Brimham Rocks, Nidderdale, Yorkshire

Places to visit in England

Eagle, from Brimham House, Brimham Rocks

Brimham Rocks, Nidderdale, Yorkshire

England, UK, Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber

Brimham Rocks, as the name suggests, is a striking area of weird and wonderful shaped rock formations. Set amongst 387 acres of moorland, it is a popular tourist attraction on Brimham Moor, eleven miles from Ha...

Rievaulx Terrace and Temples, North York Moors, Yorkshire

England, UK, Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber

Rievaulx Terrace is a superb 18th century landscape garden, with a half mile terraced lawn, set above the River Rye. It also has two temples, woodland and dramatic views over the Cistercian Rievaulx Abbey. It i...

Rievaulx Abbey, North York Moors, Yorkshire

England, UK, Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber

Rievaulx Abbey, which was founded in 1132, was the first Cistercian abbey in the north of England and one of the great Cistercian monasteries of medieval Europe. The earliest Cistercian monastery, Waverley Abbe...

Rievaulx, North York Moors, Yorkshire

England, UK, Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber

Rievaulx is a tiny village near Helmsley in the North York Moors National Park. It is located in the previous inner courts of Rievaulx Abbey. Here, at one time, were the brewhouse, bakehouse and guesthouse for ...

Ripley, Yorkshire

England, UK, Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber

Ripley is an attractive village, three miles north of Harrogate, on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, just off the A61 Ripon to Harrogate main road. Ripley has one wide street and a small cobbled s...

Helmsley, North York Moors, Yorkshire

England, UK, Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber

Helmsley is an attractive market town, the only one in the North York Moors National Park, thirteen miles west of Pickering and twenty four miles north of York. A charter to hold a market was granted by Robert ...

Birthplace of the Brontës Charlotte, Branwell, Emily and Anne, Market Street, Thornton

Thornton, Birthplace of the Brontës, Yorkshire

England, UK, Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber

The Brontë sisters, Charlotte, Emily and Anne, the famous 19th century novelists, together with their brother, Branwell, were all born in Thornton village, near Bradford, West Yorkshire. Their father, Patrick, ...

Path up Roseberry Topping, North York Moors

Roseberry Topping, North York Moors, Yorkshire

England, UK, Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber

Roseberry Topping is a distinctively shaped hill in North Yorkshire, near Great Ayton. At 1049 feet, the summit is not the highest hill on the North York Moors, but it stands out from a level skyline. It is aff...

Great Ayton, Yorkshire

England, UK, Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber

Great Ayton is a large village, five miles south-west of Guisborough, on the banks of the River Leven in North Yorkshire. It is famous for its connections with James Cook and his family. He later became Captain...

Thornton-le-Dale, Yorkshire

England, UK, Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber

Thornton-le-Dale, also known as Thornton Dale, is a small picturesque village on the edge of the North York Moors National Park, three miles east of Pickering. It is situated on the A170 main road between Thirs...

Top Withens and Brontë Waterfalls, Haworth Moor, Yorkshire

England, UK, Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber

The ruins of Top Withens, high up on the windswept heather covered Yorkshire moorlands of Haworth Moor, both inspire and depress. Believed by many to be the setting for Emily Brontë’s classic novel, Wuthering H...

Riley graves, plague victims, Riley's Field, Eyam

Eyam, Plague Village, Peak District, Derbyshire

Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, UK

Eyam, known as the Plague Village, is in a beautiful setting, eight hundred feet up in the heart of the Derbyshire Peak District. It is situated six miles north of Bakewell. When visiting Eyam, it is difficult ...

Path to Back Tor and Lose Hill, The Great Ridge, Peak District

Mam Tor and The Great Ridge, Peak District, Derbyshire

Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, UK

Mam Tor is a 517 metre peak near Castleton in the High Peak area of Derbyshire, sitting on the edge of the gritstone Dark Peak and the limestone White Peak. Mam Tor is known as the Shivering Mountain, due to th...

Winnats Pass, Castleton, High Peak, Derbyshire

Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, UK

Winnats Pass is a spectacular steep-sided limestone gorge in the Peak District of Derbyshire and forms part of the National Trust's High Peak Estate. It gets its name from a corruption of "Windygates" and on a ...

Waterside Cottages, Peaks Hole Water, Castleton

Castleton, Peak District, Derbyshire

Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, UK

Castleton is one of the most beautifully situated villages in the Peak District in Derbyshire. It is at the head of the Hope Valley, sixteen miles from Sheffield and can be approached through the dramatic limes...

Ewelme, Oxfordshire

England, Oxfordshire, South East England, UK

Ewelme is an unspoilt historic village in the Chiltern Hills. It is situated fourteen miles south of Oxford and four miles from Wallingford. It is built on three south-facing terraces of a fold in the hills. At...

Dunstable Downs, Bedfordshire

Bedfordshire, England, South East England, UK

Dunstable Downs is a chalk and grassland area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, on the highest point of the Chiltern Hills in Bedfordshire, at 797 feet. This windswept chalk ridge is home to a wide variety of wild...

Cobham, Kent

England, Kent, South East England, UK

Cobham is a picturesque village, four miles from Gravesend, close to the M25 and M2 motorways. Significantly, it is within walking distance of Higham, where Charles Dickens lived. He often walked to the village...

Pip's Graves, Charles Dickens, Great Expectations, St. James' Churchyard, Cooling

Cooling, Kent

England, Kent, South East England, UK

Cooling is a small, remote and windswept village, overlooking the North Kent Marshes. The northern boundary of the Thames Estuary is two miles away and the chimneys of Canvey Island, Essex, can be seen on the h...

St. Margaret of Antioch Church, Lower Halstow

Lower Halstow, Kent

England, Kent, South East England, UK

Lower Halstow is a small village in Kent, north-west of Sittingbourne, with an interesting history. It is situated on the banks of the River Medway Estuary and on the A2 Roman Road. It is also on the Saxon Shor...

Brimham Rocks, Nidderdale, Yorkshire

Rievaulx Terrace and Temples, North York Moors, Yorkshire

Rievaulx Abbey, North York Moors, Yorkshire

Rievaulx, North York Moors, Yorkshire

Ripley, Yorkshire

Helmsley, North York Moors, Yorkshire

National Park Visitor Centre, Brecon Beacons

Tintern, Wye Valley, Wales

Rhossili, Gower, Wales

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Places to visit in England

Brimham Rocks, Nidderdale, Yorkshire

Rievaulx Terrace and Temples, North York Moors, Yorkshire

Rievaulx Abbey, North York Moors, Yorkshire

Rievaulx, North York Moors, Yorkshire

Ripley, Yorkshire

Helmsley, North York Moors, Yorkshire

Thornton, Birthplace of the Brontës, Yorkshire

Roseberry Topping, North York Moors, Yorkshire

Great Ayton, Yorkshire

Thornton-le-Dale, Yorkshire

Top Withens and Brontë Waterfalls, Haworth Moor, Yorkshire

Eyam, Plague Village, Peak District, Derbyshire

Mam Tor and The Great Ridge, Peak District, Derbyshire

Winnats Pass, Castleton, High Peak, Derbyshire

Castleton, Peak District, Derbyshire

Ewelme, Oxfordshire

Dunstable Downs, Bedfordshire

Cobham, Kent

Cooling, Kent

Lower Halstow, Kent