Historic house · near Hovingham · North Yorkshire

Nunnington Hall

Nunnington Hall is a grade I listed house. It stands 3.5 km north of Hovingham. The site is kept up by the National Trust.

Photo: Nunnington Hall, Wehha (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

3.5 km

north of Hovingham

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 17–21°C

In brief

Historic house near Hovingham

Just outside Hovingham

Nunnington Hall is 3.5 km north of Hovingham. 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; 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

Seasons in Hovingham

Afternoons in Hovingham peak at 17–21°C, June to September.

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

Nunnington Hall

Its Wikipedia coverage spans 2 languages. Add Castle Howard, 10 km away, to a visit; it leads 36 places within 15 km.

Hovingham’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Historic house
Run by: National Trust
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: 3.5 km north of Hovingham
Official site: nationaltrust.org.uk/nunnington-hall

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

The map

The area around Nunnington Hall

Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; Nunnington Hall is the orange one.

Towns near it

Towns within reach of Nunnington Hall

In size, Nawton and Beadlam comes first of the 4, with 946 people. Every town below has its own grades, prices and places to visit.

1 · 3.5 km south of it

Hovingham

376 people · 4 places to visit

2 · 4.2 km west of it

Oswaldkirk

233 people · 7 places to visit

3 · 4.9 km north of it

Nawton and Beadlam

946 people · 6 places to visit

4 · 4.9 km southeast of it

Slingsby

638 people · 5 places to visit

Compare the 4 towns

Town	Where Nunnington Hall is	People	Places to visit
Hovingham	3.5 km south of it	376	4
Oswaldkirk	4.2 km west of it	233	7
Nawton and Beadlam	4.9 km north of it	946	6
Slingsby	4.9 km southeast of it	638	5

Make a day of it

Next door to Nunnington Hall

The 36 places within 15 km include 4 castles, 3 abbeys or priories and a historic house.

Historic houseCastle Howard10 km away 2

Abbey or priory · English HeritageRievaulx Abbey Museum11 km away 3

Castle · English HeritageHelmsley Castle7.2 km away 4

CastleGilling Castle6.5 km away 5

Castle · English HeritagePickering Castle14 km away 6

Abbey or prioryAmpleforth Abbey7.2 km away 7

CastleHovingham Hall3.8 km away 8

Abbey or priory · English HeritageByland Abbey12 km away

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

Planning a visit to Nunnington Hall

Where is Nunnington Hall?

Nunnington Hall is 3.5 km north of Hovingham, North Yorkshire.

What is Nunnington Hall?

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

Who runs Nunnington Hall?

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

When is the best time to visit Nunnington Hall?

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

Is Nunnington Hall a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Nunnington Hall?

Within 15 km: Castle Howard (10 km), Rievaulx Abbey Museum (11 km), Helmsley Castle (7.2 km) and Gilling Castle (6.5 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)

Nunnington Hall: Wehha, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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
Helmsley Castle: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Gilling Castle: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Pickering Castle: MortimerCat, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Ampleforth Abbey: martin dawes, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Hovingham Hall: Gareth Foster, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Byland Abbey: Antony McCallum, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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