English Heritage & National Trust places in North Yorkshire

Aldborough Roman Site preserves part of Isurium Brigantum, the Romanised capital of the Brigantes, beneath a Yorkshire village.

York Castle’s surviving medieval tower, with elevated walkways and a roof deck overlooking the city.

The soaring east end of a wealthy Augustinian priory founded by the Brus family, beside St Nicholas Church in Guisborough.

A medieval fortress transformed into a Tudor residence, with earthworks, displays and an audio tour.

A fifteenth-century gatehouse with an oriel window beside West Tanfield's parish church.

A medieval castle above Swaledale, with a high keep, Cockpit Garden and stories of conscientious objectors.

Extensive monastic ruins in the Rye valley, with a museum, audio tour and walks from Helmsley.

Headland fortress above Scarborough's two bays, with a Great Tower, Roman remains and extensive grassy grounds.

William Burges's richly decorated High Victorian Gothic church in the Studley Royal deer park, built in the 1870s in memory of a family tragedy.

Thornborough Henges is a group of three enormous prehistoric earthworks on a plateau above the River Ure.

An exposed stone causeway across the North York Moors, traditionally Roman but of disputed origin.

Gothic abbey ruins above Whitby harbour, with a museum exploring their history and their connection with Dracula.

A 17th-century farmhouse in Coverdale, now a youth hostel in the Yorkshire Dales.

Striking mushroom-shaped rock formations on the North York Moors with dramatic moorland views.

Arts and Crafts house in York designed by Walter Brierley, originally a home for Terry's chocolate workers.

One of England's few natural upland lakes in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales.

Best-preserved Carthusian monastery in England with reconstructed monks' cells and individual gardens.

Georgian Palladian mansion near Middlesbrough with fine plasterwork, a Victorian stable block and walled garden.

Fossil-rich North Yorkshire coastline near Whitby with dramatic cliffs and Jurassic rock pools.

Distinctive half-cone hill on the North York Moors edge with panoramic summit views, known as Cleveland's Matterhorn.

A spectacular limestone valley with traditional meadows in the Yorkshire Dales.

Dramatic coastline from Saltburn to Filey, including Robin Hood's Bay and Ravenscar cliffs.