Ripon: Fountains Abbey and Studly Royal 
Description
The ruins of the largest Cistercian abbey in the country and a real insight into what a fully functioning (rich) monastery would have looked like. In the 18th Century the surrounding land was landscaped into formal gardens (Studly Royal) with the ruins of the Abbey as an additional feature. Today the gardens do play second fiddle to the amazing remains, though they complement each other very well, with stunning vistas across the gardens to the ruins and vice-versa
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Getting There
From Ripon town centre it's a four mile walk, alternatively, the irregular 139 bus (more frequent on summer Sundays) runs out to the visitors centre taking around 15 minutesLatitude: 54.113069; Longitude: -1.584735
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