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Mother Shipton's Cave

Knaresborough

(3.9 miles, 6.2 km, direction N)

This attractive market town lies in the high reaches of Yorkshire above Harrogate. It is overlooked by the peaceful waters of the River Nidd which is spanned by a magnificent.....

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Harrogate, North Yorkshire

Harrogate

(4.3 miles, 6.8 km, direction NW)

One of the chief town's in Yorkshire's old West Riding, Harrogate acheived early fame as a Spa resort...

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Scotton

(5.4 miles, 8.6 km, direction N)

Home to the infamous Guy Fawkes whos residence still stands at the end of the village. On bonfire night or 'Guy Fawkes' night, unlike other areas of England where an effigy of Guy.....

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St. John The Baptist Church

Kirk Hammerton

(7.2 miles, 11.6 km, direction NE)

A picturesque village in North Yorkshire..

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Ripley Show, Aug 2011

Ripley

(7.3 miles, 11.8 km, direction NW)

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The Brewery in Tadcaster, North Yorkshire

Tadcaster

(9.5 miles, 15.2 km, direction SE)

Tadcaster has been at the centre of the Brewing industry since the 18th century, and today breweries remain conspicuous on its landscape...

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Out and about in Boroughbridge

Boroughbridge

(10.1 miles, 16.2 km, direction N)

Boroughbridge is a pretty market town in North Yorkshire. The town has some interesting history, including the neothlithic ‘Devils Arrows’ standing stones and the site of the.....

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River Wharfe and Weir, Otley, West Yorkshire

Otley

(10.1 miles, 16.3 km, direction W)

Otley is a beautiful old town with attractive buildings in medieval courts and alleyways and a lovely parish church that dates back to Norman times...

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Park Square Leeds

Leeds

(11.3 miles, 18.1 km, direction S)

In the middle ages Leeds was a wool centre and it flourished. The sheep on the Yorkshire moors providing the wool for the cottage craft industry of spinning and weaving. The.....

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Ripon Cathedral, Ripon, North Yorkshire

Ripon

(12.8 miles, 20.6 km, direction N)

Every night Ripons market square is the scene of a 1,000 year old custom when the city Wakeman blows his horn...

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Recommended attractions near Spofforth Castle

Knaresborough, The Petrifying Well

Mother Shiptons Cave & Petrifying Well

(3.4 miles, 5.5 km, direction N)

Mother Shipton lived some 500 years ago during the reign of King Henry VIII, and is England’s most famous Prophetess. The cave.....

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Knaresborough Castle grounds War Memorial.

Knaresborough Castle

(3.8 miles, 6.1 km, direction N)

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Harewood House in West Yorkshire - Terrace Gardens, June 2005

Harewood House

(5.0 miles, 8.0 km, direction SW)

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Ripley Castle, Yorkshire

Ripley Castle

(7.3 miles, 11.8 km, direction NW)

Ripley Castle was built more than 700 years ago, it was originally built as the home of the Ingilby family and has remained so.....

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Roundhay park.

Roundhay Park

(7.8 miles, 12.6 km, direction S)

700 acres of parkland, lakes, woodland and gardens which are owned by Leeds City Council, and is one of the biggest city parks in.....

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From Surprise View, Otley Chevin Forest Park, West Yorkshire

Chevin Forest Park

(10.6 miles, 17.0 km, direction SW)

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Pyjama Cricket

Headingley Cricket Ground

(10.9 miles, 17.6 km, direction SW)

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Beningborough Hall

Beningbrough Hall

(11.1 miles, 17.8 km, direction NE)

18th-century house with interactive galleries and National Portrait Gallery paintings. Grounds and working walled garden...

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Kirkstall Abbey near Leeds, West Yorkshire

Kirkstall Abbey

(11.2 miles, 18.0 km, direction SW)

Kirkstall Abbey is one of Yorkshire's finest ruined Cistercian abbey's. It was founded in the 12th-century from which much of.....

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I am watching you

Lotherton Hall

(11.2 miles, 18.1 km, direction SE)

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