Spofforth, North Yorkshire

Spofforth Castle in the village of Spofforth, North Yorkshire, England was a fortified manor house, ruined during the English Civil War and now run by English Heritage as a tourist attraction.

The Old Rectory is a historic building in Spofforth, North Yorkshire, a village in England. The oldest parts of the house are believed to be 14th century, and to have originally formed part of the Hospital of Mary Magdalene. It was later converted into a private house, and in the 18th century was largely rebuilt as the rectory of All Saints' Church. The building was grade II listed in 1952. When it was sold in 1998, it was listed as having six bedrooms, three bathrooms, three reception rooms, a kitchen, cloakroom, and 2 acres (0.81 ha) of grounds. The house is built of sandstone with a stone slate roof. There are two storeys and seven bays, the left two bays in a slightly projecting wing. The doorway has a moulded surround, a fanlight and a pulvinated entablature, and the windows are sashes. At the rear is a blocked 14th-century window. Inside, there is an 18th-century staircase. At the entrance to the grounds of the house are two archways in sandstone. The archway in the boundary wall has a four-centred arch of voussoirs, and a pair of wrought iron gates. The wall is coped with flagstones, and steps up over the arch. The inner archway was moved to its present site, probably, in 1928. It is free-standing and without gates, and also four-centred with voussoirs. The wall and archway were also grade II listed in 1952.

All Saints Church is an Anglican church in the parish of Spofforth and Kirk Deighton in North Yorkshire, England.

The Railway Inn is a pub in Spofforth, North Yorkshire, England.

Spofforth railway station was a station on the Harrogate–Church Fenton line in Spofforth, North Yorkshire.

Spofforth with Stockeld is a civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. According to the 2001 UK census, Spofforth with Stockeld parish had a population of 1,121, increasing to 1,169 at the 2011 census.The parish includes the ruins of Spofforth Castle and the 2,000-acre (810 ha) Stockeld Park estate. The village website can be found at www.spofforthvillage.org

Stockeld Park is a Grade-I listed country house and estate situated between the towns of Wetherby and Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, which is now the home of Peter (a great-grandchild of Robert John Foster) and Susie Grant. The estate spans some 2,000 acres and broadly covers the area between Wetherby and the villages of Spofforth and Sicklinghall. In addition to traditional activities including farming and properties, Stockeld Park is also home to Yorkshire's largest Christmas tree plantation, with some 500,000 Christmas trees in the ground. It is perhaps best known for its Adventure Park, a seasonal attraction with a range of indoor and outdoor activities that vary by season. In winter for example there is: ice skating, cross-country skiing, an Enchanted Forest, Santa's Grotto and a giant, snowflake-shaped yew tree maze. Other seasons offer adventure playgrounds, boating, pedal go-karts, motorised scooters and a range of themed events.The mansion house itself is constructed of stone in the style of a Palladian villa and features a cantilevered staircase, 18th and 19th century furniture and works of art. Features of the grounds include a dovecote, lodges, a ha-ha, a walled garden and thatched timber loggia.

The Christmas Adventure is a seasonal event held at the 2,000-acre (8.1 km2) Stockeld Park estate in North Yorkshire, England.Initially a supplement to the estate’s extensive Christmas tree business, The Christmas Adventure now boasts a number of unique activities, including a giant, snowflake-shaped maze based on the 12 Days of Christmas, an Enchanted Wood, Europe’s longest synthetic Nordic ski trail, a skating rink and Santa’s Grotto.The Enchanted Wood is perhaps The Christmas Adventure’s most distinctive attraction. Described as “a mixture of theatre and fantasy”, the wood is illuminated by several thousand lights and filled with fairytale characters and animals. Running for over 1,200 metres through the wood is a pathway and the Nordic ski trail.The Christmas Adventure also contains a Christmas shop and a café.Since opening in 2006, The Christmas Adventure has been the subject of considerable media attention and has featured in papers such as The Times, The Daily Telegraph, the Guardian and the Yorkshire Post.Beginning at the start of the October half term and ending after the second weekend of January, it is estimated that over 100,000 people visit The Christmas Adventure, which has been the recipient of a number of awards.

