Edwin Lascelles (1713-1795) commissioned the building of Harewood House in the mid-18th century with money his father Henry had made in the West Indian sugar trade. It has been home to the Lascelles family ever since, reflecting the changing tastes and styles of the...

Set in fantastic grounds, this charming Edwardian country house is surrounded by beautiful formal, wildflower and wooded grounds, as well as a red deer park and a bird garden which has one of the country's most impressive and important collections of rare and...

Built on the site of a medieval priory, Nostell has been the home of the Winn family for 300 years. Commissioned by Sir Rowland Winn in 1733, James Paine built the house.

Bramham Park represents an important stage in British architecture and garden design: the House is neither baroque nor typically palladian and the gardens are somewhere between the formal and the picturesque. Bramham is a rare survivor of the period and we have tried...

A combined escorted tour of Mendips and 20 Forthlin Road, the childhood homes of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, is your only opportunity to see where the Beatles met, composed and rehearsed many of their earliest songs. Imagine walking through the back door into the...

Plumpton Rocks (which are also sometimes called Plompton Rocks) are a series of naturally weathered sandstone rocks at the southern end of Nidderdale near the village of Follifoot.

Shibden Estate is one of West Yorkshire's most important heritage sites. The medieval, timber framed Shibden Hall was a family home for over 600 years; Shibden Park, a public park since 1926, is a green oasis of beautifully restored grounds less than a mile from...

Perched on Castle Hill overlooking Huddersfield, the tower was completed in 1899 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Queen Victoria's reign. The tower was renovated in 1960 when the top seven feet were removed. It reaches the height of almost 997 feet above sea...

Gibson Mill is a 19th-century cotton mill that sits at the heart of Hardcastle Crags. Hardcastle Crags is a beautiful wooded valley punctuated by the stacks of millstone grit called crags. The Mill has been brought back into use as a facility for visitors and for the...

Take a walk on the wild side and explore a windswept ecological paradise in the Yorkshire moors