English Heritage sites near Kirby Hill Parish
RICHMOND CASTLE
4 miles from Kirby Hill Parish
With its breathtaking views of the Yorkshire dales, Richmond Castle is one of the finest tourist attractions in North Yorkshire.
STANWICK IRON AGE FORTIFICATIONS
4 miles from Kirby Hill Parish
An excavated section, part cut into rock, of the ramparts of the huge Iron Age trading and power-centre of the Brigantes, the most important tribe in pre- Roman northern Britain.
EASBY ABBEY
5 miles from Kirby Hill Parish
In a beautiful setting by the River Swale, Easby can be reached via a pleasant walk from Richmond Castle.
EGGLESTONE ABBEY
7 miles from Kirby Hill Parish
The charming ruins of a small monastery of Premonstratensian 'white canons', picturesquely set above a bend in the River Tees near Barnard Castle.
PIERCEBRIDGE ROMAN BRIDGE
7 miles from Kirby Hill Parish
Stonework foundations, now marooned in a field, of a bridge which once led to Piercebridge Roman Fort.
BARNARD CASTLE
8 miles from Kirby Hill Parish
Set on a high rock, Barnard Castle takes it name from its 12th-century founder, Bernard de Balliol. It was later developed by the Beauchamp family and then passed into the hands of Richard III.
Churches in Kirby Hill Parish
Kirkby Ravensworth: St Peter & St Felix
Pubs in Kirby Hill Parish
Shoulder of Mutton
Kirby Hill, Kirby Hill, DL11 7JH
(01748) 822772
shoulderofmutton.net