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Mid C18 pleasure grounds laid out with advice from John Carr as the grounds for a country house built within a pre-existing park of C16 origin.

A sequence of municipal parks and green spaces, created in phases between 1885 and 1938, along the valley of the Porter Brook

A public park in Bingley opened in 1865.

A public cemetery opened in 1875, with both layout and buildings designed by William Gay.

Walled garden, fishponds and deer park built in the early 17th century to complement the newly built Red House by Sir Henry Slingsby and his son, Henry.

Park with C17 origins, pleasure grounds probably of the late C18 with C19 additions, and a kitchen garden of the C18.

A terrace laid out in c 1758 with views of the valley of the Rye and the ruins of Rievaulx Abbey.

Gardens and pleasure grounds of the late C18 and early C19, and a park of early to mid C19 probably with C18 or earlier origins.

The site of the Archbishop of York’s medieval manor house and court. Much of this area has remained as open ground (bowling green, garths, gardens). The 1854 OS map shows the former bowling green – still extant in 1839 - to have been laid out as a formal garden.

Formal gardens probably of late C17 date which survive in the form of earthworks; formal canals and walkways probably of similar date, and pleasure grounds with lakes probably of late C18 date.