Guisborough
Guisborough is a market town and civil parish in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England.

Guisborough is a market town and civil parish in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England. It lies north of the North York Moors National Park. Roseberry Topping, midway between the town and Great Ayton, is a landmark in the national park. It was governed by an urban district and rural district in the North Riding of Yorkshire.
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Worth seeing in and around Guisborough
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.
- 01Roseberry Topping
Roseberry Topping is a distinctive hill in North Yorkshire, England. It is situated near Great Ayton and Newton under Roseberry.
4.7 km · hill in North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Eston Nab
Eston Nab is a rocky outcrop hill in the town of Eston, Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England. A nab is a rocky promontory, and Eston Nab, marking the highest point – at 242 metres – on the escarpment which forms Eston Hills, appears as a clear sandstone cliff on the northernmost edge of Eston Moor.
4.9 km · hill in North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Gisborough Hall
Gisborough Hall is a 19th-century mansion house, now a hotel, at Guisborough, in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland, England, in the United Kingdom. It is a Grade II listed building.
1.3 km · country house in Guisborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Guisborough Town Hall
Guisborough Town Hall is a municipal building on Westgate in Guisborough, North Yorkshire, England. The structure, which has mainly been used as a venue for magistrates' court hearings, is a Grade II listed building.
300 m · municipal building in Guisborough, Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Hutton Hall
Hutton Hall is a grade II listed country house in the Hutton Lowcross area to the south west of Guisborough, North Yorkshire, England.
1.9 km · country house in Guisborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Prior Pursglove College
Prior Pursglove and Stockton Sixth Form College is a sixth form college with sites in Guisborough and Stockton-on-Tees. The college is a result of a merger between Prior Pursglove College and Stockton Sixth Form College in May 2016.
600 m · sixth form college in Guisborough, North Yorkshire, England · Wikipedia - 07Wilton Castle
Wilton Castle is an early 19th-century mansion, built on the site of a medieval castle, now converted into residential apartments, situated at Wilton, in Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England. It is a Grade II listed building.
4.8 km · country house in Wilton, Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Skelton Castle
Skelton Castle can refer to either a ruined medieval castle or an 18th-century Gothic style country house that replaced it. The site of both buildings is the village of Skelton, in North Yorkshire, England.
5.2 km · Grade I listed country house in Skelton-in-Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Old Church of St Andrew
The Old Church of St Andrew is a redundant grade II* listed Anglican church in the village of Upleatham, Redcar and Cleveland, England. Parts of the church date back to the 12th century, and it was replaced as a working church by the newer Church of St Andrew, which is located closer to the village, the old church being outside of Upleatham.
4.3 km · church in Guisborough, Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Old All Saints Church, Skelton-in-Cleveland
Old All Saints Church is a redundant Anglican church in the town of Skelton-in-Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
5.1 km · church in Skelton and Brotton, Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Guisborough Museum
A small volunteer-run museum of local history.
- 02Gisborough Priory
An Augustinian priory founded in 1119, and built in Romanesque style.
- 03Kirkleatham Museum
Museum housed in a mansion of 1709, originally a boys' school.
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Where to eat
Odd Socks is a cafe and laundrette at 63 Church St. It's open M-Sa 8:30AM-5PM, Su 9AM-3PM. Badger's Bar is a bistro at 55 Church St, open Su, Tu-Th 9AM-4PM, F Sa 9AM-10:30PM. Greedy Ted's is a pizzeria at
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Getting to Guisborough
- Airports
- Newcastle (NCL), 69 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 84 km · Manchester (MAN), 154 km
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Guisborough60 km · quickest by road, 1h 34m · £7–10
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Guisborough88 km · quickest by road, 2h 7m · £11–14
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Guisborough140 km · quickest by road, 2h 51m · £17–22
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Guisborough
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Guisborough. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundTown is walkable; see below for the funicular.
From Wikivoyage: Saltburn-by-the-Sea, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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If you know how people move in Guisborough – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Guisborough
- Skelton-in-Clevelandtown in Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England, UK5.4 km
- Lockwoodcivil parish in North Yorkshire, England, UK5.8 km
- Kirkleathamvillage in North Yorkshire, England, UK5.6 km
- Wiltonvillage in Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom4.7 km
- Boosbeckvillage in North Yorkshire, England, UK4.9 km
- New Marskevillage in North Yorkshire, England, UK5.3 km