Bishopthorpe is a Village in the county of North Yorkshire.

Retail in Bishopthorpe

There are great places to visit near Bishopthorpe 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 Bishopthorpe 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.

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 are some of Bishopthorpe best ruins to visit near Bishopthorpe.

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

Hiking Areas to visit near Bishopthorpe include Deepdale, Cotterdale, Southerscales, Ingleton Waterfalls Trail, Swilla Glen, Baxenghyll Gorge, and Raven Ray.

The area around Bishopthorpe boasts some of the best villages including Pool-in-Wharfedale, Askrigg, Hardraw, Malham, West Burton, Bainbridge, and Aysgarth.

Whitfield Beck, Mill Gill, Hardraw Beck, River Wharfe, and Walden Beck at West Burton are great places to visit near Bishopthorpe if you like rivers and streams.

The area around Bishopthorpe 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 Bishopthorpe.

Southerscales, Malham Cove, and Warrendale Knotts Limestone Pavement are some of Bishopthorpe best limestone pavements to visit near Bishopthorpe.

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

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

There are a several good cities in the Bishopthorpe area like York, and Ripon.

Bishopthorpe has some unmissable historic buildings nearby like York Minster, Culloden Tower, and Beggar’s Bridge.

Addlebrough, Warrendale Knotts, Giggleswick Scar, Blua Crags, Sugar Loaf Hill, and Attermire Scar are some of Bishopthorpe best hills to visit near Bishopthorpe.

Castles to visit near Bishopthorpe include Skipton Castle, Richmond Castle, and Bolton Castle.

The area around Bishopthorpe's best country parks can be found at Brimham Rocks.

Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden, Fountains Abbey (ruin), and Studley Royal Water Garden are some of Bishopthorpe best parks to visit near Bishopthorpe.

Don't miss Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden's gardens if visiting the area around Bishopthorpe.

Schoolboys Tower, Jubilee Cave, and Victoria Cave are great places to visit near Bishopthorpe if you like ancient sites.

Bishopthorpe History

There are some historic monuments around Bishopthorpe:

• St Peter's Hospital, part of undercroft beneath the Theatre Royal
• Siwards How, south east of the water tower, Heslington Hill
• Brocket Hall moated site
• Steeton medieval village, moated site and fishponds
• Paradise Lodge moated site and grange of the Prior of Bolton
• Tithe barn
• Moated site 50m north west of Red House
• Kelfield moated site and fishpond, 180m north of Kelfield Church
• Mote Hill: a moated site, two fishponds and part of an adjacent field system 500m west of Nun Appleton Hall
• Standing tower and below ground remains of St Lawrence's Church and associated burial ground
• St Mary's Abbey
• Roman camp on Bootham Stray, 450m north east of Moor Farm
• St George's medieval chapel 120m south of York Castle
• Merchant's Hall, Fossgate
• Round barrow on Skipwith Common, 810m south of Skipwith Church
• Medieval stone town house known as The Norman House to the rear of Nos 48 and 50 Stonegate
• Roman camp on Clifton Moor, 275m NNE of Moor Farm
• Round barrow on Skipwith Common, 830m south east of Adamson Farm
• Roman camp on Huntington South Moor, 300m east of Huntington Grange
• St Andrew's College and moat, 440m north east of College Farm
• Lamel Hill (Anglo-Saxon tumulus)
• Round barrow on Skipwith Common, 690m north west of Horseshoe Pond
• Danes Hills square barrow cemetery, 300m south of Adamson Farm
• St Mary's Abbey precinct walls
• Round barrow on Skipwith Common, 800m south east of Adamson Farm
• Fulford cross, 200m south west of the barracks
• 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
• Nether Poppleton medieval moated site, fishponds and earthworks around and associated with St Everilda's Church
• World War II bombing decoy 500m east of Bland's Plantation
• South angle tower of Roman fortress
• York prebendary manor moated site, 300m north west of Hawthorn Farm
• York Minster cathedral precinct: including Bootham Bar and the length of City Walls extending round the precinct up to Monk Bar
• Kensbury moated site, fishpond and fragment of a medieval field system
• Moated site and fishpond 140m south of St Helen's Church
• Cold War period Royal Observer Corps Group Headquarters, Howe Hill
• Cawood Castle and Castle Garth: residence of the medieval Archbishops of York and associated enclosure containing gardens, five fishponds and a quarry pit
• 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