Only connect
Jul 13, 2022
2 minutes
Fiona Reynolds
FOUNTAINS ABBEY and the water gardens of Studley Royal in North Yorkshire nestle in a mesmerisingly beautiful bowl of the River Skell as it tumbles eastwards. To their west is a vast rural landscape, once part of the great Cistercian estate; to the east is the city of Ripon, where the cathedral looks to the abbey ruins as if recalling historic links.
Fountains is one of
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