Abbey or priory · near Flaxton · North Yorkshire

Kirkham Priory

Kirkham Priory is a grade I listed heritage site. Its location is 6.5 km northeast of Flaxton. The site is kept up by English Heritage.

Where

6.5 km

northeast of Flaxton

Run by

English Heritage

a national heritage body

How well known

Top 19%

#1,601 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–21°C

In brief

Abbey or priory near Flaxton

Near Flaxton

Kirkham Priory is 6.5 km northeast of Flaxton. Towns near it ↓

Cared for by English Heritage

One of the places English Heritage looks after; members usually get in free. About ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Flaxton has 6 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

Which month to go

Expect highs of 18–21°C in Flaxton from June to September.

Jan7° / 1°60 mm

Feb8° / 1°51 mm

Mar10° / 3°45 mm

Apr13° / 4°48 mm

May16° / 7°49 mm

Jun19° / 9°66 mm

Jul21° / 12°58 mm

Aug21° / 11°74 mm

Sep18° / 10°60 mm

Oct14° / 7°67 mm

Nov10° / 4°68 mm

Dec7° / 1°65 mm

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

About

Kirkham Priory

Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 3 languages. Add Castle Howard, 4.7 km away, to a visit; it leads 20 places within 15 km.

Flaxton’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Abbey or priory
Run by: English Heritage
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 3 languages
Town: 6.5 km northeast of Flaxton
Official site: english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/kirkham-priory

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

The map

Kirkham Priory and what surrounds it

Find Kirkham Priory in orange; each number is a place listed below.

Towns near it

Where to base yourself

Norton-on-Derwent, with 7,909 people, is the largest of the 8. The towns whose pages list it: the one it is in, those within 5 km of it, then larger towns further out.

1 · 6.5 km southwest of it

Flaxton

318 people · 2 places to visit

2 · 7.8 km north of it

Swinton

574 people · 5 places to visit

3 · 7.8 km north of it

Amotherby

363 people · 5 places to visit

4 · 8.3 km northeast of it

Norton-on-Derwent

7,909 people · 4 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Kirkham Priory is	People	Places to visit
Flaxton	6.5 km southwest of it	318	2
Swinton	7.8 km north of it	574	5
Amotherby	7.8 km north of it	363	5
Norton-on-Derwent	8.3 km northeast of it	7,909	4
Malton	8.3 km northeast of it	6,320	4
Langtoft	28 km east of it	512	0
Kilham	32 km east of it	942	3
Rudston	36 km east of it	426	2

Each has its own grades, prices and things to do.

Make a day of it

Make a day of it near Kirkham Priory

A visit can add 3 castles, 2 historic houses and 2 museums, from 20 places within 15 km.

Historic houseCastle Howard4.7 km away 2

CastleSheriff Hutton Castle8.3 km away 3

CastleSlingsby Castle9.9 km away 4

Theme parkFlamingo Land15 km away 5

CastleHovingham Hall12 km away 6

MuseumEden Camp Museum9.9 km away 7

MuseumMalton Museum7.7 km away 8

Historic houseBrockfield Hall13 km away

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

Questions before you go

Where is Kirkham Priory?

Kirkham Priory is 6.5 km northeast of Flaxton, North Yorkshire.

What is Kirkham Priory?

Grade I listed heritage site in Ryedale, United Kingdom.

Who runs Kirkham Priory?

English Heritage, so members usually get in free; check opening times before you go.

When is the best time to visit Kirkham Priory?

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

Is Kirkham Priory a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Kirkham Priory?

Within 15 km: Castle Howard (4.7 km), Sheriff Hutton Castle (8.3 km), Slingsby Castle (9.9 km) and Flamingo Land (15 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)

Castle Howard: Pwojdacz. Original uploader was Pwojdacz at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Sheriff Hutton Castle: Shaunconway, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Slingsby Castle: David Rogers, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Flamingo Land: Phil Catterall, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Hovingham Hall: Gareth Foster, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Eden Camp Museum: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Malton Museum: Tim Green from Bradford, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Brockfield Hall: In Vitrio, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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