Castle · Hovingham · North Yorkshire

Hovingham Hall

Hovingham Hall is a grade I listed country house. You will find it inside Hovingham’s built-up area. Top of the 35 other places within 15 km is Castle Howard, 7.5 km off.

Photo: Hovingham Hall, Gareth Foster (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Hovingham

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 28%

#2,392 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 17–21°C

In brief

Castle in Hovingham

Inside Hovingham

Hovingham Hall is inside Hovingham’s built-up area, with 3 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Hovingham has 47 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 in Hovingham

If warmth matters, go June to September: Hovingham reaches 17–21°C.

Jan7° / 1°63 mm

Feb8° / 1°52 mm

Mar10° / 2°45 mm

Apr13° / 4°50 mm

May16° / 7°49 mm

Jun18° / 9°67 mm

Jul21° / 11°57 mm

Aug20° / 12°68 mm

Sep17° / 10°61 mm

Oct14° / 7°71 mm

Nov10° / 4°72 mm

Dec7° / 1°68 mm

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

About

Hovingham Hall

3 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.

Hovingham’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 3 languages
Town: in Hovingham
Official site: hovingham.co.uk/contact-us/contact-details-2.html

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

The map

Where to find Hovingham Hall

On this map, Hovingham Hall is orange and its neighbours are numbered.

Towns near it

The nearest towns

Among the 3, Slingsby is the biggest, home to 638 people. They run in order of distance, starting where it stands.

1 · It’s in town

Hovingham

376 people · 4 places to visit

2 · 2.9 km east of it

Slingsby

638 people · 5 places to visit

3 · 4.6 km south of it

Terrington

362 people · 6 places to visit

Compare the 3 towns

Town	Where Hovingham Hall is	People	Places to visit
Hovingham	It’s in town	376	4
Slingsby	2.9 km east of it	638	5
Terrington	4.6 km south of it	362	6

Make a day of it

Around Hovingham Hall

There are 35 within 15 km, 4 castles, 2 historic houses and 2 abbeys or priories among them.

Historic houseCastle Howard7.5 km away 2

Abbey or priory · English HeritageRievaulx Abbey Museum13 km away 3

CastleGilling Castle5.6 km away 4

Castle · English HeritageHelmsley Castle9.7 km away 5

CastleSlingsby Castle3.1 km away 6

Historic house · National TrustNunnington Hall3.8 km away 7

Abbey or prioryAmpleforth Abbey7.5 km away 8

CastleSheriff Hutton Castle9.5 km away

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

Before visiting Hovingham Hall

Where is Hovingham Hall?

Hovingham Hall is in Hovingham, North Yorkshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Hovingham Hall?

Grade I listed country house in North Yorkshire, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Hovingham Hall?

June to September are the warmest months in Hovingham, with afternoon highs of 17–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Hovingham Hall a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Hovingham Hall?

Within 15 km: Castle Howard (7.5 km), Rievaulx Abbey Museum (13 km), Gilling Castle (5.6 km) and Helmsley Castle (9.7 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)

Hovingham Hall: Gareth Foster, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Castle Howard: Pwojdacz. Original uploader was Pwojdacz at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Rievaulx Abbey Museum: Tilman2007/Dr. Volkmar Rudolf, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Gilling Castle: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Helmsley Castle: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Slingsby Castle: David Rogers, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Nunnington Hall: Wehha, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Ampleforth Abbey: martin dawes, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Sheriff Hutton Castle: Shaunconway, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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