Museum · near Boroughbridge · North Yorkshire

Aldborough Roman Site

Aldborough Roman Site is a heritage museum. It is 300 m east of Boroughbridge. Officially, it is a scheduled monument.

Photo: Aldborough Roman Site, C Minto (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

300 m

east of Boroughbridge

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–21°C

In brief

Museum near Boroughbridge

Just outside Boroughbridge

Aldborough Roman Site is 300 m east of Boroughbridge. Towns near it ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Boroughbridge has 36 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Warm months and wet ones

Warm weather in Boroughbridge runs June to September, with highs of 18–21°C.

Jan7° / 1°53 mm

Feb8° / 1°48 mm

Mar10° / 2°42 mm

Apr13° / 4°48 mm

May16° / 7°48 mm

Jun19° / 10°61 mm

Jul21° / 12°59 mm

Aug21° / 11°68 mm

Sep18° / 9°57 mm

Oct14° / 7°68 mm

Nov10° / 4°66 mm

Dec7° / 1°63 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Boroughbridge, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Boroughbridge. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Boroughbridge’s full climate →

About

Aldborough Roman Site

Within 15 km there are 26 more places to visit, starting with Fountains Abbey (13 km).

Boroughbridge’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Listed: Scheduled monument
Town: 300 m east of Boroughbridge
Official site: english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/aldborough-roman-site

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Around Aldborough Roman Site, mapped

The places near Aldborough Roman Site are numbered on the map in the order below.

Towns near it

Towns that count Aldborough Roman Site

The largest of the 6 towns is Boroughbridge, with 3,064 people. Start with its own town; the others follow by distance.

1 · 300 m west of it

Boroughbridge

3,064 people · 2 places to visit

2 · 1.1 km northwest of it

Langthorpe

1,294 people · 2 places to visit

3 · 2 km northwest of it

Kirby Hill

625 people · 2 places to visit

4 · 4.8 km north of it

Dishforth

1,266 people · 2 places to visit

Compare the 6 towns

Town	Where Aldborough Roman Site is	People	Places to visit
Boroughbridge	300 m west of it	3,064	2
Langthorpe	1.1 km northwest of it	1,294	2
Kirby Hill	2 km northwest of it	625	2
Dishforth	4.8 km north of it	1,266	2
Helperby and Brafferton	4.8 km northeast of it	796	1
Staveley	4.9 km southwest of it	452	2

Make a day of it

After Aldborough Roman Site

There are 26 within 15 km, 2 castles, 2 historic houses and an abbey or priory among them.

Abbey or priory · English HeritageFountains Abbey13 km away 2

Garden · National TrustStudley Royal Park13 km away 3

CathedralRipon Cathedral10 km away 4

CastleKnaresborough Castle11 km away 5

Historic houseRipley Castle13 km away 6

CastleNewby Hall5.8 km away 7

AttractionOld Mother Shipton's Cave Park11 km away 8

Historic houseAllerton Castle8.2 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Before visiting Aldborough Roman Site

Where is Aldborough Roman Site?

Aldborough Roman Site is 300 m east of Boroughbridge, North Yorkshire.

What is Aldborough Roman Site?

Heritage Museum in Yorkshire, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Aldborough Roman Site?

June to September are the warmest months in Boroughbridge, with afternoon highs of 18–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Aldborough Roman Site a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Aldborough Roman Site?

Within 15 km: Fountains Abbey (13 km), Studley Royal Park (13 km), Ripon Cathedral (10 km) and Knaresborough Castle (11 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Aldborough Roman Site: C Minto, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Fountains Abbey: User:Klaus with K, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Studley Royal Park: silver_doctor. Iain Gilmour - www.silverexpressions.co.uk, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Ripon Cathedral: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Knaresborough Castle: Redvers, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Ripley Castle: Dposte46, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Newby Hall: Lynne Glazzard, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Old Mother Shipton's Cave Park: Simon Cobb, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Allerton Castle: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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