Find the nearest History & Heritage in North Yorkshire
Our History and Heritage category brings all Coast Radar’s North Yorkshire listings related to looking for something to do or a place to visit together where they offer some form of historic or heritage based activity.
Finding the best things to see and do on a North Yorkshire day out with your family or friends is easy – simply explore the historic and heritage links below, hit the jump to my location button or use the search bar to plan your next North Yorkshire activity.
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- Ruin of a 14th-century Carthusian priory. More details: www.nationaltrust.org.uk
- Helmsley Castle was built around 1200 and was once known as Furstan Castle. The castle ruins are surrounded by spectacular banks and ditches.
- Whitby Abbey was founded in 657 and is located high on a cliff above the Yorkshire seaside town of Whitby. The Abbey were the inspiration for Bram Stoker’s gothic tale of ‘Dracula’.
- The Museum is in Walker’s House which belonged to Captain John Walker to whom the great explorer, Captain Cook was apprenticed in 1746, and to which Cook returned in the winter of 1771–72 after his First Voyage. Much is known about the furnishings of the house from an inventory of contents taken in 1754, this means the two ground floor rooms are furnished according to this inventory and decorated in the original colour.
- Rievaulx Terrace and Temples, two classical Georgian temples set on an elevated grass terrace.
- York Theatre Royal is a theatre in York, North Yorkshire, that dates back to 1744.
- York Minster is a cathedral church in York, North Yorkshire. It is the seat of the Archbishop of York. Formally called The Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of St Peter in York, 14th century York Minster is one of the largest cathedrals in northern Europe and a popular attraction for visitors to the area. The famous rose window in the south transept is a stunning sight. York Minster is open to the public every day and there is a gift shop on site.
- Rievaulx Abbey, in the middle of the North Yorkshire Moors National Park, Rievaulx Abbey was founded by St Bernard of Clairvaux in 1132 and became one of England’s wealthiest monasteries before its dissolution by King Henry VIII in 1538. Includes interactive museum, cafe and walking and cycling trails.
- Ryedale Folk Museum is an open-air museum in the village of Hutton le Hole in the North Yorks Moors National Park. The museum covers a 5-acre site and explores 2,000 years of history from the Iron Age through to the 1950s. Visitors can see the restored historic building, agricultural machinery and special exhibitions. Ryedale is open all year round from the end of January to the beginning of December. As well as the Museum Hutton le Hole is well worth a visit with a nice stream passing through and a few good pubs, shops and cafes.
- The older part of the Scarborough lies around the harbour and is protected by the Castle Headland in the sheltered South Bay.
- Rosedale Abbey is a village located in a spectacular valley in the centre of Rosedale, North Yorkshire. The small collection of stone properties sit down a steep and winding route on either side of the valley. Despite the village name, there never was an abbey here, just a Cistercian Priory once existed but all that is left today is a staircase, a sundial and a single stone pillar. Originally founded in 1158, the priory was inhabited by a small group of nuns who are credited with being the first people to farm sheep commercially in the region. Around the head of the dale is a cinder track with the relics of the 19th century ironstone mines which gave rise to a population explosion in the village. Rosedale is a popular area for walks and mountain biking. One easy walk is the Rosedale Mineral railway walk that gives you some good views of the dale, click here for the route map.
- Bootham Bar is gateway to the city of York in North Yorkshire. Standing on the site of one of the four main entrances to the Roman fortress in York, Bootham Bar’s archway dates back to 11th century with the rest of the structure built in the 14th and 19th centuries. It consists of a passageway with arches at each end of a rectangular gatehouse with two storeys above. The bar was damaged during the Siege of York in 1644 and was also sometimes used, like other gateways in York, to display the heads of traitors.
