North England Museums, Heritage

Bolton Priory

The Priory Church, is a practicing Church of England amid the historic ruins of the former Augustinian Priory of St Mary and St Cuthbert, which...

The Fire and Police Museum

The Fire and Police Museum is situated in the heart of Sheffield's city centre.

The former police and fire station was refurbished by...

Maister House

Rebuilt in 1743 during Hull's heyday as an affluent trading centre, this house is a typical but rare survivor of a contemporary merchant's...

Thackray Museum

The Thackray Museum is one of the UK's leading museums and is a fantastic day out, transporting you into a living experience of health and...

Cliffe Castle Museum

Originally the spectacular mansion of the local Victorian millionaire and textile manufacturer, H I Butterfield, Cliffe Castle Museum stands in...

Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens

Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens combines two unique experiences alongside Mowbray Park to form Mowbray Gardens - a stunning visitor...

Bolton Castle

Bolton Castle is a spectacular medieval fortress, situated in the heart of the beautiful Yorkshire Dales, on the boundary of the Yorkshire Dales...

Middleham Castle

Middleham Castle, a massive 12th-century central keep, which progressively had three ranges of luxurious chambers and lodgings constructed...

Pontefract Castle

Pontefract Castle is located in the town of Pontefract in West Yorkshire, situated just 30 minutes from Leeds.

Pontefract Castle was...

Temple Newsam House

Temple Newsam house is set in 1500 acres of parkland on the outskirts of Leeds City Centre.

Temple Newsam is a marvellous historic estate...

National Railway Museum

For a fantastic free day out in York visit the award winning National Railway Museum. Explore our three giant halls full of railway legends...

Dales Countryside Museum

Managed by the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority, Dales Countryside Museum is a fascinating museum that tells the story of the people and...

Wallington

Dating from 1688, the house was home to many generations of the Blackett and Trevelyan families, who all left their mark. The restrained Palladian...

The Museum of the History of Education

The Museum of the History of Education is situated on campus at the university of Leeds.

Mr. W.E. Tate established the museum in the...

Beverley Minster

Beverley Minster was started by John of Beverley as a small church; it developed into a monastery in which its founder was actually buried in 721...

The York Dungeon

The York Dungeons are a major attraction situated in the heart of York's city centre.

The Dungeons take visitors back in time...

Green Howards Regimental Museum

Located in the Yorkshire town of Richmond, Green Howards Regimental Museum offers a collection that spans three centuries of travel, campaigning...

Royal Armouries Museum

The Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds was opened in 1996 as the new home for the national collection of arms and armour. Each of the five themed...

Mother Shipton's Cave & Petrifying Well

Mother Shipton is England's most famous Prophetess, born over 500 years ago, in a cave beside Knaresborough's mysterious Petrifying Well....

Cherryburn

Thomas Bewick (1753-1828), Northumberland's greatest artist, wood engraver and naturalist, was born in the cottage here. The nearby...