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14/09/2026

Mindful Month at Rievaulx 🍂😌🌤

Settle into the woodland at Rievaulx Terrace this Saturday 19th September with Ausra Moyser, yoga teacher and holistic wellbeing practitioner, for a gentle experience of breath, meditation and sound. Explore conscious breathing and the calming vibration of your own voice, before being guided into meditation and a deeply relaxing sound journey surrounded by nature. In partnership with for Mindful Month. ✨️

No previous experience is needed. The entire experience can be enjoyed seated - simply come as you are, slow down, listen and reconnect. Free for English Heritage and National Trust members, or included as part of your daily admission ticket. 🙌

11/09/2026

Our Ionic Temple is open today 🙌

Explore the Terrace's magnificent 18th century banqueting house, with our expert volunteer on hand to answer all your questions. Absolutely stunning 😍

06/09/2026

Mindful Month at Rievaulx Terrace ✨️

Join us next Saturday 12th September for Breath, Nature and Sound, a free mindful event for Mindful Month. Settle into the woodland at Rievaulx Terrace with Ausra Moyser, yoga teacher and holistic wellbeing practitioner, for a gentle experience of breath, meditation and sound. Explore conscious breathing and the calming vibration of your own voice, before being guided into meditation and a deeply relaxing sound journey surrounded by nature.

No previous experience is needed. The entire experience can be enjoyed seated - simply come as you are, slow down, listen and reconnect. More details in the comments below 👇

04/09/2026

Rainbow spotted at Rievaulx 🌈

We're so thrilled that are back in stock in our shop. So pick up a rainbow to brighten up your cloudy day... or just take the clouds as well! 🌦

30/08/2026

Our Tannery is back open 🙌

We've been busy conserving Europe's only surviving medieval monastic tannery and the results are incredible. The laybrothers working in the tannery had access to their own... ahem... facilities, pictured here with the drop below into the great drain that ran through the abbey. It was also where they would have gathered a crucial.. hmm.. material in buckets for the tanning process. Fun 🤢

Isn't medieval history wonderful! 😅

Discover the tannery for yourself to learn more, and plan your visit ahead online 👉 bit.ly/Visit_Rievaulx

26/08/2026

Our Tannery is open again... 🙌

Our tanning vats are the oldest surviving example in Europe. Originally excavated during the 1920s we've recently spent the summer restoring them for future generations. The results are incredible! ❤️

24/08/2026

Perfect ☀️

22/08/2026

New Wildflower Range... 🌸 🍃 🌾

Our wildflower meadow is one of hundreds across the country established as part of the King's Meadow project, rewilding huge swathes of our English countryside. Our new range of wildflower products celebrate our meadows and will help conserve them for future generations! 🙌
Our shop is open 10am - 4:30pm everyday this summer, alongside our café 👉 bit.ly/Visit_Rievaulx

20/08/2026

One from the archives... 🤯

View looking down on our Infirmary Cloister and Chapter House excavations in 1923, taken from the upper south windows of the east end nave. Absolutely incredible to think of the tons of earth and rubble that had to be carefully removed to expose the surviving archeology beneath. Over a century on, and we're still conserving and caring for the ruins! 🙌

Come visit and learn more about Rievaulx's 900 years of history 👉 bit.ly/Visit_Rievaulx

Image © Historic England Archives Ref: AL0876/006/01

19/08/2026

World Photography Day! 📸 ✨️

Share your favourite snaps of Rievaulx in the comments 👉

Plan your visit ahead online 👉 bit.ly/Visit_Rievaulx

Address

Rievaulx, Nr Helmsley
Helmsley
YO625LB

Website

http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/

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