{"id":21922,"date":"2022-12-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/?post_type=purple_issue&p=21922"},"modified":"2022-12-15T09:56:13","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T08:56:13","slug":"monastery-in-the-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/2022\/12\/14\/monastery-in-the-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Monastery in the garden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
WALK: <\/strong>Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden, North Yorkshire <\/h5>\n\n

Monastery in the garden<\/h2>\n\n

A rite of passage for all local buggy-pushing parents and grandparents, a walk around Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal is one of Yorkshire\u2019s best days out, says Paul <\/strong>Kirkwood <\/strong><\/p>\n\n

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See this glorious vista of frosty Half Moon Pond and majestic Fountains Abbey from the viewpoint \u2018Surprise View\u2019<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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Around 350 deer roam the Studley Royal park<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n

The twin National Trust properties of Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden near Ripon offer an outstanding walk for all seasons of the year, but particularly winter. Young and old alike love using the clear, well-surfaced paths to explore the steps, follies, bridges, grottos, arches and a tunnel, to say nothing of the striking ruins of the 12th-century Cistercian abbey and 17th-century water garden. <\/p>\n\n

There\u2019s also a restaurant and caf\u00e9 at either end of the route. Use your imagination to give names to shapes in the trees and fallen trunks that dot the deer park, the third element of the estate. Allow a full day for your visit as there is masses to see and plenty of places you will want to linger. <\/p>\n\n

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Octagon Tower folly was completed in 1732<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n

THE ROUTE<\/h4>\n\n

5 miles\/8.1km | 3\u20134 hours | MODERATE<\/p>\n\n

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1. 17TH-CENTURY HALL <\/strong><\/h5>\n\n

Follow signs from the visitor centre to the abbey. Fork right towards Fountains Hall, which includes a display about how the estate provided work for lads from Tyneside during the Great Depression. Leave the hall, cross the track and continue ahead through a garden and over a footbridge. Turn left through an orchard. <\/p>\n\n

2. MILLER\u2019S TALES <\/strong><\/h5>\n\n

Your next stop, the mill, was too valuable to be demolished during Henry VIII\u2019s Dissolution of the Monasteries, so remains essentially intact. From the mill, turn left over a bridge and bear right on to a path past the abbey, diverting to explore it. <\/p>\n\n

The ruins tell the story of 400 years of monastic life, years of riches, ruin and revival. <\/p>\n\n

3. FOLLY PARADE <\/strong><\/h5>\n\n

Turn right over a rustic bridge then fork right on to De Grey\u2019s Wharf and turn left. Follow the path as it bears sharp left. Pass Ann Boleyn\u2019s Seat shelter with its surprise view, followed by the Temple of Fame and Octagon Tower follies, then drop back down to the lakeside via a tunnel. Turn left to visit the <\/span>Temple of Piety and Moon Pond then back to continue along the lakeside. Turn left to cross the canal by a footbridge.<\/span><\/p>\n\n

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The dramatic abbey is the largest monastic ruin in England <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
4. FINE DINING <\/strong><\/h5>\n\n

Turn left on to a path signed to the Georgian Banqueting House. Fork right and steeply up to visit it, then retrace your steps to the deer park exit. Walk around the lake then cross a bridge. <\/p>\n\n

5. BRIDGES EXTENSION <\/strong><\/h5>\n\n

Follow the path into the Seven Bridges Valley. The last bridge is beyond a gate. Retrace your steps towards the car park. Cross the road and continue ahead signed to the overflow car park, bearing slightly left. <\/p>\n\n

6. FINISH IN CHURCH <\/strong><\/h5>\n\n

On a grassy path, walk towards St Mary\u2019s Church and the adjacent Choristers\u2019 House, now a holiday cottage. Turn left on to a gravel path. Pass through a gate near an obelisk, then turn immediately left to follow a path beside the road back to the visitor centre. <\/p>\n\n

SITE DETAILS <\/strong>
Visitor centre, house, gardens, caf\u00e9s, shop, parking, toilets. Adult \u00a317, NT members free. <\/span>nationaltrust.org.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n

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Yorkshire-based Paul Kirkwood loves exploring the UK with his family.<\/p>\n\n

Photos: Getty, Alamy, National Trust Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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