Plumpton Rocks
Plumpton Rocks is a pleasure gardens near Harrogate, North Yorkshire. You will find it 1.4 km northeast of Follifoot. A short trip away is Spofforth Castle, 2.5 km off, the first of 21 within 15 km.
Garden near Follifoot
Just outside Follifoot
Plumpton Rocks is 1.4 km northeast of Follifoot. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
The climate through the year
Afternoons in Follifoot reach 18–21°C from June to September.
Plumpton Rocks
It is written up in 2 Wikipedias.
- Type
- Garden
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 2 languages
- Town
- 1.4 km northeast of Follifoot
- Official site
- plumptonrocks.com
Hours, entry and address
- EntryA fee is charged
Plumpton Rocks at a glance
Numbered points are the places near Plumpton Rocks, which is in orange.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Bases near Plumpton Rocks
Among the 6, Harrogate is the biggest, home to 75,522 people. Closest first, each of these towns names it on its page.
Follifoot
Knaresborough
Spofforth
Harrogate
Compare the 6 towns
| Town | Where Plumpton Rocks is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Follifoot | 1.4 km southwest of it | 645 | 10 |
| Knaresborough | 1.9 km north of it | 15,781 | 12 |
| Spofforth | 2.1 km south of it | 1,175 | 5 |
| Harrogate | 2.4 km west of it | 75,522 | 14 |
| Goldsborough | 3.2 km northeast of it | 476 | 8 |
| Pannal | 4.7 km west of it | 2,530 | 7 |
Also within reach
Our list has 21 more within 15 km, among them 3 castles, 3 historic houses and an attraction.
Castle · English HeritageSpofforth Castle2.5 km away2
CastleKnaresborough Castle3.4 km away3
Historic houseHarewood House10 km away4
AttractionOld Mother Shipton's Cave Park3.3 km away5
Garden · RHSRHS Garden Harlow Carr7.7 km away6
Historic houseRudding Park2.2 km away7
Historic houseRipley Castle10 km away8
CastleHarewood Castle8.7 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
A visit to Plumpton Rocks: questions
Where is Plumpton Rocks?
Plumpton Rocks is 1.4 km northeast of Follifoot, North Yorkshire.
What is Plumpton Rocks?
Pleasure gardens near Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England.
When is the best time to visit Plumpton Rocks?
June to September are the warmest months in Follifoot, with afternoon highs of 18–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Plumpton Rocks?
Within 15 km: Spofforth Castle (2.5 km), Knaresborough Castle (3.4 km), Harewood House (10 km) and Old Mother Shipton's Cave Park (3.3 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 (8)
- Spofforth Castle: TJBlackwell, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Knaresborough Castle: Redvers, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harewood House: Sirenuk, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Old Mother Shipton's Cave Park: Simon Cobb, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- RHS Garden Harlow Carr: DS Pugh, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rudding Park: Plucas58, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ripley Castle: Dposte46, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harewood Castle: TJ Blackwell, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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