Guided Tours & Museum.

Our summer opening season runs from 1 April to 31 October 2025. Volunteers will normally be on site, and the museum open, from 1pm to 5pm every Friday to Monday.

An abbey tour will take place at 2pm every Saturday and Sunday. This will last approximately an hour. These tours are free and do not need to be booked but if you do wish to book or make an enquiry please contact sam.macfie@english-heritage.org.uk .

The above offerings are dependant on the availability of volunteers and the state of the weather.

Please note that in the early weeks of the season the famous tile pavements may be covered and thus invisible due to the material used to protect them from the elements.

Specialised Events

Thanks to our amazing volunteers we are able to offer the following special one-off tours:

• World Heritage Day - 18th April 
• Great Big Green Week - 8th June
• Festival of Archaeology - 27th July

Bringing Byland Abbey to you.

In 2025 we are pleased to be launching informal talks of Byland Abbey for local community and education groups. Our volunteers can come to your group (in person or virtually) and present about our brilliant site.

To enquire about booking, please complete the following form.

Please note: all talks are hosted by our brilliant volunteers so we may not be available for all dates suggested.