An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, The Howardian Hills covers
79 square miles of North Yorkshire countryside. It is a unique and
captivating landscape with its wooded rolling countryside, patchwork
of arable and pasture fields and scenic villages. It is, of course, also
home to Castle Howard - one of Britain’s finest stately homes, set in
a thousand acres of sweeping parkland dotted with statues, temples,
lakes and fountains.
Five places not to be missed: Castle Howard, Kirkham Priory,
The Black Swan at Oldstead, Eden Camp, Nunnington Hall