BBC Countryfile Magazine

MONASTERY IN THE GARDEN

The twin National Trust properties of Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden near Ripon offer an outstanding walk for all seasons of the year, but particularly winter. Young and old alike love using the clear, well-surfaced paths to explore the steps, follies, bridges, grottos, arches and a tunnel, to say

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