Title: Things to Do in Ryedale District in 2026 | Expedia.com

# Things to do in Ryedale District

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![Here is a photograph taken from Castle Howard. Located in York, Yorkshire, England, UK.](https://images.trvl-media.com/place/5489/f44a79a7-df9a-4893-a00e-01214c2a6bc8.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=1040&h=580&q=mediumHigh)

![Here is a photograph taken from Castle Howard. Located in York, Yorkshire, England, UK.](https://images.trvl-media.com/place/5489/f44a79a7-df9a-4893-a00e-01214c2a6bc8.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=1040&h=580&q=mediumHigh)

![Here is a photograph taken from the Antique Passage inside Castle Howard. Located in York, Yorkshire, England, UK.](https://images.trvl-media.com/place/5489/f5076fe6-e811-461b-a25f-c0794d3d11d6.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=1040&h=580&q=mediumHigh)

![Here is a photograph taken from the nave inside the ruins of Rievaulx Abbey. Located in Rievualx, Yorkshire, England, UK.](https://images.trvl-media.com/place/5489/69182574-d491-41ec-aabb-f22de37bd185.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=1040&h=580&q=mediumHigh)

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## What to do in Ryedale District

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## Popular day trips from Ryedale District

![A view of Helmsley,  a market town and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England](https://images.trvl-media.com/place/4373/c6a55828-d9e6-46dc-b9d8-6d9ac9b09762.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=512&h=288&q=medium)

### Helmsley

![Rear view of ancient, now converted warehouses, and canal head. Driffield, UK.](https://images.trvl-media.com/place/4626/6359c1da-3399-4653-ae1e-07dd66cbf39c.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=512&h=288&q=medium)

### Driffield

![Panoramic view of the beautiful countryside around Kilburn, near Thirsk in North Yorkshire, with single track road, hedges, wildflowers, green fields and gorse bushes.  Horizontal, space for copy.](https://images.trvl-media.com/place/4786/36dc3c08-6d26-4139-aa87-e4257f017078.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=512&h=288&q=medium)

### Thirsk

![York Minster featuring religious aspects, a church or cathedral and a square or plaza](https://images.trvl-media.com/place/6079281/7af1e35b-9ae1-4b3b-8e1c-2734af318b57.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=512&h=288&q=medium)

### York

![Flag of North Yorkshire county, England](https://images.trvl-media.com/place/5649/304666d1-5ba9-4aaa-9794-5885e6167e41.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=512&h=288&q=medium)

### Northallerton

![#castle #medieval #yorkshire #Englishheritage
#Mark_and_Travel](https://images.trvl-media.com/place/5657/18f6e02d-cdf4-4a03-bfd7-64074b1e2c1e.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=512&h=288&q=medium)

### Pickering

![South Bay Beach showing a coastal town and a sandy beach](https://images.trvl-media.com/place/6173396/eec1a408-74e2-4e22-ba2a-5c7d02c5953b.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=512&h=288&q=medium)

### Scarborough

![Adobe](https://images.trvl-media.com/place/6557/1c49fa3c-6ea0-4693-bb95-31814b614c1a.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=512&h=288&q=medium)

### Middlesbrough