Lightwater Valley
Lightwater Valley is an amusement park. Inside North Stainley’s built-up area is where it stands. Around it, within 15 km, lie 28 more places, Fountains Abbey (7.3 km) first on our list.
Theme park in North Stainley
Inside North Stainley
Lightwater Valley is inside North Stainley’s built-up area, with 2 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Weather through the year
For warmth, aim for June to September (18–21°C highs in North Stainley).
Lightwater Valley
6 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.
- Type
- Theme park
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 6 languages
- Town
- in North Stainley
- Official site
- lightwatervalley.co.uk
Lightwater Valley at a glance
Use the numbers to match each place near Lightwater Valley with the list.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is North Stainley’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
The towns around Lightwater Valley
With 16,593 people, Ripon is the largest of the 8. The list runs from its own town outward.
North Stainley
Ripon
West Tanfield
Kirkby Malzeard
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Lightwater Valley is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Stainley | It’s in town | 390 | 6 |
| Ripon | 2.8 km southeast of it | 16,593 | 15 |
| West Tanfield | 3.4 km northwest of it | 275 | 3 |
| Kirkby Malzeard | 4.6 km west of it | 906 | 3 |
| Grewelthorpe | 4.8 km west of it | 226 | 5 |
| Sharow | 5.7 km southeast of it | 574 | 9 |
| Masham | 7.9 km northwest of it | 1,112 | 6 |
| Carthorpe | 8.5 km north of it | 256 | 3 |
Next door to Lightwater Valley
A visit can add 4 historic houses, 2 gardens and an abbey or priory, from 28 places within 15 km.
Abbey or priory · English HeritageFountains Abbey7.3 km away2
Garden · National TrustStudley Royal Park6.5 km away3
CathedralRipon Cathedral5.5 km away4
Historic house · National TrustFountains Hall7.3 km away5
Historic houseNorton Conyers House3.7 km away6
Historic houseRipley Castle15 km away7
Historic houseMarkenfield Hall8.3 km away8
GardenHackfall5 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Know before you visit Lightwater Valley
Where is Lightwater Valley?
Lightwater Valley is in North Stainley, North Yorkshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Lightwater Valley?
Amusement park in England.
When is the best time to visit Lightwater Valley?
June to September are the warmest months in North Stainley, with afternoon highs of 18–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Lightwater Valley?
Within 15 km: Fountains Abbey (7.3 km), Studley Royal Park (6.5 km), Ripon Cathedral (5.5 km) and Fountains Hall (7.3 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)
- Lightwater Valley: Stefan Scheer, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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
- Fountains Hall: Graham Roberts, the uploader is Gcr22, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Norton Conyers House: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ripley Castle: Dposte46, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Markenfield Hall: Dennis Lovett, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hackfall: Alan Bate, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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