Bishopthorpe

Worth seeing in and around Bishopthorpe

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
   Baile Hill

   Baile Hill is a man-made earth mound in the Bishophill area of York, England. It is the only remaining feature of the fortification known as the Old Baile.

   3.9 km · motte-and-bailey castle in York, North Yorkshire, England · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Bishopthorpe Palace

   Bishopthorpe Palace is the official residence of the Archbishop of York at Bishopthorpe, North Yorkshire, England. The palace is located on the River Ouse and is approximately 3 miles south of York, which is the location of the diocese's cathedral, York Minster.

   600 m · Grade I listed building in York, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
3. 03
   York Cemetery, York

   York Cemetery is a cemetery located in the city of York, England. Founded in 1837, it now encompasses 24 acres and is owned and administered by The York Cemetery Trust with support of the Friends of York Cemetery.

   3.8 km · cemetery in York, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Bar Convent

   The Bar Convent Living Heritage Centre, at Micklegate Bar in York, England, was established in 1686 and is the oldest surviving Catholic convent in the British Isles. The laws of England at the time prohibited the foundation of Catholic convents, and as a result the community was both established and operated in secret.

   3.9 km · church in York, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Middlethorpe Hall

   Middlethorpe Hall is a 17th-century English country house standing in 20 acres of grounds in Middlethorpe, York, North Yorkshire. It is a perfectly symmetrical red brick and stone house built in 1699 and since 2008 has been owned by the National Trust.

   1.3 km · Grade II* listed building near York, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   York College

   York College & University Centre, formerly York College, is a further and higher education college in York, England. Its antecedent is the York Mechanics' Institute, founded in 1827; the college in its current form was established in 1999 through a merger of York Sixth Form College and York College of Further and Higher Education.

   1.6 km · further and higher education college in York, England · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Goddards

   Goddards House and Garden is an Arts and Crafts house in Dringhouses, York, England. It was built in 1927 for Noel and Kathleen Terry of the famed chocolate-manufacturing family Terry's with the house designed by local architect Walter Brierley and the garden by George Dillistone.

   2.3 km · historic house museum in York, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   163 Holgate Road

   Holgate House is a historic building on Holgate Road in the Holgate area of York, England. Its site was purchased by Edward Matterson in 1770, and he completed the house in 1774, probably as a speculative development.

   3.9 km · Grade II* listed building in York, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Ruined Church of St Andrew

   Old St Andrew's Church is a ruined building in Bishopthorpe, a village south of York in England. The first church on the site was built in the early 13th century.

   600 m · church building in Bishopthorpe, York, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Church of St Edward the Confessor, Dringhouses

    St Edward the Confessor's Church is an Anglican church on Tadcaster Road in Dringhouses, a suburb of York, England. During the medieval period, Dringhouses lay within the parish of Holy Trinity Church, Micklegate, although local parishioners preferred to worship at St Stephen's Church, Acomb, which was closer.

    2.3 km · Grade II listed church in Dringhouses, York, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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