Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden UNESCO World Heritage Site

Monastic ruins, designed landscapes, and historic parkland in North Yorkshire

Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden UNESCO World Heritage Site sits in North Yorkshire, where the remains of a medieval Cistercian monastery combine with an 18th-century designed landscape of water gardens, parkland, woodland, and ornamental features. Together, they form one of the most significant historic landscapes in England.

Located within the wider landscapes of the Yorkshire Dales National Park and connected to routes across North Yorkshire, the site forms part of a network of places shaped by history, landscape design, and centuries of land management. Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal link monastic heritage, historic parkland, and cultural landscapes across one of England's most important UNESCO World Heritage Sites.