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Thursday 4th December 2008

Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal Water Garden

Yorkshire
HG4 3DY

The Water Gardens at Fountains Abbey, © Ken Crosby - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/

Declared a World Heritage Site in 1987, this is an 822 acre estate with plenty of things to see. From a 12th CenturyCistercian Abbey in splendid ruin, a Victorian church andand over ten otherhistoric buildings toa medieval deer park home to 500 Red, Fallow and Sika deer andornamental lakes.

There are also family activities, free guided tours, special events and education programmes.

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