of Helmsley; cared for by English Heritage.

• North York Moors, Yorkshire

Hole of Horcum

Deep section of the Levisham Beck valley in the Tabular Hills, upstream of Levisham.

• North York Moors, Yorkshire

Holy Trinity Church

Grade I listed medieval parish church on Skipton High Street, next to the castle.

• Yorkshire Dales, Yorkshire

Ingleborough

Second-highest of the Three Peaks, largely a Site of Special Scientific Interest and National Nature Reserve.

• Yorkshire Dales, Yorkshire

Ingleton Waterfalls Trail

Circular trail of about 8 km past waterfalls and woodland from Ingleton village; on private land with an entry fee.

• Yorkshire Dales, Yorkshire

Janet's Foss

• Yorkshire Dales, Yorkshire

Jervaulx Abbey

Ruins of one of the great Cistercian abbeys of Yorkshire, dedicated in 1156.

• Yorkshire Dales, Yorkshire

Kilburn White Horse

Hill figure of a horse cut into the hillside near Kilburn.

• North York Moors, Yorkshire

Knaresborough Castle

Ruined fortress on the cliff above the River Nidd in Knaresborough.

• Harrogate & Knaresborough, Yorkshire

Knaresborough Viaduct

Railway viaduct over the Nidd; the first, unfinished viaduct collapsed into the river, delaying the line by three years.

• Harrogate & Knaresborough, Yorkshire

Levisham station

Quiet NYMR station in the valley below the village of Levisham.

• North York Moors, Yorkshire

Malham Cove

Curved limestone cliff a kilometre north of Malham, formed by a meltwater waterfall after the last Ice Age, with limestone pavement on top.

• Yorkshire Dales, Yorkshire

Malham Tarn

Glacial lake at 377 metres, the highest marl lake in the UK; owned by the National Trust.

• Yorkshire Dales, Yorkshire

Mallyan Spout

The tallest waterfall in the North York Moors, near Goathland, in the Beck Hole SSSI.

• North York Moors, Yorkshire

Mercer Art Gallery

Council gallery in the Old Town Hall since 1991, with over 2,000 works, mainly from the 19th century onwards.

• Harrogate & Knaresborough, Yorkshire

Middleham Castle

Ruined castle begun in 1190, the childhood home of Richard III. Cared for by English Heritage.

• Yorkshire Dales, Yorkshire

Mother Shipton's Cave

• Harrogate & Knaresborough, Yorkshire

Mount Grace Priory

Ruins of a Carthusian priory in woodland, among the most complete of the nine English charterhouses. English Heritage.

• North York Moors, Yorkshire

North Bay Railway

Miniature railway opened in 1931, running about 1.4 km between Peasholm Park and Scalby Mills.

• Scarborough, Yorkshire

Nunnington Hall

National Trust country house beside the River Rye in Ryedale.

• North York Moors, Yorkshire

Oliver's Mount

• Scarborough, Yorkshire

Pannett Art Gallery

Art gallery in Pannett Park, next to Whitby Museum.

• Whitby & Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire

Peasholm Park

Oriental-themed park opened in 1912, with a boating lake where mock naval battles are staged.

• Scarborough, Yorkshire

Pen-y-ghent

The lowest of the Three Peaks at 694 metres, east of Horton-in-Ribblesdale.

• Yorkshire Dales, Yorkshire

Pickering Castle

Motte-and-bailey castle; the later stone castle briefly held Richard II in 1399. Cared for by English Heritage.

• North York Moors, Yorkshire

Pickering station

Southern terminus of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway; the station was built in 1845 and reopened by the heritage line in 1975.

• North York Moors, Yorkshire

RHS Garden Harlow Carr

One of the Royal Horticultural Society's five public gardens, on the western edge of Harrogate.

• Harrogate & Knaresborough, Yorkshire

Ribblehead Viaduct

Midland Railway viaduct carrying the Settle–Carlisle line across Batty Moss, the longest structure on the line.

• Yorkshire Dales, Yorkshire

Rievaulx Abbey

Ruins of a Cistercian abbey, one of the great English monasteries until 1538; cared for by English Heritage.

• North York Moors, Yorkshire

Rievaulx Terrace

Grass terrace above Rievaulx Abbey with two mid-18th-century temples at either end; National Trust land.

• North York Moors, Yorkshire

Ripley Castle

Grade I listed 14th-century country house in Ripley, three miles north of Harrogate.

• Harrogate & Knaresborough, Yorkshire

Robin Hood's Bay Museum

• Whitby & Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire

Roseberry Topping

Half-cone hill near Great Ayton with a jagged summit cliff; National Trust land.

• North York Moors, Yorkshire

Rotunda Museum

Curved museum built in 1829, one of the first purpose-built museums in the country, with Jurassic geology from the Yorkshire coast.

• Scarborough, Yorkshire

Royal Baths and Turkish Baths

Hydrotherapy centre opened by the town in 1897; its Victorian Turkish baths are still in use.

• Harrogate & Knaresborough, Yorkshire

Royal Pump Room Museum

Harrogate's museum in the 1842 pump room where visitors drank the sulphur water; run by North Yorkshire Council.

• Harrogate & Knaresborough, Yorkshire

Ryedale Folk Museum

Open-air museum with about twenty buildings rescued from nearby villages and rebuilt on six acres.

• North York Moors, Yorkshire

Scarborough Art Gallery

Gallery in a Grade II* Italianate villa on The Crescent, run by Scarborough Museums Trust.

• Scarborough, Yorkshire