Castles and other buildings near Richmond, North Yorkshire

Castles and other buildings

EH = English Heritage. NT = National Trust. HHA = Historic Houses Association. NA = National Art Pass benefit.

• Auckland Castle - once home to the Prince Bishops of Durham, now central to a large-scale regeneration project
• Barnard Castle - the town is fine in its own right, but this is the magnificent 12th century castle, perched above the Tees (EH)
• Bolton Castle Grim, or romantic, Bolton Castle looms over Wensleydale (HHA, NA)
• ​Bowes Museum: magnificently over-the-top museum in nearby Barnard Castle (NA)
• Easby Abbey: picturesque ruined abbey beside the River Swale, a short walk from Richmond (EH)
• Fountains Abbey The largest monastic ruins in Britain, in an incomparable setting (NT)
• Georgian Theatre Royal - Britain's oldest working theatre in its original form, is both playhouse and theatre museum.
• Jervaulx Abbey: one of the great Cistercian abbeys of Yorkshire is now a ruin in the tranquil setting of rural Wensleydale.
• Kiplin Hall, a fine Jacobean house, built by the founder of the US state of Maryland (HHA)
• Middleham Castle - the childhood home of Richard III, in a beautiful part of lower Wensleydale (EH)
• Mount Grace Priory Monastic remains and an Arts-and-Crafts manor house, under the edge of the North York Moors (NT, EH)
• Newby Hall Beautiful Georgian house and gardens by Robert Adam and Thomas Chippendale (HHA, NA)
• Raby Castle - castle and walled gardens in 200 acres of lush parkland, with large herds of deer.
• Richmond Castle A vast Norman castle, perched over the rushing River Swale (EH)
• Ripon Cathedral People have come to worship at this fine church for more than 1,350 years.
• Rokeby Park​ Country house in the Italianate Palladian style, set in attractive parkland (HHA, NA)