Octon is a Village in the county of East Riding of Yorkshire.

Octon postcode: YO25 3EB

Retail in Octon

There are great places to visit near Octon including some great towns.

The area around Octon's best towns can be found at Beverley.

Octon History

There are some historic monuments around Octon:

• Round barrow on Flixton Wold
• The Camp
• Hospital of St Mary, Staxton (site of)
• Willy Howe round barrow
• Dane's Graves
• Staxton Brow entrenchment
• Bowl barrow 1100m west of High Fordon Farm
• Round barrow on Flotmanby Brow
• Settlement site at Butterwick
• Nunnery Hill and adjacent earthworks, Little Kelk
• Bowl barrow 600m west of High Fordon Farm
• Nether Hall moated site and fishpond
• Medieval hall and settlement remains immediately west of St John's Church
• Boythorpe settlement site
• Prior Moor round barrow
• Bowl barrow and archery butt 231m south-west of Wold Newton Church
• Two round barrows, Staxton Brow
• Two round barrows NE of Ganton Dale
• Bowl barrow 250m east of Octon Cross Roads
• Square barrow cemetery, 670m north west of Creyke Farm
• Section of linear earthwork in Pasture Plantation
• Round barrow W of Willerby Wold House
• Section of linear earthwork 200m north east of Pasture Cottages
• Round barrow S of Grange Farm
• Round barrow SE of Willerby Wold House
• Bowl barrow 580m west of High Fordon Farm
• Long barrow 750m north-west of High Fordon Farm
• Site S of Maiden's Grave Farm
• Round barrow E of Weaverthorpe Ling
• Swaythorpe medieval settlement
• Bowl barrow and archery butt 230m south of Wold Newton church
• Bowl barrow 800m west of High Fordon Farm
• Group of circular and rectangular enclosures, near Cansdale Whin
• Romano-British settlement
• Hunmanby Castle motte and bailey
• Round barrow 700yds (640m) NE of Brompton Wold Farm
• Medieval settlement of Pockthorpe at Pockthorpe Hall
• Elf Howe round barrow
• Standing stone known as the Rudston Monolith
• Bowl barrow 130m south-east of Bridge Farm
• St Martin's collegiate church and medieval standing cross, Lowthorpe
• Bowl barrow on Fox Hill
• Two round barrows NW of Danebury Manor
• Gallows Hill round barrow
• Bowl barrow 700m north-west of High Fordon Farm
• Sharpe Howes, round barrows
• Round barrow NW of Mount Spaniel
• Two round barrows SE of Pasture Farm
• Earthwork on the Sheepwalk stretching N from Wold Gate for 530yds (480m)
• Three round barrows NE of Ganton Wold Farm
• Rudston Beacon and round barrows to east
• Deserted village of Octon
• Roman villa site
• Round barrow S of Long Plantation
• Round barrow on Flotmanby Wold
• Cottam medieval settlement and cultivation terraces
• Romano-British villa east of Sandy Lane, 800m north west of Harpham Grange
• Two round barrows on Weaverthorpe Pasture