Beverley

Worth seeing in and around Beverley

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Beverley Minster

   Beverley Minster, otherwise known as the Parish Church of Saint John and Saint Martin, in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, is a parish church in the Church of England. It is one of the largest parish churches in the UK, larger than one-third of all English cathedrals and is regarded as a Gothic masterpiece.

   600 m · church in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   St Mary's Church, Beverley

   St Mary's Church is an Anglican parish church in Beverley in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Grade I listed building.

   300 m · church in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Beverley Beck

   Beverley Beck is a short canal in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The beck runs from Grovehill Lock on the River Hull at Beverley west for about 0.8 miles into the town of Beverley.

   2.4 km · Canal in East Riding, England · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Beverley Bar

   Beverley Bar or Beverley North Bar is a 15th-century gate situated in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Grade I listed building and is now recorded in the National Heritage List for England, maintained by Historic England.

   400 m · Grade I listed building in Beverley, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
5. 05
   7 Hengate

   7 Hengate is a historic building in Beverley, a town in the East Riding of Yorkshire, in England. The house was constructed between 1708 and 1709 for Henry Spendlove.

   200 m · building in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Norwood House

   Norwood House is a historic building in Beverley, a town in the East Riding of Yorkshire, in England. The house was built for Jonathan Midgley in the late 1760s.

   200 m · Grade I listed house in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Tymperon House

   Tymperon House is a historic building in Beverley, a town in the East Riding of Yorkshire, in England. William Tymperon left money in his will for the construction and maintenance of an almshouse in Beverley.

   100 m · house in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Walkergate House

   Walkergate House is a historic building in Beverley, a town in the East Riding of Yorkshire, in England. The house was built around 1775, probably to a design by William Middleton.

   0 m · house in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   The Old Vicarage

   The Old Vicarage is a historic building in Beverley, a town in the East Riding of Yorkshire, in England. The house was constructed in the Mediaeval period, as the vicarage of Beverley Minster.

   600 m · clergy house in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    8-11, St John Street

    8–11 St John Street is a historic building in Beverley, a town in the East Riding of Yorkshire, in England. The Bedern, the refectory and dormitory for most of the clergy of Beverley Minster, was first recorded in 1237.

    600 m · building in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Beverley Minster

   Remarkably, it's just an Anglican parish church, though one that counts St Thomas Beckett among its provosts.

2. 02
   St Mary's Church

   The town's other Anglican parish church, mostly in Decorated style from the 13th century, and made over in the 19th by (of course) Pugin and George Gilbert Scott.

From Wikivoyage: Beverley, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Things to do

Stroll on Westwood, the heath just west of town. On its north side is the racecourse, on its south is Beverley and East Riding Golf Club.

1. 01
   Beverley Racecourse

   This course has flat-racing April-October.

From Wikivoyage: Beverley, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Where to eat

Kavanagh's tea-room on Toll Gavel serves good breakfasts from 9:30AM. Tea Cosy on Highgate next to the Minster has a pleasant conservatory. It's open M-Sa 11AM-4PM. TC's Patisserie on Lairgate offers freshly prepared tarts, quiches etc. It's open M-Sa 9AM-4:30PM. White's, 12a North Bar Without HU17 7AB,. Tue-Fri 7-9PM, Sat noon-2PM, 7-9PM. Creative menu, modern British with a French flavour.

From Wikivoyage: Beverley, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Getting to Beverley

Airports

Leeds Bradford (LBA), 81 km · East Midlands (EMA), 127 km · Manchester (MAN), 134 km

Stations

Arram railway station, 4.5 km · Beverley railway station, 600 m · RAF Leconfield, 3.7 km

• Leeds, West Yorkshire → Beverley

  74 km · quickest by road, 1h 43m · £8–11
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• Nottingham, Leicestershire → Beverley

  110 km · quickest by road, 2h 38m · £13–17
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• Manchester, Greater Manchester → Beverley

  126 km · quickest by road, 2h 26m · £14–18
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