Tags: World Heritage Site.
Studley Royal Park including the ruins of Fountains Abbey is a designated World Heritage Site in North Yorkshire England. The site which has an area of 323 hectares (800 acres) features an 18th-century landscaped garden some of the largest Cistercian ruins in Europe a Jacobean mansion and a Victorian church designed by William Burges. It was developed around the ruins of the Cistercian Fountains Abbey.
