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Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden

Category: Sightseeing + Tours

Church Walk, (Ripon and Pately Bridge), Ripon, HG4 3DY

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Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden, Ripon, United Kingdom : Reviews of Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden - Yahoo! Travel
Although it is 27 miles from Leeds, Fountains Abbey is an essential day trip for visitors to the region. Its state of preservation, scale and idyllic valley setti...
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Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal, an Attraction in Ripon, North Yorkshire. Search for North Yorkshire Attractions.
Yorkshire's finest World Heritage Site, the estate encompasses the dramatic ruins of a 12th Century Cistercian Abbey; over 10 historic buildings including an Elizabethan Mansion and richly decorated Victorian Church; a Medieval Deer Park; and an elegant 18th Century Georgian garden with water featur...
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Plan Your Visit to Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden in Yorkshire
Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden together make up one of North Yorkshire's most rewarding visitor attractions. The nearly 900-year-old Cistercian abbey is Britain's largest monastic ruin and Yorkshire's only UNESCO World Heritage site. Studley Royal Water Garden was the life's work of ...
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Fountains Abbey Ripon Newby Hall Gardens Yorkshire Dales UK
Fountains Abbey ruins is indeed a spiritual place. Around the Abbey you'll find lots more on offer including a Water Garden, extensive grounds parts of which are inhabited by deer, a mill, visitor centre and cafe and lakes and ponds. A fantastic ...
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Ripon and Fountains Abbey History
The ruins of Fountains Abbey are extensive and are one of the most visited properties of the National Trust. The beauty of the ruins is enhanced by their location in the grounds of the Studley Royal Estate. Covering 650 acres of park, woodland and ornamental gardens, Studley Royal is a place of grea...
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Fountains Abbey, England
The work and encouragement of the lay brothers led to the great wealth and economic importance of Fountains Abbey. In an ironic development that would make the founding monks roll over in their grave, by the middle of the 13th century the abbey was one of England's richest religious houses. The lay ...
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Ripon United Kingdom - Ripon Cathedral, Brimham Rocks and Fountains Abbey
There are two cathedral cities in Yorkshire, York and Ripon. York is one of England’s best-known cities and deservedly so. Ripon is not in that league but is sadly undersung, perhaps as a result of unnecessary comparisons. I wonder how many English people would mention it, if asked to list their top...
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Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden - Ripon - Reviews of Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden - TripAdvisor
try seeing fountains abbey at night with a light mist falling and the lights shining on the ruins. the night we were there they had a choir singing in the ruins. what an experience,very mov...
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Destinations UK - the Abbeys of North Yorkshire, England
one of the most visited properties of the National Trust. The view of the Abbey ruins in the river valley as you approach is unrivalled. The abbey church survives almost to full height, with the nave and many windows almost to full height. One of the most impressive features of the Abbey is the magn...
historic-uk.com

Middlethorpe Hall - Places of Interest - Fountains Abbey
Studley Royal Water Garden was created in the 18th century by the Aislabie family in the beautiful setting of the Skell valley, in Yorkshire. The designed landscape includes a rare surviving example of a formal Georgian water garden of ponds, hedges, statues and temples organised around contrived vi...
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Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal Water Garden, Ripon - Yorkshire - UK Attraction
This is one of the most remarkable sites in Europe. It is a world heritage site that encompasses the spectacular ruins of a 12th Century abbey, monastic watermill, an elegant Elizabethan mansion and extensive Georgian water garden, as well as the exquisitely decorative, Victorian St. Mary’s church i...
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