Sicklinghall is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England that is situated between the town of Wetherby (3 miles (5 km) to the east) and the village of Kirkby Overblow. In 2007 the population was recorded as 300, increasing to 336 at the 2011 Census.The village is surrounded by granges; on the eastern side lie Skerry Grange and Sicklinghall Grange and on the western Addlethorpe Grange. Sicklinghall Grange is set in a 107-acre (0.43 km2) estate, it is the UK residence of racehorse owner, Sir Robert Ogden. However the 'big house' is Stockeld Park, a Grade I-listed palladian villa that sits at the heart of a 2,000-acre estate and is home to the Grant family.

Plumpton Rocks is a man-made lake and surrounding pleasure gardens 3.5 miles (5.6 km) south-east of Harrogate in North Yorkshire, England, near the village of Plompton. The site is now operated as a tourist attraction by the owner, Robert de Plumpton Hunter. It is a Grade II* listed park and garden. The site is now generally spelt with a 'u' (the older name of the parish), although artist J. M. W. Turner referred to it as Plompton Rocks, in keeping with the modern spelling of the parish itself. The gardens reopened in July 2016 following a major restoration of the lake, dam and woods. It closed again in October 2019 to bring the lake dam up to standard for the Reservoirs Act 1975, and reopened in September 2022.

Plompton Hall is a historic building in Plompton, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The Plompton estate was purchased by Daniel Lascelles in about 1755. He commissioned John Carr to rebuild the country house, with work starting in about 1757. However, Lascelles later bought Goldsborough Hall and decided to live there. In 1762, he had the unfinished house at Plompton demolished. The stable block, perhaps modelled on the one at Houghton Hall, was retained, with part of it converted to form a smaller house, now known as Plompton Hall. Both the house and the remaining part of the stables were altered in the 20th century, and in about 1980 the southern part of the stables was converted into a further house. Plompton Hall and its stables are separately grade II* listed. The house has rusticated quoins, an eaves cornice, and a hipped stone slate roof. It has two storeys and three bays, the middle bay projecting under a pediment. In the centre is a full-height recessed round arch with voussoirs and an impost band. This contains a doorway with sidelights, above which is a window with a semicircular wrought iron balcony. Flanking the doorway are round-headed niches and semicircular niches above. The outer bays contain windows, blind in the ground floor and sashes above. At the rear is a canted bay window. Short flanking walls, about 3 metres (9.8 ft) high, link the house with the stables, the left wall with three ball and cushion finials. The stable block is built of stone with a stone slate roof, and consists of three two-storey ranges around a courtyard. The main range is the west range, which has rusticated quoins, and seven bays. The middle bay projects slightly, and contains a tall archway with a rusticated surround, an open triangular pediment, and an octagonal cupola with clock faces, dentilled eaves and a ball finial with a moulded base. The flanking bays have impost bands, a moulded eaves cornice, and a hipped roof, and contain engaged arcading with windows. The east range has five lower bays, with taller bays at each end. The north range is a three-bay hay barn. In the courtyard, there is a dog kennel in the northwest corner, and a carriage house in the northeast corner.

St Joseph and St James' Church is an Anglican church in Follifoot, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The church was commissioned by Joseph Radcliffe and the Reverend James Tripp, originally as a chapel of ease to All Saints' Church, Spofforth. It was opened on 22 October 1848, by the Bishop of Ripon. Its construction cost £750 and it could accommodate up to 150 worshippers. The pulpit dates from 1955 and was designed by Robert Thompson, while the pews, altar rail, table and Bishop's chair were replaced between 1964 and 1966. The tower was restored and reduced in height in 1975, and the whole church was restored in 1991. The building was grade II listed in 1985. The church is built of gritstone with sandstone dressings and a slate roof. It consists of a nave, a south porch, and a chancel with a small north vestry. On the west gable is a gabled bellcote with one round-headed arch. The porch is gabled and contains an entrance with a pointed arch and a hood mould, and the windows are lancets. The windows in the chancel have stained glass inserted between 1879 and 1881 and are dedicated to the memory of Radcliffe.