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Howden Minster

Photo of Howden Minster, a church in East Riding of Yorkshire, northern England.

Howden Minster

© Stephen Craven / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

© Stephen Craven / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Howden Minster

Open accessfree to visit at any reasonable time

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Howden Minster is really two buildings in one: a working parish church in the nave, and behind it the roofless shell of a great medieval choir and chapter house, now in the care of English Heritage. The choir vault came down in 1696 and the chapter house followed in 1750, leaving the soaring ruins you can walk among today. It began as a collegiate church back in the 1260s. Free to visit; Howden station is a couple of kilometres north.

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More places to visit near Howden Minster

Photo of the River Ouse (Yorkshire), a 61-mile river navigation in northern England.

River Ouse (Yorkshire)

River navigation

York's river, tidal below Naburn, carrying the Vale of York's waters past the city walls toward the Humber.

1.8 km S · North Yorkshire

Photo of the River Derwent, a 72-mile river running from North York Moors to River Ouse at Barmby, northern England.

River Derwent

River

A slow Yorkshire river curving off the North York Moors round the Vale of Pickering to the Ouse.

4.6 km NW · North Yorkshire & East Riding of Yorkshire

Photo of the Aire & Calder Navigation, a 34-mile river navigation running from Leeds to Goole, northern England.

Aire & Calder Navigation

River navigation

Yorkshire's commercial waterway since 1704, canalising the Aire from Leeds and Wakefield down to the docks at Goole.

5.3 km S · West Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire & North Yorkshire

Photo of the River Trent, a 95-mile river navigation running from Shardlow to Trent Falls, central England.Highlight

River Trent

River navigation

The powerhouse river of the Midlands, navigable from Shardlow through Nottingham and Newark to the tidal reaches at Gainsborough.

12.5 km SE · Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire & Derbyshire

Photo of the Selby Canal, a 6-mile canal running from West Haddlesey to Selby, northern England.

Selby Canal

Canal

A short Yorkshire link of 1778 carrying the Aire & Calder's traffic to the tidal Ouse at Selby.

13.1 km W · North Yorkshire

Photo of Julian's Bower, a landmark near Alkborough, Lincolnshire, central England.Highlight

Julian's Bower

Landmark near Alkborough

Medieval turf maze cut into the bluff at Alkborough, looking out over the meeting of the Trent and Ouse below.

14.7 km SE