Coverham Abbey, Yorkshire Dales National Park

Name: Coverham Abbey
Address: Yorkshire Dales National Park, United Kingdom

#102 among attractions in Yorkshire Dales National Park

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Coverham Abbey, North Yorkshire, England, was a Premonstratensian monastery that was founded at Swainby in 1190 by Helewisia, daughter of the Chief Justiciar Ranulf de Glanville. It was refounded at Coverham in about 1212 by her son Ranulf fitzRalph, who had the body of his late mother reinterred in the chapter house at Coverham. ()

Established: 1190 (834 years ago)Coordinates: 54°16'24"N, 1°50'19"W

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Yorkshire Dales National Park United Kingdom

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Coverham Abbey – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: The Forbidden Corner, Middleham Castle, Bolton Castle, Jervaulx Abbey.

0.8 miW
Amusement park, Theme park
The Forbidden Corner, Yorkshire Dales National Park
20 min walk • Nestled in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales National Park lies a unique and enchanting attraction that promises a day of adventure and discovery: The Forbidden Corner. This whimsical amusement park in Coverham, England, is a delightful maze of gardens, tunnels...
1.5 miNE
Remains of Richard III's childhood home
Middleham Castle, Richmond
38 min walk • Middleham Castle is a ruined castle in Middleham in Wensleydale, in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It was built by Robert Fitzrandolph, 3rd Lord of Middleham and Spennithorne, commencing in 1190.
5.6 miNW
Historic site with tours and a tearoom
Bolton Castle, Leyburn
143 min walk • Bolton Castle is a 14th-century castle located in Wensleydale, Yorkshire, England. The nearby village Castle Bolton takes its name from the castle. The castle is a Grade I listed building and a Scheduled Ancient Monument. The castle was damaged in the English Civil War, and “slighted” afterwards, but much of it survived.
4.1 miE
12th-century Cistercian abbey with cafe
Jervaulx Abbey
105 min walk • Jervaulx Abbey in East Witton, 14 miles north-west of the city of Ripon, was one of the great Cistercian abbeys of Yorkshire, England, dedicated to St Mary in 1156. It is a Grade I listed building. The place name Jervaulx is first attested in 1145, where it appears as Jorvalle.
3 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Coverdale, Yorkshire Dales National Park
76 min walk • Coverdale is a dale in the far east of the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England. It takes its name from the River Cover, a tributary of the River Ure.
~680 ftW
Church, Gothic architecture
Holy Trinity Church, Yorkshire Dales National Park
4 min walk • Holy Trinity Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Coverham, North Yorkshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
2.1 miNW
Church, Gothic architecture
Holy Trinity Church, Leyburn
55 min walk • Holy Trinity Church is a redundant Anglican church on Low Lane in the village of Wensley, North Yorkshire, England. The building is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
7.3 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Little Whernside
186 min walk • Little Whernside is a hill in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England, 2.82 miles north east of Great Whernside. It is on the boundary between the Yorkshire Dales National Park and Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and forms part of the watershed between Coverdale and Nidderdale.
4.4 miNW
Church
St Mary
112 min walk • St Mary's Church, Redmire is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Redmire, North Yorkshire.
1.5 miNE
Locality
Middleham
40 min walk • Middleham is an English market town and civil parish in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire. It lies in Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales, on the south side of the valley, upstream from the junction of the River Ure and River Cover. There has been a settlement there since Roman times.
5.9 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Leighton Reservoir
150 min walk • Leighton Reservoir is a reservoir which drains via the River Burn to the River Ure in North Yorkshire, England. It neighbours Roundhill Reservoir and is about 4 miles west of Masham. It takes its name from the nearby village of Leighton.

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Which popular attractions are close to Coverham Abbey?

Nearby attractions include Holy Trinity Church, Yorkshire Dales National Park (4 min walk), The Forbidden Corner, Yorkshire Dales National Park (20 min walk), Braithwaite Hall, Yorkshire Dales National Park (21 min walk).