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Aldborough Roman town

Open to visitorsan English Heritage site — check opening times and admission before you go

Earthworks onlybanks, ditches and platforms — read the ground, not walls

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A Roman town once stood here — today it survives as earthworks in North Yorkshire. It is the only Roman town the Albion Guide maps in the county. For arrivals by rail, Knaresborough Station is 10.8 km to the south-west.

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More places to visit near Aldborough Roman town

Photo of The General Tarleton, a gastropub near Ferrensby, North Yorkshire, northern England.Highlight

The General Tarleton

Gastropub · With rooms near Ferrensby

Coaching inn with rooms near Knaresborough, on The Good Food Guide's 100 Best Pubs.

6.6 km SW

Photo of Knaresborough, a village in North Yorkshire, northern England.Highlight

Knaresborough

Village

Market town stacked on cliffs above the Nidd, its railway viaduct arching the gorge over rowing boats and riverside gardens.

10.6 km SW · North Yorkshire

Photo of Knaresborough Viaduct, a landmark in North Yorkshire, northern England.Iconic

Knaresborough Viaduct

Landmark near Knaresborough

Ornate Victorian railway viaduct arching the Nidd gorge above the boats and riverside gardens.

11 km SW

Photo of Mother Shipton's Cave, a cave near Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, northern England.Highlight

Mother Shipton's Cave

Cave near Knaresborough

England's oldest paying tourist attraction, a petrifying well by the Nidd said to turn objects to stone.

11.2 km SW

Photo of Nidderdale, a National Landscape in North Yorkshire, northern England.Highlight

Nidderdale

National Landscape near Pateley Bridge

A quiet Yorkshire dale of reservoirs, gritstone rocks and wooded gorges, next door to the Dales but with room to breathe

11.5 km W

Photo of Studley Royal Water Garden, a Grade I registered house & garden near Ripon in Nidderdale, North Yorkshire, northern England.Iconic

Studley Royal Water Garden

House & garden near Ripon

Vast Cistercian ruin in a water garden.

12.8 km W