A unique blend of old and new, the Dales Countryside Museum is located in the Victorian buildings that once served as Hawes railway station. Find out about the way of life of people who have settled in or passed through the Dales over thousands of years. Changing...

The Second World War Experience Centre was established to collect, document, preserve, exhibit and encourage access to the surviving material evidence and associated information of the men and women who participated in the war in whatever capacity, whether military,...

Sitting snugly beside the River Nidd on the outskirts of Knaresborough, Saint Robert's Cave is a rare survival of a medieval hermit's home. This site once attracted thousands of pilgrims to this North Yorkshire town. Robert of Knaresborough lived on this site in 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.

Aldborough was the ‘capital’ of the Romanised Brigantes, the largest tribe in Britain. One corner of these Yorkshire defences is laid out amid a Victorian arboretum, and two mosaic pavements can be viewed in their original positions. The site’s fascinating...

A stronghold of Medieval Kings, Knaresborough Castle still stands towering over the River Nidd. A visit to the site includes a tour to discover what Royalty got up to in the King's Tower, get a glimpse of the dungeon and walk through the underground sallyport.

The most modern and spine-chilling of English Heritage's properties, the York Cold War Bunker uncovers the secret history of Britain's Cold War. Enter the blast-proof doors and investigate the more unusual side of York's heritage. In active service from the...

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...

Welcome to the National Railway Museum – the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year to our sites at York and Shildon.

York Museums Trust is an independent charity which manages some of the most important York attractions. York Castle Museum, Yorkshire Museum and Gardens, York Art Gallery and York St Mary's. The buildings and their contents are owned by the City of York Council,...