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North York Moors
The North York Moors is one of Britain's eleven National Parks - an area of outstandingly sensational open landscape whose special qualities and cultural heritage discover the protection of Parliament. England's largest expanse of heather covered moorland.

Castle Howard
Castle Howard near York. The stately home of the Howard family for 300 years.

Fountains Abbey
Unquestionably one of the most evocative of all the ruined abbeys, this famous Cistercian foundation dates back to 1132 when a small group of intellectual monks broke away from the Benedictine abbey of St Mary's in York to follow a stricter rule.

Haworth
Welcome to Haworth, a small village not far from Bradford in West Yorkshire. located above the Worth Valley amid the bleak Pennine moors, Haworth is internationally famous for its connection with the Bronte sisters, who wrote while living at Haworth Pars

Ripley Castle
Ancestral home of the Ingilby family for 26 generations, set at the heart of a traditional English Estate village. The architecture is a fine example of the growth and development of a family home throughout history.

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