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Guisborough

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

Guisborough
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The place

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.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

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.

  1. 01
    Roseberry 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
  2. 02
    Eston 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
  3. 03
    Gisborough 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
  4. 04
    Guisborough 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
  5. 05
    Hutton 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
  6. 06
    Prior 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
  7. 07
    Wilton 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
  8. 08
    Skelton 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
  9. 09
    Old 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
  10. 10
    Old 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

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

See

What Wikivoyage says to see

  1. 01
    Guisborough Museum

    A small volunteer-run museum of local history.

  2. 02
    Gisborough Priory

    An Augustinian priory founded in 1119, and built in Romanesque style.

  3. 03
    Kirkleatham Museum

    Museum housed in a mansion of 1709, originally a boys' school.

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

Eat

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

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

Go there

Getting to Guisborough

Airports
Newcastle (NCL), 69 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 84 km · Manchester (MAN), 154 km
  • Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Guisborough
    60 km · quickest by road, 1h 34m · £7–10
  • Leeds, West Yorkshire → Guisborough
    88 km · quickest by road, 2h 7m · £11–14
  • Manchester, Greater Manchester → Guisborough
    140 km · quickest by road, 2h 51m · £17–22
  • From anywhere
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Not yet researched

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.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • 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.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    284 km
  2. 02
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    313 km
  3. 03
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    342 km
  4. 04
    Isle of CollGB

    7 ways of moving, 16 sources

    417 km
  5. 05
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    419 km

If you know how people move in Guisborough – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

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