Swaledale Museum, Yorkshire Dales National Park

Name: Swaledale Museum
Address: The Green, Yorkshire Dales National Park, DL11 6TX, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1748 884118

#23 among attractions in Yorkshire Dales National Park

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Swaledale Museum is a local museum in the village of Reeth, near Richmond in North Yorkshire, England. It covers rural history including life and work in the local area of Swaledale and Arkengarthdale within the Yorkshire Dales National Park. ()

Coordinates: 54°23'20"N, 1°56'27"W

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The GreenYorkshire Dales National Park DL11 6TX United Kingdom

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+44 1748 884118

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Swaledale Museum – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Bolton Castle, Ellerton Priory, Marrick Priory, St Mary.

4.6 miS
Historic site with tours and a tearoom
Bolton Castle, Leyburn
118 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.
2.7 miSE
Monastery
Ellerton Priory, Yorkshire Dales
70 min walk • Ellerton Priory was a priory of Cistercian nuns in Swaledale in North Yorkshire, England. Its ruins lie in the civil parish of Ellerton Abbey.
1.9 miSE
Monastery
Marrick Priory, Yorkshire Dales National Park
50 min walk • Marrick Priory was a Benedictine nunnery in Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, England, established between 1140 and 1160 by Roger de Aske. The parish Church of the Virgin Mary and St. Andrew and 400 acres of local land also belonged to the priory, which thrived until the 16th century, in spite of the depredations of marauding Scots.
5.3 miS
Church
St Mary
135 min walk • St Mary's Church, Redmire is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Redmire, North Yorkshire.
5.6 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Arkengarthdale, Yorkshire Dales National Park
144 min walk • Arkengarthdale is a dale, or valley, on the east side of the Pennines in North Yorkshire, England. Running roughly north-west to south-east, it is the valley of the Arkle Beck, and is the northernmost of the Yorkshire Dales.
1.4 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Cliff
Fremington Edge, Yorkshire Dales National Park
37 min walk • Fremington Edge is a 3-mile long wall of crags and scree slopes that is situated to the north of the village of Reeth in Swaledale in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, England.
1.3 miSW
Forts and castles
Maiden Castle, Yorkshire Dales National Park
34 min walk • Maiden Castle is a settlement in Grinton, North Yorkshire which probably dates from the Iron Age. It is listed as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
4.6 miS
Church
St Oswald's Church, Yorkshire Dales National Park
119 min walk • St Oswald's Church, Castle Bolton is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Castle Bolton, North Yorkshire.
1.8 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Calver Hill, Yorkshire Dales National Park
45 min walk • Calver Hill is a fell in the Yorkshire Dales National Park in North Yorkshire, England. It is composed of limestone and is situated at grid reference NZ012003, near where the valleys of Swaledale and Arkengarthdale meet, the village of Reeth is located on its lower south-eastern...
4.6 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Swaledale
117 min walk • Swaledale is one of the northernmost dales in Yorkshire Dales National Park, located in northern England. It is the dale of the River Swale on the east side of the Pennines in North Yorkshire.
5.3 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Hoove, Yorkshire Dales National Park
137 min walk • Hoove is a hill in the northern Yorkshire Dales in North Yorkshire, England, near the town of Barnard Castle in County Durham. Its elevation is 554 metres, and it is classified as a Marilyn.