North Yorkshire and the North Riding
The North Riding including the north corner of the west, is the most strikingly beautiful stretch of the county. Fine Pennine heights make a superb backcloth to the landscape, and the lovely northern dales of Swaledale and Wensleydale roll away in beauty to the east.... Click here

Rievaulx Abbey, North Yorkshire
Walter L'Espec, the founder of Kirkham Priory, granted this site in the wilderness to a band of 12 Cistercians in 1131, and thus began an exceptionally prosperous house. Its grandeur is indicated by the ruins here of buildings mostly completed before the end of the 12th c. Click here

Ennerdale in the Lake District
It is impossible to approach this lake by road except from the west, and it is the most westerly of all the lakes. Near the west end of the lake is a large car park, from where you must proceed on foot... Click here

Castle Howard, North Yorkshire
Seen against the prettiness of the Howardian Hills, the splendour of Castle Howard is all the more astonishing. This palace 6m W of Malton, the largest house in Yorkshire, has no counter-part among English country houses... Click here

Gawsworth, an enchanting village in Cheshire
An enchanting village, set among forest, parkland and ornamental ponds. The site of the beautiful 16th-c timber-framed Gawsworth Hall was the seat of the Fitton family from 1306 until it was taken over by the Mainwarings in the late 17th century... Click here