At Vane House, we offer visitors a high standard of bed and breakfast accommodation, right at the heart of the charming, picturesque village of Osmotherley, on the edge of the North York Moors National Park


Mount Grace Priory (English Heritage & National Trust)
15 minutes walk or 3 miles by road; Tel: 01609 883494
English Heritage Web Site
Remains of a 14th century Carthusian monastery with reconstructed
monks cell, set in peaceful, award winning gardens
  
The World of James Herriot
Thirsk - 10 Miles; Tel: 01845 524234
www.worldofjamesherriot.org
Housed in the original surgery of Alf Wight, author of the James Herriot books, the centre offers a unique insight into the life of a 1940's North Yorkshire veterinary practice
  
Falconry UK Bird of Prey Centre
Kirby Wiske - 13 Miles; Tel: 01845 587522
Falcons, hawks, buzzards, eagles and owls feature in regular flying displays within the Victorian
walled garden of Sion Hill Hall. Visitors may also hold the various birds of prey
  
Rievaulx Abbey, Terrace & Temples (English Heritage)
Helmsley – 13 Miles; Tel: 01439 798228
English Heritage Web Site
Cistercian abbey founded c.1132 in a beautiful secluded valley
  
The Big Sheep & The Little Cow
Bedale - 15 Miles; Tel: 01677 422125
www.farmattraction.co.uk
Small scale dairy farm on Bedale’s water meadows. Learn about rare breads of cows, feed lambs
and wash Dotty the pig! The ice cream made on the farm is also highly recommended
  
Duncombe Park
Helmsley - 15 Miles; Tel: 01439 771115
www.duncombepark.com
Extensive restoration since 1986 has created a superb family home with grand interiors.
35 acres of landscaped 18th century gardens are surrounded by 400 acres of Arcadian parkland
  
Kiplin Hall
Near Scorton - 15 Miles; Tel: 01748 818178
www.kiplinhall.co.uk
Built in 1620 by George Calvert, First Lord Baltimore and sounder of the State of Maryland.
Houses a collection of objects amassed by various branches of the family

Thorp Perrow Arboretum & The Falcons of Thorp Perrow
Bedale - 17 Miles; Tel: 01677 425323
www.thorpperrow.com
85 acre arboretum with more than 1000 species of trees including some of the largest and rarest in Britain. Also contains a falconry centre, with displays at 11.30am, 1.30pm & 3.30pm

  
Nunnington Hall (National Trust)
Nunnington, near Helmsley - 19 Miles; Tel: 01439 748283
National Trust Web Site
17th century manor house on the banks of the Rye, furnished in period style
  
Lightwater Valley
North Stainley, near Ripon - 25 Miles; Tel: 01765 635368
www.lightwatervalley.co.uk
Family theme park including the worlds longest rollercoaster, ‘The Ultimate’
    
Castle Howard
Near Malton – 27 Miles; Tel: 01653 648333
www.castlehoward.co.uk
Magnificent stately home with inspired architecture, richly furnished and filled with family treasures.
Set in 1000 acres of gardens & natural parkland. Famous as the setting for Brideshead Revisited
   
North Yorkshire Moors Steam Railway
Pickering to Grosmont – 27 Miles; Tel: 01751 472508
www.nymr.demon.co.uk
18 mile line through the beautiful North Yorkshire Moors National Park
  
Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal (National Trust)
Ripon - 30 Miles; Tel: 01765 608888
www.fountainsabbey.org.uk
Designated a World Heritage Site. Combines Britain’s largest Cistercian ruin with the
ornamental lakes and medieval deer park of the Studley estate
   
Flamingo Land Theme Park & Zoo
Kirby Misperton – 30 Miles; Tel: 01653 668287
More than 100 slides and rides, plus the North's largest privately owned zoo
www.flamingoland.co.uk
   
York – 32 Miles
www.york-tourism.co.uk
More than 2000 years of history are crammed into the city. Highlights include the
spectacular Minster, Jorvik Viking Centre & the National Railway Museum