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Risplith

Risplith is a village in the civil parish of Sawley, in the county of North Yorkshire, England.

The place

Risplith is a village in the civil parish of Sawley, in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is about 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Ripon on the B6265 road to Pateley Bridge. The name is believed to derive from Old Norse of slope overgrown with brushwood.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Risplith

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
    Fountains Abbey

    Fountains Abbey is a ruined Cistercian monastery near Ripon in North Yorkshire, England. It was founded in 1132 under the direction of Thurstan, archbishop of York, and over the next four centuries became one of the wealthiest monasteries in England thanks to its large and diverse landholdings.

    2.8 km · ruined Cistercian abbey in Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Studley Royal Park

    Studley Royal Park is an estate in North Yorkshire, England. The site has an area of 800 acres and includes an 18th-century landscaped garden; the ruins of Fountains Abbey; Fountains Hall, a Jacobean mansion; and the Victorian St Mary's church, designed by William Burges.

    3.3 km · 18th Century water garden in Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Fountains Hall

    Fountains Hall is a country house near Ripon in North Yorkshire, England, located within the World Heritage Site at Studley Royal Park which include the ruins of Fountains Abbey. It belongs to the National Trust and is a Grade I listed building.

    2.5 km · Grade I listed historic house museum in Lindrick with Studley Royal and Fountains, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    St Mary's Church, Studley Royal

    The Church of St Mary, Studley Royal, is a Victorian Gothic Revival church built in the Early English style by William Burges. It is located in the grounds of Studley Royal Park at Fountains Abbey, in North Yorkshire, England.

    2.8 km · Grade I listed church in Lindrick with Studley Royal and Fountains, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Church of Saint Lawrence

    St Lawrence's Church is the parish church of Aldfield, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The first church on the site was built in the 14th century.

    2 km · church in Aldfield, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    How Hill Tower

    How Hill Tower is a historic 18th century building at Studley Royal Park, a World Heritage Site in North Yorkshire, in England, close to the site of, and/or incorporating the remains of, an earlier medieval chapel.

    3.4 km · building in Markington with Wallerthwaite, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    The Octagon Tower

    The Octagon Tower is a historic structure at Studley Royal, a World Heritage Site in North Yorkshire, in England. The tower was built between 1728 and 1732, probably as a viewing platform.

    3.3 km · tower in Lindrick with Studley Royal and Fountains, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Abbey Mill

    Fountains Mill, sometimes known as Abbey Mill, is a historic building at Fountains Abbey, a World Heritage Site in North Yorkshire, in England. The watermill was built in the 1130s or 1140s on a leet from the River Skell, as a corn mill for the abbey.

    2.6 km · Grade I listed building in Lindrick with Studley Royal and Fountains, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Hog Hall

    Hog Hall is a historic building in Sawley, North Yorkshire, a village in England. The manor house was built in or before the 16th century, probably for the Norton family.

    1.1 km · house in Sawley, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    St Michael & All Angels

    St Michael's Church is the parish church of Sawley, North Yorkshire, a village in England. A church was built in Sawley by the owners of Sawley Hall, described in 1871 as a "plain stone oblong building, with a belfry and one bell".

    1.1 km · church in Sawley, Ripon, North Yorkshire · Wikipedia

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Getting to Risplith

Airports
Leeds Bradford (LBA), 28 km · Manchester (MAN), 95 km · Newcastle (NCL), 103 km
  • Manchester, Greater Manchester → Risplith
    81 km · quickest by road, 2h 24m · £10–13
  • Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Risplith
    96 km · quickest by road, 2h 6m · £11–14
  • Liverpool → Risplith
    118 km · quickest by road, 3h 1m · £13–18
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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 Risplith. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    278 km
  2. 02
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    310 km
  3. 03
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    338 km
  4. 04
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    382 km
  5. 05
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    386 km

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Next door to Risplith

Risplith is 36 km from Leeds, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.