3 miles from Whashton Parish

With its breathtaking views of the Yorkshire dales, Richmond Castle is one of the finest tourist attractions in North Yorkshire.

4 miles from Whashton Parish

In a beautiful setting by the River Swale, Easby can be reached via a pleasant walk from Richmond Castle.

5 miles from Whashton 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.

7 miles from Whashton Parish

Stonework foundations, now marooned in a field, of a bridge which once led to Piercebridge Roman Fort.

8 miles from Whashton Parish

The charming ruins of a small monastery of Premonstratensian 'white canons', picturesquely set above a bend in the River Tees near Barnard Castle.

9 miles from Whashton 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.