English Heritage sites near Picton Parish
MOUNT GRACE PRIORY, HOUSE AND GARDENS
6 miles from Picton Parish
Set amid woodland in North Yorkshire, this unusual monastery is the best preserved Carthusian priory in Britain. Mount Grace Priory is the perfect tourist attraction for a relaxing and peaceful day out. Discover how the monks lived 600 years in the reconstructed monk’s cell and herb plot.
GISBOROUGH PRIORY
13 miles from Picton Parish
The ruins of an Augustinian priory founded by the Bruce family, afterwards Kings of Scotland. They are dominated by the dramatic skeleton of the 14th-century church's east end.
PIERCEBRIDGE ROMAN BRIDGE
14 miles from Picton Parish
Stonework foundations, now marooned in a field, of a bridge which once led to Piercebridge Roman Fort.
EASBY ABBEY
15 miles from Picton Parish
In a beautiful setting by the River Swale, Easby can be reached via a pleasant walk from Richmond Castle.
STANWICK IRON AGE FORTIFICATIONS
15 miles from Picton Parish
An excavated section, part cut into rock, of the ramparts of the huge Iron Age trading and power-centre of the Brigantes, the most important tribe in pre- Roman northern Britain.
RICHMOND CASTLE
16 miles from Picton Parish
With its breathtaking views of the Yorkshire dales, Richmond Castle is one of the finest tourist attractions in North Yorkshire.
No churches found in Picton Parish