Discover folly! at Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden

Discover four interactive new art installations in this iconic World Heritage Site this summer. Explore the water garden as it was originally created; a playful water garden with dramatic views that criss-cross the landscape.

Bring your family along to dance under the Cloud

Enjoy the summer vista from Surprise View

Enjoy a new view of the garden by looking into the Gazing Ball

What can you hear when you press your ear against the Listening Tower?

folly 2018 celebrates the lost follies of Studley Royal

What is folly! 2018?

Striking, surprising, entertaining and unusual... folly! 2018 is a feast for the eyes with four new outdoor works adorning the views of this World Heritage Site.

Join the folly! family trail and let your creativity run wild!

folly! art in the garden family trail

There's art in the garden but it's not paintings, and it's not in a gallery...The artworks are in the garden and they're just for fun - we call them follies. Use this map to explore!

folly! 2016

Featuring work by artist Mat Collishaw, one of the UK’s most thought provoking contemporary artists, two new installations were co-commissioned with London Gallery Blain|Southern to play with your senses and trick your eyes!

Find out where it started with folly! 2015

Visitors who peered inside the Octagon Tower, Temple of Piety and the Banqueting House in folly! 2015 were surprised to find extraordinary installations created by artists to re-animate these fanciful garden follies.

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Timed entry to Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden (17 May - 23 May)

Book your timed entry to visit Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden.

Tue 18 May 2021

+ 5 other dates

10:00-16:30