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Goddards Garden

Goddards Garden is a historic house museum in York, North Yorkshire. It is on the official list as a Grade I listed building. Around it, within 15 km, lie 53 more places, York Minster (2.8 km) first on our list.

Photo: Goddards Garden, Bob Cantwell (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In York

inside the built-up area

Run by

National Trust

a national heritage body

How well known

Top 23%

#1,932 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–22°C

In brief

Garden in York

Inside York

Goddards Garden is inside York’s built-up area, with 39 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Cared for by the National Trust

One of the places the National Trust looks after; members usually get in free. About ↓

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; York has 1,271 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

Month by month

Warmest in York are June to September, at 18–22°C.

Jan7° / 2°51 mm

Feb8° / 2°42 mm

Mar11° / 3°42 mm

Apr13° / 5°43 mm

May17° / 7°45 mm

Jun20° / 10°63 mm

Jul22° / 12°54 mm

Aug21° / 12°67 mm

Sep18° / 10°55 mm

Oct14° / 7°64 mm

Nov10° / 4°61 mm

Dec7° / 2°58 mm

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

About

Goddards Garden

Upkeep is seen to by the National Trust. Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 2 languages.

York’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Garden
Run by: National Trust
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in York
Official site: nationaltrust.org.uk/goddards

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

The map

Finding Goddards Garden

Spot Goddards Garden in orange, then follow the numbers to the places below.

Towns near it

Bases for a visit

Largest of the 8 is York, home to 141,696. The towns are in order of distance, its own town first.

1 · It’s in town

York

141,696 people · 46 places to visit

2 · 1.5 km south of it

Bishopthorpe

3,333 people · 40 places to visit

3 · 2.8 km southwest of it

Copmanthorpe

3,671 people · 9 places to visit

4 · 3.1 km east of it

Heslington

1,787 people · 41 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Goddards Garden is	People	Places to visit
York	It’s in town	141,696	46
Bishopthorpe	1.5 km south of it	3,333	40
Copmanthorpe	2.8 km southwest of it	3,671	9
Heslington	3.1 km east of it	1,787	41
Acaster Malbis	3.8 km south of it	326	4
Nether Poppleton	3.8 km northwest of it	727	38
Upper Poppleton	4.1 km northwest of it	3,520	37
Osbaldwick	4.5 km east of it	2,313	44

Make a day of it

Around Goddards Garden

Among the 53 within 15 km are 4 museums, a church and a castle.

ChurchYork Minster2.8 km away 2MuseumBig drawMuseumNational Railway Museum2.2 km away · 808K visitors a year 3

Castle · English HeritageClifford's Tower2.3 km away 4

MuseumYorkshire Museum2.6 km away · 164K visitors a year (2019)5

MuseumYork Castle Museum2.3 km away · 284K visitors a year (2013)6

FortYork city walls2.2 km away 7

Art galleryYork Art Gallery2.8 km away 8

MuseumJorvik Viking Centre2.4 km away

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

What people ask about Goddards Garden

Where is Goddards Garden?

Goddards Garden is in York, North Yorkshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Goddards Garden?

Historic house museum in York, North Yorkshire, England, UK.

Who runs Goddards Garden?

National Trust, so members usually get in free; check opening times before you go.

When is the best time to visit Goddards Garden?

June to September are the warmest months in York, with afternoon highs of 18–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Goddards Garden a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Goddards Garden?

Within 15 km: York Minster (2.8 km), National Railway Museum (2.2 km), Clifford's Tower (2.3 km) and Yorkshire Museum (2.6 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 (8)

Goddards Garden: Bob Cantwell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
York Minster: MatzeTrier, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Clifford's Tower: Francis Place (1647-1728), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Yorkshire Museum: Tim Green from Bradford, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
York Castle Museum: Jitka Erbenová (cheva), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
York city walls: Jhsteel, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
York Art Gallery: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Jorvik Viking Centre: CambridgeBayWeather, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons

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