Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden

off B6265 to Pateley Bridge, signed from A1, 12 miles north of Harrogate (A61)

Parking: free at visitor centre. Pay and display at Studley Royal deer-park

public footpaths and bridleways

services from Leeds, York, Yorkshire Dales and Harrogate to Ripon and Fountains Abbey. Daily from Ripon to Fountains, April to October

signed on-road cycle loop. On Way of the Roses coast-to-coast route

Sustrans