Studley Royal Estates and Water Garden

Studley Royal Water Gardens

Studley Royal Park including the ruins of Fountains Abbey is a designated World Heritage Site in North Yorkshire, England. The site, which has an area of 800 acres features an 18th-century landscaped garden, some of the largest Cistercian ruins in Europe, a Jacobean mansion and a Victorian church designed by William Burges. It was developed around the ruins of the Cistercian Fountains Abbey.

The water garden at Studley Royal created by John Aislabie in 1718 is one of the best surviving examples of a Georgian water garden in England. It was expanded by his son, William who purchased the adjacent Fountains Estate. The garden's elegant ornamental lakes, canals, temples and cascades provide a succession of dramatic eye-catching vistas. It is also studded with a number of follies including a neo-Gothic castle and a palladian style banqueting house.

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Address: Fountains, Ripon, North Yorkshire, HG4 3DY
Telephone: 01765 608
Last admission one hour before closing. Hall, mill, shop and restaurant close one hour earlier than Abbey and Water Garden.
Property closed 24 and 25 December
English Heritage members FREE
Adult: £9.50
Child: £4.75
Family: £23.75
Group adult: £8.55
Group child: £4.25

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