Historic house · near Harewood · West Yorkshire

Harewood House

Harewood House is a grade I listed historic house museum and zoo in Harewood. Its operator is Harewood House Trust. Around it, within 15 km, lie 55 more places, Harewood Castle (1.4 km) first on our list.

Photo: Harewood House, Sirenuk (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

1 km

southwest of Harewood

Run by

Harewood House Trust

the operator on record

How well known

Top 3%

#219 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–21°C

In brief

Historic house near Harewood

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#219 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (20 Wikipedias). About ↓

Just outside Harewood

Harewood House is 1 km southwest of Harewood. Towns near it ↓

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Harewood has 41 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

Seasons and weather

Warmest in Harewood are June to September, at 18–21°C.

Jan7° / 1°52 mm

Feb8° / 1°45 mm

Mar10° / 3°42 mm

Apr13° / 4°45 mm

May16° / 7°45 mm

Jun19° / 9°59 mm

Jul21° / 11°54 mm

Aug21° / 11°61 mm

Sep18° / 9°53 mm

Oct14° / 7°59 mm

Nov10° / 4°61 mm

Dec7° / 2°58 mm

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

About

Harewood House

Wikipedia covers it in 20 languages.

Harewood’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Historic house
Run by: Harewood House Trust
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 20 languages
Town: 1 km southwest of Harewood
Official site: harewood.org

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

The map

The area around Harewood House

Orange: Harewood House.

Towns near it

Which town is nearest

Among the 8, Leeds is the biggest, home to 536,262 people. The towns are in order of distance, its own town first.

1 · 1 km northeast of it

Harewood

267 people · 2 places to visit

2 · 3.1 km south of it

Leeds

536,262 people · 45 places to visit

3 · 4.2 km northwest of it

Huby (Harrogate)

799 people · 3 places to visit

4 · 4.3 km east of it

East Keswick

1,145 people · 2 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Harewood House is	People	Places to visit
Harewood	1 km northeast of it	267	2
Leeds	3.1 km south of it	536,262	45
Huby (Harrogate)	4.2 km northwest of it	799	3
East Keswick	4.3 km east of it	1,145	2
Kirkby Overblow	4.5 km north of it	485	4
Scarcroft	4.8 km southeast of it	1,634	5
Bramhope	4.9 km west of it	3,593	7
Bardsey	5.8 km east of it	1,819	3

Make a day of it

Around Harewood House

Choose from 55 places within 15 km, such as 3 castles, a cathedral and an abbey or priory.

CastleHarewood Castle1.4 km away 2

CathedralLeeds Cathedral11 km away 3

Castle · English HeritageSpofforth Castle8.1 km away 4

Abbey or prioryKirkstall Abbey (Ruins)10 km away 5

CastleKnaresborough Castle13 km away 6

Art galleryLeeds Art Gallery11 km away 7

Garden · RHSRHS Garden Harlow Carr10 km away 8

MuseumRoyal Armouries12 km away

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

Quick answers on Harewood House

Where is Harewood House?

Harewood House is 1 km southwest of Harewood, West Yorkshire.

What is Harewood House?

Grade I listed historic house museum and Zoo in Harewood, United Kingdom.

Who runs Harewood House?

Harewood House Trust.

When is the best time to visit Harewood House?

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

Is Harewood House a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Harewood House?

Within 15 km: Harewood Castle (1.4 km), Leeds Cathedral (11 km), Spofforth Castle (8.1 km) and Kirkstall Abbey (Ruins) (10 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)

Harewood House: Sirenuk, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Harewood Castle: TJ Blackwell, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Leeds Cathedral: Jungpionier, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Spofforth Castle: TJBlackwell, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kirkstall Abbey (Ruins): JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Knaresborough Castle: Redvers, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Leeds Art Gallery: Frank Watkins, British (fl.1859–94) (ILN staff illustrator), by T.D. Nettleton, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
RHS Garden Harlow Carr: DS Pugh, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Royal Armouries: Tim Marchant, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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