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1. Brontë Parsonage Museum
House/Mansion/VillaThe best of Haworth's Brontë sights is this somber Georgian (1778) house where the sisters grew up. It displays original furniture (some bought...Read More
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2. Castle Howard
Castle/Palace/ChateauStanding in the Howardian Hills to the west of Malton, Castle Howard is an outstanding example of English baroque architecture, with a distinctive...Read More
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3. Georgian Theatre Royal
Arts/Performance VenueA jewel box built in 1788 and still an active community playhouse, this theater and museum, Britain's most complete Georgian playhouse in its...Read More
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4. Hepworth Wakefield
Museum/GalleryThe largest purpose-built gallery in the United Kingdom (outside London) focuses on 20th-century British art, notably sculptors Henry Moore...Read More
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5. Rievaulx
Religious Building/Site/ShrineThe perfect marriage of architecture and countryside, Rievaulx (pronounced ree- voh ) Abbey sits in a dramatic setting 2 miles northwest of...Read More
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6. Studley Royal Water Garden & Fountains Abbey
Garden/ArboretumYou can easily spend a day at this UNESCO World Heritage Site, an 822-acre complex made up of an 18th-century water garden and deer park, a...Read More
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7. Temple Newsam
House/Mansion/VillaOne of Britain's great country houses, this huge Elizabethan and Jacobean building contains impressive collections of furniture, paintings,...Read More
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8. York Minster
Religious Building/Site/ShrineThe focal point of the city, this vast cathedral is the largest Gothic building north of the Alps and attracts almost as many visitors as London...Read More
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9. Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Museum/GalleryThis outdoor gallery near Wakefield is in a former 18th-century estate encompassing more than 500 acres of fields, lakes, exotic trees, and...Read More
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10. Bark Endeavour
Nautical Site/LighthouseThis scaled-down replica of Captain Cook's ship was built by local craftspeople using original drawings and specifications, and it includes...Read More
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11. Bempton Cliffs
Bempton | Nature Preserve/Wildlife RefugeA coastal path over the cliff tops ends at this seabird reserve, where some 250,000 birds, including a colony of approximately 1,000 rare puffins...Read More
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12. Bolton Abbey
Archaeological Site/RuinsSome of the loveliest Wharfedale scenery comes into view near Bolton Priory, the ruins of a 12th-century Augustinian priory that sit on a grassy...Read More
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13. Brontë Waterfall
Body Of Water/WaterfallIf you have the time, pack a lunch and walk for 2¾ miles or so from Haworth along a field path, lane, and moorland track to the lovely, isolated...Read More
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14. Captain Cook Memorial Museum
Museum/GalleryThis museum documenting the life of the famous explorer and those who sailed with him is in the 17th-century house where Cook lodged as an apprentice...Read More
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15. Castle Museum
Museum/GalleryIn an 18th-century building, whose elegance belies its former role as a debtors' prison, this quirky museum includes a replica York street that...Read More
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16. Church of St. Mary
Religious Building/Site/ShrineOn top of the East Cliff—reached by climbing 199 stone steps—Whitby's landmark church overlooks the town, while the striking ruins of Whitby...Read More
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17. City of York Walls
Historic District/SiteAlmost 3 miles of original medieval town walls remain around York, more than any other city in England. In the 9th century, invading Vikings...Read More
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18. City Sightseeing
Tour–SightThis tour company runs frequent hop-on, hop-off bus tours of York that stop at the Castle Museum,the Merchants Adventurers' Hall, Clifford’s...Read More
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19. Clifford's Tower
Building/Architectural SiteThis rather battered-looking keep at the top of a steep mound is all that remains of the old York castle, one of the greatest fortresses of...Read More
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20. Dales Countryside Museum
Museum/GalleryThis museum, in the same former train station as the Hawes National Park Information Centre, traces life in the dales past and present. A traditional...Read More
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