Sherburn Methodist Church

The Methodist chapel in Sherburn, just outside Malton, is a proper piece of Victorian earnestness - all red brick and tall windows that speak to a community built on honest work and Sunday worship. It's not going to blow your mind with Gothic drama, but there's something rather moving about stepping inside a place where generations of families have marked their lives. The interior is straightforward: wooden pews, a modest pulpit, the kind of simplicity that Methodists have always favoured over Anglican fuss.

You'll want to visit if you're interested in how ordinary communities built and maintained their faith, or if you're researching family history - Malton's a decent market town base for tracking down ancestors. It won't take long. Twenty minutes, maybe thirty if you stand about and soak it in. Free to enter, though you may need to find the key holder locally.

If you're staying at one of the glamping spots nearby - Lahtle Wood, Wolds Walk or Yorkshire Wolds are all within a couple of miles - this makes an easy morning stroll before heading into Malton proper for lunch. It pairs well with the market town's other attractions rather than standing on its own as a full afternoon's entertainment. The village itself is quiet, which has its charm. Call ahead to check visiting arrangements; these smaller chapels don't keep regular tourist hours.