Yorkshire

Families enjoy exploring Wentworth Castle Gardens

Explore abbey ruins, magnificent houses, glorious gardens and some fantastic stretches of coast and countryside including the Dales and the North York Moors.

Places to visit

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Visitors walk with their dog through the gardens at Wentworth Castle.
Wentworth Castle Gardens  

Planning your visit to Wentworth Castle Gardens

What is there to see when I visit? Can I bring the dog? Here’s everything you need to know if you're planning a visit to Wentworth Castle Gardens.

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Visitors in the garden at Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire

Gardens to visit in Yorkshire 

Explore peaceful gardens across Yorkshire, with colourful displays of roses, rhododendrons and wildflowers.

Find a garden to explore in Yorkshire
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Get active outdoors in Yorkshire

With a World Heritage Site, miles of coastland and woodland trails to explore, Yorkshire has everything you need to get outdoors and active. So whether you’re a hardened runner or an easy walker, there are special places across Yorkshire to get fit in the great outdoors.

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Beningbrough annual plant sale

Coming up in Yorkshire 

Looking for something to do this week? Whatever the weather there's always plenty going on, indoors and out, at special places across Yorkshire.

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Exmoor pony released onto Malham Tarn National Nature Reserve
Yorkshire Dales   North Yorkshire

Exmoor Ponies introduced at Malham Tarn

Two Exmoor ponies have been introduced at Malham Tarn National Nature Reserve. Their grazing on the reserve will help conservation management of this special landscape, with their progress and well-being closely monitored by rangers.

Ponies to give stable future for historic landscape

Places to visit

Bluebells carpet the woodland floor at Fountains Abbey

Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal 

Cistercian abbey, elegant Georgian water garden and medieval deer park

Visitors sitting in the garden at Beningbrough Hall, North Yorkshire.

Beningbrough Hall, Gallery & Gardens 

Glorious gardens surround this baroque mansion with National Portrait Gallery paintings

The magnolia tree blooming in the Menagerie Garden

Nostell Priory 

18th-century architectural masterpiece with landscape park and gardens

Ducks sat at the edge of the pond with the house in the distance

East Riddlesden Hall 

The home of a 17th-century cloth merchant, with intimate gardens to explore and lots of stories to tell

Nunnington Hall garden avenue

Nunnington Hall 

Picturesque Yorkshire manor house with organic garden and exciting exhibitions

Goddards, North Yorkshire

Goddards 

An intimate Arts and Crafts style family home with complementary gardens

The East Front of Wentworth Woodhouse

Visit Wentworth Woodhouse 

Visit Wentworth Woodhouse, just outside Rotherham. National Trust members can enjoy 50% discount on all guided tours.

Find out how you can visit Wentworth Woodhouse

Holidays in Yorkshire

Middlethorpe Hall in North Yorkshire.

Middlethorpe Hall and Spa, York 

Treat yourself to a spa weekend at Middlethorpe Hall, one of Yorkshire's most luxurious hotels.

A holiday cottage in the Yorkshire Dales, surrounded by trees.

Holiday cottages in Yorkshire 

From the Dales to the Moors, take a break in a National Trust holiday cottage in Yorkshire.

Explore Yorkshire's national parks

Malham Tarn on a glorious winter day

The Yorkshire Dales 

Enjoy the picturesque villages, drystone walls and characteristic rolling hills of the Dales

Roseberry Topping silhouetted against a hazy sunset

North York Moors 

Discover the North York Moors national park, a historic landscape with breathtaking summits to conquer, moorland to explore and hidden gems to discover.

Walkers and their dog sit in a meadow at Ravenscar looking out over Robin Hood's Bay

Explore the coast 

Discover the coast's industrial past, spot wildlife, explore with self-led walks and cycle rides or enjoy cliff top views.

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