Rievaulx Terrace

• Two temples, one at each end. The domed Tuscan Temple (mapped in places as the Doric Temple) holds a 13th-century tile pavement brought up from the abbey quire. The pedimented Ionic Temple is a Georgian banqueting house with mythological ceiling paintings.
• An exhibition in the basement beneath the Ionic Temple, once a below-stairs kitchen, covering how and why the terrace was created.
• Wildflower-fringed lawns and a woodland walk behind the terrace that loops into a short circular route. The woods include a den-building and wild play area, so families have space for hands-on outdoor play among the trees, with birds and other wildlife around the site.

The entrance is on the B1257, roughly 2.5 miles north of Helmsley, with parking at the terrace and separate mobility parking near the entrance. There are male, female and accessible toilets with baby changing, a gift shop, and grass plus picnic tables in the woodland if you bring lunch. Dogs are welcome on a lead. Food is served at Rievaulx Abbey nearby rather than up on the terrace.

The main stroll is about 1,500 metres round trip and largely level lawn, manageable with an off-road pushchair and for some wheelchair users, though the site is only partly accessible: expect grass, loose gravel and some steps, especially around the temples and in the woods.