Malton (England)

Small local history museum, just two rooms. The Roman camp Derventio stood here for 400 years, and the area made jet jewellery.

Remains of a Gilbertine priory founded in 1131. The main surviving building is St Mary's Priory Church, nowadays Anglican. It's smaller than it first looks: the full west facade stands but the church behind has been scaled down. There are modern revivals of the Gilbertine Order in Leicestershire and in Canada, but they have no formal link with this priory.

This is the oldest church in England still used by Roman Catholics — they were ejected from all their original churches (such as Malton Priory) at the Reformation, and only permitted new buildings from the 19th century. St Leonard's was established circa 1190 as a "chapel of ease", ecclesiastic-speak for "the priory is a bit far for our elderly parishioners to attend". It too was taken over by the Church of England, but they vacated in 1969 and offered it back to the Catholics. Malton's RC congregation transferred from their Chapel of St Mary's so the church dedication was extended to Saints Leonard and Mary.

A Second World War prisoner of war camp turned into a museum of those years.

Magnificent Baroque 18th-century stately home designed by Vanbrugh, in extensive gardens. It's much in demand as a film and TV location, best known being Brideshead Revisited.

60 hillside acres of lavender farm and parkland set in the Howardian Hills.

12th-century Augustinian Priory ruined after the Dissolution, though the gatehouse is still impressive. Its weirdest episode was as a training ground for the D-Day landings of 1944, the River Derwent being considered a passable imitation of the English Channel, and the priory's high western wall a make-believe "transport ship" for troops to scramble down on netting.

The Hall is a grand affair from the late 17th century, but can only occasionally be visited by guided tour. The main attraction is the garden created by "Capability" Brown, and refurbished in 2004.