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St Gregory's Minster, Kirkdale
Kirkdale, Yorkshire
A tiny Anglo-Saxon church with a famous Old English sundial inscription over the door.
- Cost
- Free
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 45 min
St Gregory's Minster at Kirkdale is a small church in a wooded valley, with a Saxon sundial and inscription over the porch dated before the Norman Conquest. The cave of the same valley was where bones of Ice Age animals were found in 1821, though the cave itself is not open.
Good to know
- The cave is not open to visitors
- Quiet valley, narrow lanes
- Best time
- Morning
- Open
- All year
- Getting there
- Minor road near Kirkbymoorside
- Vehicles
- Fine in any car
The location is approximate. Check the official website before you go.
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