Visit the North York Moors and Coast

VISIT THE NORTH YORK MOORS AND COAST

Places to visit and things to do in the North Yorkshire Moors and Coast including visitor attraction websites with links to opening times and prices. There are also links to our unique pages exploring this region.

Always check opening times and prices

on the attraction website before visiting

Whitby and the River Esk — **Photo © David Simpson englandsnortheast.co.uk**

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BYLAND ABBEY 

(ENGLISH HERITAGE)

Cistercian abbey ruins in lovely setting. 

Byland Abbey — **Photo © David Simpson englandsnortheast.co.uk**

Near Coxwold 

Visit the English Heritage website (Byland)

Explore Thirsk, Northallerton and Osmotherley

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CASTLE HOWARD 

Quite possibly the grandest stately home in Yorkshire. Situated in extensive grounds. 

Near Malton YO60 7DA 

Visit the Castle Howard website

Explore the Malton, Helmsley and Pickering areas

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DUNCOMBE PARK 

Impressive house and grounds on the edge of the town of Helmsley. 

Helmsley YO62 5EB 

Visit the Duncombe Park website

Explore the Malton, Helmsley and Pickering areas

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HELMSLEY CASTLE 

(ENGLISH HERITAGE)

Medieval castle in attractive town of Helmsley near Duncombe Park. Parts of the castle date to the twelfth century. 

Helmsley Castle from Duncombe Park — **Photo © David Simpson englandsnortheast.co.uk**

Helmsley YO62 5AB 

Visit the English Heritage (Helmsley Castle) website

Explore the Malton, Helmsley and Pickering areas

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KIRKHAM PRIORY 

(ENGLISH HERITAGE)

Thirteenth century priory on the banks of Derwent to the south of Malton 

Malton YO60 7JS 

Visit the English Heritage (Kirkham Priory) website

Explore East Yorkshire and the Wolds

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MOUNT GRACE PRIORY  AND HOUSE

(ENGLISH HERITAGE AND NATIONAL TRUST)

Beautiful ruins of a fourteenth century ‘Charterhouse’ (a Carthusian monastery) and neighbouring historic house.

Mount Grace Priory : priory ruins and house — **Photo © David Simpson englandsnortheast.co.uk**

Staddle Bridge, Osmotherley DL6 3JG 

Visit the National Trust (Mount Grace Priory) website

Explore Thirsk, Northallerton and Osmotherley

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NORTH YORK MOORS RAILWAY 

Extensive steam railway in the beautiful setting of the North York Moors. Stations at Pickering, Whitby, Levisham, Goathland and Grosmont. 

Goathland station — **Photo © David Simpson englandsnortheast.co.uk**

Pickering Station, Pickering YO18 7AJ 

Visit the North York Moors Railway website

Explore Whitby and Eskdale

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NUNNINGTON HALL 

(NATIONAL TRUST)

Grand seventeenth century Ryedale house. 

Nunnington, Oswaldkirk YO6 5UY 

Visit the National Trust (Nunnington Hall) website

Explore the Malton, Helmsley and Pickering areas

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PICKERING CASTLE 

(ENGLISH HERITAGE)

Situated on the edge of North York Moors and outskirts of the town of Pickering. 

**Photo © David Simpson englandsnortheast.co.uk**

Castlegate, Pickering YO18 7AX 

Visit the English Heritage (Pickering Castle) website

Explore the Malton, Helmsley and Pickering areas

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RIEVAULX ABBEY 

(ENGLISH HERITAGE)

Beautiful, massive ruins of a Cistercian monastery near the River Rye. 

Rievaulx Bank, Helmsley YO62 5LB 

Visit the English Heritage (Rievaulx Abbey) website

Explore the Malton, Helmsley and Pickering areas

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RIEVAULX TERRACE AND TEMPLES 

(NATIONAL TRUST)

The garden terrace provides excellent views of Rievaulx Abbey. 

Visit the National Trust (Rievaulx Terrace) website

Rievaulx, Helmsley YO6 5LJ 

Explore the Malton, Helmsley and Pickering areas

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SCARBOROUGH CASTLE 

(ENGLISH HERITAGE)

Situated on a prominent headland promontory overlooking Scarborough’s North and South Bays. 

The walls of Scarborough Castle — **Photo © David Simpson englandsnortheast.co.uk**

Castle Road, Scarborough YO11 1HY 

Visit the Scarborough Castle website

Explore Scarborough

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SHANDY HALL 

Old house in the pretty village of Coxwold where the author Laurence Sterne wrote ‘Tristram Shandy’. 

Thirsk Bank, Coxwold YO61 4AD 

Visit the Laurence Sterne Trust website

Explore Thirsk, Northallerton and Osmotherley

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WHITBY ABBEY 

(ENGLISH HERITAGE)

Ruins of medieval abbey high above the picturesque abbey town of Whitby. In earlier times it had been the site of an Anglo-Saxon monastery associated with St Hilda. 

Abbey Lane, Whitby YO22 4JT 

Visit the English Heritage Whitby Abbey website

Explore Whitby and Eskdale

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CAPTAIN COOK MUSEUM 

Museum in Grape Lane occupies the former home of the famed explored, Captain James Cook who lived here in the 1740s. 

Grape Lane, Whitby YO22 4BA 

Visit the Captain Cook Museum website

Explore Whitby and Eskdale

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JAMES COOK SCHOOLROOM MUSEUM 

Museum in Great Ayton exploring Captain James Cook’s childhood. 

Captain Cook Schoolroom, Great Ayton — **Photo © David Simpson englandsnortheast.co.uk**

100 High Street, Great Ayton TS9 6HN 

Visit the James Cook Schoolroom Museum website

Explore Cleveland

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EDEN CAMP 

Extensive World War Two-focused museum dedicated to wartime Britain. Themed displays in the huts of a former prisoner of war camp. 

Old Malton YO17 6RT 

Visit the Eden Camp website

Explore the Malton, Helmsley and Pickering areas

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MOUSEMAN VISITOR CENTRE 

Furniture making visitor centre. Furniture maker, Robert Thompson of Kilburn, was known as the ‘Mouseman’ from his signature trademark carving of a mouse.