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Fountains Abbey


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This superb landscape gardens  at Fountains Abbey were designed by John Aislabee.
It has elegant ornamental lakes, avenues, temples and cascades which provide a succession of unforgettable vistas but with an air of peace and tranquillity.
The landscape includes the spectacular remains of 12th century Fountains Abbey, The Elizabethan Fountains Hall and a medieval deer park.
Fountains Abbey is one of the finest landscape gardens in the world and made a World Heritage site in 1986.

Photo courtesy of Fountains Abbey


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2008 NT Fountains Abbey Gardens open all year daily.
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Studeley Royal Water Garden and Fountains Abbey,
Ripon, North Yorkshire

www.fountainsabbey.org.uk

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