St John the Baptist's Church

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St John the Baptist's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Stanwick St John, North Yorkshire, England. It 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. The site of the church is recognised as a Scheduled Monument, and it stands within the earthworks of Stanwick Camp, a settlement originating in the early Iron Age. ()

Completed: 1868 (156 years ago)Architectural style: Gothic revival, English gothicCoordinates: 54°30'10"N, 1°42'56"W

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St John the Baptist's Church – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Stanwick Iron Age Fortifications, Piercebridge Roman Bridge, St James' Church, Aske Hall.

~1630 ftSW
Forts and castles
Stanwick Iron Age Fortifications
8 min walk • Stanwick Iron Age Fortifications, a huge Iron Age hill fort, sometimes but not always considered an oppidum, comprising over 9 kilometres of ditches and ramparts enclosing approximately 300 hectares of land, are situated in Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, England.
2.9 miNE
Bridge, History museum, View point
Piercebridge Roman Bridge
73 min walk • Piercebridge Roman Bridge is the ruin of a Roman bridge over the River Tees, northern England. It is near the villages of Cliffe and Piercebridge, County Durham. The most recent excavations were by Channel 4's Time Team in 2009.
2.4 miSE
Gothic architecture, Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St James' Church, Richmond
62 min walk • St James' Church is in the village of Melsonby, North Yorkshire, England. It is an Anglican parish church in the deanery of Richmond, the archdeaconry of Richmond, and the Diocese of Leeds. Its benefice is united with those of four local churches to form the Stanwick Group of Churches.
5.3 miS
Tower
Aske Hall
137 min walk • Aske Hall is a Georgian country house, with parkland attributed to Capability Brown, 1.5 miles north of Richmond, North Yorkshire, England.
5.3 miNE
Forts and castles
Walworth Castle
135 min walk • Walworth Castle is an 11th-century castle, situated at Walworth, near Darlington, County Durham, England. It is a Grade 1 listed building. It was completed around 1600, probably by Thomas Holt for Thomas Jenison. It stands on the site of a former manor house or castle built in the 12th century by the Hansard family.
4 miSW
Forts and castles
Ravensworth Castle
104 min walk • Ravensworth Castle is a ruined 14th-century castle in the village of Ravensworth, North Yorkshire, England. It has been designated a Grade I listed building by English Heritage.
4.6 miE
Museum
Tees Cottage Pumping Station, Darlington
119 min walk • Tees Cottage Pumping Station is a Victorian pumping station complex at Broken Scar on the A67 near Low Coniscliffe just west of Darlington. The site dates from 1849, and was built to provide drinking water for Darlington and the surrounding area.
6.1 miSE
Museum, History museum
Moulton Hall
155 min walk • Moulton Hall is a grade I listed 17th-century manor house in Moulton near Richmond, North Yorkshire, England. The hall is built to a rectangular plan in three storeys with cellar and attics of ashlar and rubble with Westmorland slate roofs.