English Heritage sites near Appleton-le-Street with Easthorpe Parish
KIRKHAM PRIORY
4 miles from Appleton-le-Street with Easthorpe Parish
Beautifully placed between the city of York and the town of Malton, the riverside ruins of Kirkham Priory are set in the beautiful Derwent valley near the Yorkshire Wolds.
PICKERING CASTLE
8 miles from Appleton-le-Street with Easthorpe Parish
This splendid 13th century castle was used as a royal hunting lodge, holiday home and stud farm by a succession of medieval kings.
WHARRAM PERCY DESERTED MEDIEVAL VILLAGE
9 miles from Appleton-le-Street with Easthorpe Parish
The most famous and intensively studied of Britain's 3,000 or so deserted medieval villages, Wharram Percy occupies a remote but attractive site in a beautiful Wolds valley.
HELMSLEY ARCHAEOLOGY STORE
10 miles from Appleton-le-Street with Easthorpe Parish
Helmsley Archaeology Store holds the extensive archaeological collections and paper based archives from English Heritage guardianship sites from the North of England including the counties of Northumberland, County Durham, Cumbria, Lancashire, Yorkshire, North Lincolnshire, Cheshire.
HELMSLEY CASTLE
10 miles from Appleton-le-Street with Easthorpe Parish
Unlock 900 years of life at Helmsley Castle, an essential site for any visitor to the market town of Helmsley in the North York Moors National Park.
BYLAND ABBEY
12 miles from Appleton-le-Street with Easthorpe Parish
Once one of the greatest monasteries in England, Byland Abbey inspired the design of church buildings throughout North.
Churches in Appleton-le-Street with Easthorpe Parish
Appleton: All Saints
Main road
Appleton -le- Street
Malton
(01653) 694009
http://www.thestreetparishes.org.uk
A Grade 1 listed Saxon church which escaped improvement by the Victorians, All Saints contains much original stonework and has one of the finest Anglo-Saxon towers in the North of England. Inside, effigies date from the 13th and 14th centuries and some interior woodwork dates from 1636. Outside, a statue of the Virgin and Child, defaced at the time of the Reformation, can be seen in a niche above the porch. Set high above the village, All Saints commands magnificent views over the Vale of Pickering.
Access is via a footpath from the main road,or, better, follow the lane down the side of the Cresswell Arms pub and turn right, following signposts to the church. Car parking is available in the designated area of the churchyard, which is managed as a conservation churchyard.
Our Safeguarding Officer is Martyn Boothroyd. Tel: 01653 628422. We follow Diocesan safeguarding policy guidelines as per http://www.dioceseofyork.org.uk/safeguarding
Pubs in Appleton-le-Street with Easthorpe Parish
Creswell Arms
Appleton-le-Street, YO17 6PG
(01653) 693647
cresswellarms.co.uk/