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, towns, caves, mountains, rivers and streams, cities, hills, limestone pavements, historic buildings, castles, country parks, geological features, parks, gardens, old mines and ancient sites.

Catrigg Force, Lockin Garth Force, Gaping Gill, Clapdale Waterfalls, Aysgill Force, Great Douk Cave Waterfall, and Ingleton Waterfalls Trail are some of Bishopthorpe best waterfalls to visit near Bishopthorpe.

The area around Bishopthorpe boasts some of the best ruins including Bolton Abbey, Byland Abbey, Easby Abbey (ruin), Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden, Rievaulx Abbey, Norton Tower (ruin), and Fountains Abbey (ruin).

The area around Bishopthorpe boasts some of the best historic monuments including Bolton Abbey, Culloden Tower, Rylstone Crag and Rylstone Cross, and Robin Hood's Well (Fountains).

Deepdale, Nidderdale, Cotterdale, Southerscales, Ingleton Waterfalls Trail, Embsay Crag, and Brimham Rocks are great places to visit near Bishopthorpe if you like hiking areas.

Villages to visit near Bishopthorpe include Askrigg, West Burton, Bainbridge, Aysgarth, Levisham, Pool-in-Wharfedale, and Hardraw.

Hawes, Skipton, Richmond, Middlesbrough, Harrogate, Settle, and Helmsley are some of Bishopthorpe best towns to visit near Bishopthorpe.

There are a several good caves in the Bishopthorpe area like Great Douk Cave, Yordas Cave, Gaping Gill, White Scar Cave, Janet's Cave, Horseshoe Cave, and Jubilee Cave.

Ingleborough is one of Bishopthorpe's best, nearby mountains to visit in Bishopthorpe.

There are a several good rivers and streams in the Bishopthorpe area like River Wharfe, Whitfield Beck, Mill Gill, Walden Beck at West Burton, and Hardraw Beck.

York, and Ripon are great places to visit near Bishopthorpe if you like cities.

There are a number of hills near Bishopthorpe including Addlebrough, Embsay Crag, Warrendale Knotts, Blua Crags, Sugar Loaf Hill, Attermire Scar, and Rylstone Crag and Rylstone Cross.

Limestone Pavements to visit near Bishopthorpe include Southerscales, Malham Cove, and Warrendale Knotts Limestone Pavement.

The area around Bishopthorpe features a number of interesting historic buildings including York Minster, Culloden Tower, Marton House, Norton Tower (ruin), Church of St Peter - Rylstone, and Beggar’s Bridge.

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

Don't miss Brimham Rocks's country parks if visiting the area around Bishopthorpe.

Brimham Rocks, Malham Cove, and Grassington Lead Mines are some of Bishopthorpe best geological features to visit near Bishopthorpe.

Bishopthorpe's best nearby parks can be found at Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden, Fountains Abbey (ruin), and Studley Royal Water Garden.

There are a number of gardens near to Bishopthorpe including Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden.

Grassington Lead Mines is a great place to visit close to Bishopthorpe if you like old mines.

Bishopthorpe's best nearby ancient sites can be found at Jubilee Cave, Victoria Cave, and Schoolboys Tower.

Bishopthorpe History

There are some historic monuments around Bishopthorpe:

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