2024 Rievaulx Travel Guide: Must-see attractions, popular food, hotels, transportation routes (updated in October)
Rievaulx Abbey
Rievaulx Abbey, founded in 1132, was one of England's largest and richest monasteries. It was destroyed in 1538 during the "Destruction of the Monasteries" by King Henry VIII, who dissolved England's monasteries to increase his coffers and assert royal authority over the Church.
Very atmospheric place, beautiful nature, impressed!
Rielvaulx revelry!
Challenging walk from Helmsley to Rielvaulx abbey ruins and back again, there’s a few circular routes you can take but they all pass through the woods which has some steep ups and downs. You have to pay to go into the grounds of the Abbey as the #nationaltrust maintains the property but you can get fantastic views from the road and forest behind it. And there’s plent my of charming #cafe in Helmsley, gorgeous day out for all.
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