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The White Swan

Ampleforth · YO62 4DA
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Ampleforth's village gastropub, relaunched in late 2024 with a Michelin-trained chef, seasonal menus and local ales, plus a large beer garden looking over the Howardian Hills fringe. It is proudly dog friendly, with four-legged visitors welcome in the bar area - the resident cocker spaniel is a Sunday lunchtime regular. Good staging post between Helmsley, Byland Abbey and the White Horse of Kilburn.

THE SMALL PRINTDogs welcome in the bar area and beer garden

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In the bar

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REGION · NORTH YORKSHIRE
GRID · 54.2016, -1.0838
SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.THEWHITESWAN-AMPLEFORTH.CO.UK/
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A working Benedictine abbey in a wooded valley below the moors, with orchards, a cider press and extensive grounds open to visitors. Dogs may explore the grounds freely, and you can order refreshments from the takeaway hatch at the gift shop while they wait outside.

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Ampleforth Abbey Tea Room

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Ampleforth Abbey Tea Room is a place to eat in Ampleforth. It is listed here so you know it is there, but we have not yet established whether dogs are welcome — so there is no verdict on this page and no stamp. If it is your business, claim the page and tell us, and we will stamp it.

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Ampleforth Abbey and the Fish Ponds

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4.4MILES
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A relaxed 4.4-mile loop with only 70 metres of ascent, under two hours, on lanes, field paths and the wooded valley below the abbey where the old monastic fish ponds sit; easy going but muddy along the pond path after rain. Start in Ampleforth village, where there is roadside parking, and the abbey's own visitor car park is available when the tea room is open. The ponds and the beck give water and the field paths take a dog off the lead for good stretches, but the abbey and college grounds are private and working farmland here holds sheep, so lead up at every gate.

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