Trails and Guides

A variety of trails and guides exist to help you discover and enjoy the region's fascinating churches and places of worship, whose architecture, furnishings, history and heritage have been shaped by over a thousand years of faith and worship.

Click on the links below to see what's available.

 

 Historic Churches in Harrogate District
Leave the main roads and take the time to explore some of North Yorkshire's best kept secrets. Whether you are interested in the area's history and heritage or simply seeking a place of peace and tranquillity, the churches in Harrogate District are impressive and inspirational buildings that are sometimes overlooked by visitors.
Download a gazetteer of churches in Harrogate District » (894KB)

 

 Historic Churches in Herriot Country
Leave the main roads and take the time to explore some of North Yorkshire's best kept secrets. Whether you are interested in the area's history and heritage or simply seeking a place of peace and tranquillity, the churches in Herriot Country are impressive and inspirational buildings that are sometimes overlooked by visitors.
Download a gazetteer of churches in Hambleton District » (1MB)

 

 

 Historic Churches in the North York Moors
Leave the main roads and take the time to explore some of North Yorkshire's best kept secrets. Whether you are interested in the area's history and heritage or simply seeking a place of peace and tranquillity, the churches in the North York Moors are impressive and inspirational buildings that are sometimes overlooked by visitors.
Download a gazetteer of churches in Ryedale & the North York Moors » (2.7MB)

 

 

 Historic Churches in the Northern Dales
Leave the main roads and take the time to explore some of North Yorkshire's best kept secrets. Whether you are interested in the area's history and heritage or simply seeking a place of peace and tranquillity, the churches in the Northern Dales are impressive and inspirational buildings that are sometimes overlooked by visitors.
Download a gazetteer of churches in Richmondshire » (858KB)

 

 

 Historic Churches in the Southern Dales
Leave the main roads and take the time to explore some of North Yorkshire's best kept secrets. Whether you are interested in the area's history and heritage or simply seeking a place of peace and tranquillity, the churches in the Southern Dales are impressive and inspirational buildings that are sometimes overlooked by visitors.
Download a gazetteer of churches in Craven District » (770KB)

 

 

 A gazetteer of churches in Whitby and the Esk Valley

Leave the main roads and take the time to explore some of North Yorkshire's best kept secrets. Whether you are interested in the area's history and heritage or simply seeking a place of peace and tranquillity, the churches in Whitby and the Esk Valley are impressive and inspirational buildings that are sometimes overlooked by visitors.
Download a gazetteer of churches in Whitby & the Esk Valley » (695KB)

 

 

 Historic Churches in York and Selby
Leave the main roads and take the time to explore some of North Yorkshire's best kept secrets. Whether you are interested in the area's history and heritage or simply seeking a place of peace and tranquillity, the churches in York and Selby are impressive and inspirational buildings that are sometimes overlooked by visitors.
Download a gazetteer of churches in York & Selby » (758KB)

 

 

Historic Churches in the Yorkshire Wolds and Howardian Hills
Leave the main roads and take the time to explore some of North Yorkshire's best kept secrets. Whether you are interested in the area's history and heritage or simply seeking a place of peace and tranquillity, the churches in the Yorkshire Wolds and Howardian Hills are impressive and inspirational buildings that are sometimes overlooked by visitors.
Download a gazetteer of churches in Ryedale » (1.8MB)

 

 

 Jervaulx Journey
Founded in 1156, Jervaulx was a Cistercian abbey, the daughter house of the abbey at Byland. The Cistercian Order was based on the austerity taught by St Benedict and, under the leadership of Bernard of Clairvaux, Cistercian monks set out to establish themselves in wild and inhospitable areas where they could dedicate their lives to prayer, study, meditation and manual labour.
Download a trail around churches in the Yorkshire Dales » (505KB)

 

 

 Seeking St Hilda
Born in 614 AD, Hilda, or Hild to give her her Anglo-Saxon name, was the great niece of King Edwin of Northumbria. While she was still an infant, her father, Hereric, was poisoned and she was brought up in the court of King Edwin.
Download a trail around churches in Whitby & the North York Moors » (2.7MB)

 

 

 Windows on the Hillside Parishes
Geographically, the Hillside Parishes straddle the western boundary of the North York Moors National Park and run along the line of the Hambleton Hills, close to the route of the Cleveland Way.
Download a trail around churches in the Hambleton Hills » (213KB)

 

 

 Windows on the Vale of Mowbray
This trail links the Vale of Mowbray's two major market towns and can be undertaken in either direction. Ever since the Romans built roads through the area it has played an important role in linking north and south, and both Northallerton and Thirsk prospered in the 18th and early 19th centuries when they were popular stopping places for stagecoaches. Former coaching inns can still be found in their cobbled market places.
Download a trail around churches between Thirsk & Northallerton » (3.5MB)

 

 

West Yorkshire

Sacred Places in Wakefield District
Leave the main roads and take the time to explore some of West Yorkshire's best kept secrets. Whether you are interested in the areas history and heritage or simply seeking a place of peace and tranquility, the churches and chapels in Wakefield District are impressive and inspirational buildings that are often overlooked by visitors.
Downoad a gazetteer of churches and chapels in Wakefield District » (1.10MB)