Askham Bryan is a Village in the county of North Yorkshire.

Retail in Askham Bryan

There are great places to visit near Askham Bryan including some great waterfalls, ruins, historic monuments, hiking areas, villages, rivers and streams, towns, caves, limestone pavements, geological features, mountains, cities, historic buildings, hills, castles, country parks, parks, gardens and ancient sites.

The area around Askham Bryan boasts some of the best waterfalls including Catrigg Force, Lockin Garth Force, Whitfield Gill Force, Slape Wath Waterfall, Mill Gill Force, Cotter Force, and Aysgill Force.

Don't miss Bolton Abbey, Byland Abbey, Easby Abbey (ruin), Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden, Fountains Abbey (ruin), Trig Point on Warrendale Knotts, and Old Limekiln at Blua Crags's ruins if visiting the area around Askham Bryan.

There are a several good historic monuments in the Askham Bryan area like Bolton Abbey, Culloden Tower, and Robin Hood's Well (Fountains).

The area around Askham Bryan boasts some of the best hiking areas including Deepdale, Cotterdale, Southerscales, Ingleton Waterfalls Trail, Swilla Glen, Baxenghyll Gorge, and Raven Ray.

There are a number of villages near Askham Bryan including Pool-in-Wharfedale, Askrigg, Hardraw, Malham, West Burton, Bainbridge, and Aysgarth.

Rivers and Streams to visit near Askham Bryan include Whitfield Beck, Mill Gill, Hardraw Beck, River Wharfe, and Walden Beck at West Burton.

The area around Askham Bryan features a number of interesting towns including Hawes, Skipton, Grassington, Richmond, Middlesbrough, Harrogate, and Settle.

Don't miss Great Douk Cave, White Scar Cave, Yordas Cave, Janet's Cave, Gaping Gill, Horseshoe Cave, and Jubilee Cave's caves if visiting the area around Askham Bryan.

Southerscales, Malham Cove, and Warrendale Knotts Limestone Pavement are great places to visit near Askham Bryan if you like limestone pavements.

Malham Cove, and Brimham Rocks are great places to visit near Askham Bryan if you like geological features.

The area around Askham Bryan's best mountains can be found at Ingleborough.

Don't miss York, and Ripon's cities if visiting the area around Askham Bryan.

Historic Buildings to visit near Askham Bryan include York Minster, Culloden Tower, and Beggar’s Bridge.

There are a number of hills near Askham Bryan including Addlebrough, Warrendale Knotts, Giggleswick Scar, Blua Crags, Sugar Loaf Hill, and Attermire Scar.

Skipton Castle, Richmond Castle, and Bolton Castle are some of Askham Bryan best castles to visit near Askham Bryan.

There are a several good country parks in the area around Askham Bryan like Brimham Rocks.

Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden, Fountains Abbey (ruin), and Studley Royal Water Garden are great places to visit near Askham Bryan if you like parks.

Places near Askham Bryan feature a number of interesting gardens including Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden.

Don't miss Schoolboys Tower, Jubilee Cave, and Victoria Cave's ancient sites if visiting the area around Askham Bryan.

Askham Bryan History

There are some historic monuments around Askham Bryan:

• South angle tower of Roman fortress
• St Andrew's College and moat, 440m north east of College Farm
• St Mary's Abbey
• Cawood Castle and Castle Garth: residence of the medieval Archbishops of York and associated enclosure containing gardens, five fishponds and a quarry pit
• Fulford cross, 200m south west of the barracks
• Roman camp on Bootham Stray, 450m north east of Moor Farm
• Roman camp on Clifton Moor, 275m NNE of Moor Farm
• St George's medieval chapel 120m south of York Castle
• Moated site 50m north west of Red House
• York Minster cathedral precinct: including Bootham Bar and the length of City Walls extending round the precinct up to Monk Bar
• Tithe barn
• Kelfield moated site and fishpond, 180m north of Kelfield Church
• Lamel Hill (Anglo-Saxon tumulus)
• York prebendary manor moated site, 300m north west of Hawthorn Farm
• Kensbury moated site, fishpond and fragment of a medieval field system
• Roman villa
• York Castle: motte and bailey castle, tower keep castle (including Clifford's Tower), and site of part of Romano-British fort-vicus and Anglian cemetery
• Mote Hill: a moated site, two fishponds and part of an adjacent field system 500m west of Nun Appleton Hall
• St Peter's Hospital, part of undercroft beneath the Theatre Royal
• Standing tower and below ground remains of St Lawrence's Church and associated burial ground
• City Walls, gates, posterns (not including the section from Bootham Bar to Monk Bar, N of the Minster, now part of National Monument No 13280), moats, mounds, Bayle (or Baile) Hill, St Leonard's Hospital and Merchant Taylor's Hall, Aldwark
• Nether Poppleton medieval moated site, fishponds and earthworks around and associated with St Everilda's Church
• Merchant's Hall, Fossgate
• Catterton Hall moated site and adjacent building platform
• Brocket Hall moated site
• Cold War period Royal Observer Corps Group Headquarters, Howe Hill
• Steeton medieval village, moated site and fishponds
• Medieval stone town house known as The Norman House to the rear of Nos 48 and 50 Stonegate
• St Mary's Abbey precinct walls