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🌳 Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey: Component 2

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🌳 Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey: Component 2
Medieval Cistercian monastery ruins set within 18th-century Georgian parkland, North Yorkshire, England


🕐 4 min read · Updated 10 Apr 2026 at 17:46

UNESCOUNESCO World Heritage Site

📌 Fast Facts
  • Founded: 1132 by Cistercian monks
  • Dissolved: 1539 under Henry VIII
  • Parkland created: 18th century by John Aislabie
  • UNESCO inscription: 1986

Studley Royal Park is a heritage site in North Yorkshire, England that integrates medieval monastic ruins with Georgian ...

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