Day 7: Harrogate - Fountains Abbey
Date of walk: 16 October 2008
Set in the naturally beautiful Skell Valley Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal is Yorkshire's first World Heritage Site. The spectacular estate covers over 800acres of stunning Yorkshire countryside and includes the atmospheric ruins of a 12th century Cistercian abbey, one of the most important remaining Georgian Water Gardens in the UK, one of the few remaining monastic water mills in the country, as well as a Georgian manor house and medieval deer park, home to 500 wild deer.
Join Beefy on this 4-mile walk through this beautiful estate of contrasts and surprises on October 16th.
For more information about Fountains Abbey please contact:
Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden
Fountains, Ripon, North Yorkshire HG4 3DY
Telephone: 01765 608888
Email: fountainsenquiries@nationaltrust.org.uk
Website: www.fountainsabbey.org.uk
The National Trust - Registered Charity No. 205846
Enter Beefy's Great British Walk online here Or call 020 7685 5133 for further details.
