Bolton Abbey is a Village in the county of North Yorkshire.

Bolton Abbey postcode: BD23 6EY

Retail in Bolton Abbey

There are great places to visit near Bolton Abbey including some great waterfalls, ruins, historic monuments, hiking areas, villages, rivers and streams, towns, caves, limestone pavements, geological features, mountains, cities, historic buildings, hills, castles, country parks, parks, gardens and ancient sites.

Bolton Abbey's best nearby waterfalls can be found at Catrigg Force, Lockin Garth Force, Whitfield Gill Force, Slape Wath Waterfall, Mill Gill Force, Cotter Force, and Aysgill Force.

The area around Bolton Abbey features a number of interesting ruins including Bolton Abbey, Byland Abbey, Easby Abbey (ruin), Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden, Fountains Abbey (ruin), Trig Point on Warrendale Knotts, and Old Limekiln at Blua Crags.

There are a several good historic monuments in the Bolton Abbey area like Bolton Abbey, Culloden Tower, and Robin Hood's Well (Fountains).

The area around Bolton Abbey features a number of interesting hiking areas including Deepdale, Cotterdale, Southerscales, Ingleton Waterfalls Trail, Swilla Glen, Baxenghyll Gorge, and Raven Ray.

Pool-in-Wharfedale, Askrigg, Hardraw, Malham, West Burton, Bainbridge, and Aysgarth are some of Bolton Abbey best villages to visit near Bolton Abbey.

There are a number of rivers and streams near Bolton Abbey including Whitfield Beck, Mill Gill, Hardraw Beck, River Wharfe, and Walden Beck at West Burton.

Bolton Abbey has some unmissable towns nearby like Hawes, Skipton, Grassington, Richmond, Middlesbrough, Harrogate, and Settle.

Don't miss Great Douk Cave, White Scar Cave, Yordas Cave, Janet's Cave, Gaping Gill, Horseshoe Cave, and Jubilee Cave's caves if visiting the area around Bolton Abbey.

Southerscales, Malham Cove, and Warrendale Knotts Limestone Pavement are some of Bolton Abbey best limestone pavements to visit near Bolton Abbey.

Don't miss Malham Cove, and Brimham Rocks's geological features if visiting the area around Bolton Abbey.

Bolton Abbey is near some unmissable mountains like Ingleborough,

Bolton Abbey has some unmissable cities nearby like York, and Ripon.

Historic Buildings to visit near Bolton Abbey include York Minster, Culloden Tower, and Beggar’s Bridge.

Bolton Abbey's best nearby hills can be found at Addlebrough, Warrendale Knotts, Giggleswick Scar, Blua Crags, Sugar Loaf Hill, and Attermire Scar.

The area around Bolton Abbey features a number of interesting castles including Skipton Castle, Richmond Castle, and Bolton Castle.

There are a number of country parks near to Bolton Abbey including Brimham Rocks.

Bolton Abbey has some unmissable parks nearby like Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden, Fountains Abbey (ruin), and Studley Royal Water Garden.

The area around Bolton Abbey's best gardens can be found at Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden.

Bolton Abbey has some unmissable ancient sites nearby like Schoolboys Tower, Jubilee Cave, and Victoria Cave.

Bolton Abbey History

There are some historic monuments around Bolton Abbey:

• Carved rock between Backstone Beck and the path to Gillhead 365m south west of Gill Head Reservoir
• Grubstones stone circle
• Rock with at least 30 cup marks, some joined by groove marks, near gate into Larnshaw from Forest Road, 420m north of High Lathe, Skyreholme
• Carved rock known as Pepperpot Rock and adjacent small carved rock west of West Rock and 215m south of White Wells
• Cup and groove marked rock on flat ground south of Foldshaw Ridge, 510m SSW of the shooting shelter, Middleton Moor
• Rock with dense concentration of cup marks on Stanbury Hill
• Rock with at least five cup marks and a sinuous groove mark 615m NNE of Ridge Lathe, Pinder Hawes Hill, Skyreholme
• Cup, ring and groove marked rock at east end of the low ridge between Dryas Dike and Delves Beck 980m ESE of Wards End, Middleton Moor
• Churchyard cross, Burnsall
• Recumbent gatepost with cup and ring carving 57m west of the Swastika Stone
• Carved rock and two cairns 180m ESE of the shooting shelter, Middleton Moor Enclosure
• Cup and groove marked rock on south slope of High Black Hill, 750m north of March Ghyll Reservoir, Middleton Moor Enclosure
• Large cup and ring marked rock in forestry furrows on Rivock
• Five carved rocks grouped between Dryas Dike and Delves Beck 840m ESE of Blackhill House, Middleton Moor
• Rock with many cup marks and one groove between Dryas Dike and Delves Beck 910m ESE of Blackhill House, Middleton Moor
• Rock with seven cup marks enclosed by a groove south of Foldshaw Ridge, 490m south of shooting shelter, Middleton Moor
• Stone circle, Mossy Moor Ridge
• Rock with three cup marks 150m south west of Black Beck Hole
• Large rock with single cup mark at point where path through Green Crag Enclosure reaches top of slope
• Cup and ring marked rock between Keighley Gate and Silver Well Cottage
• Two carved rocks near wall 760m north east of Ridge Lathe, Burhill Kiln Allotment, Skyreholme
• Rock with at least five cup marks on low ridge north of track on High Green, 220m ESE of Nussey Green Lathe, Skyreholme
• Two cup marked rocks 40m north of track from New Dam to Black Hill Road at centre of group of carved rocks at High Green, Skyreholme
• Round Hill, round barrow 1/2 mile (800m) NNE of Upper Austby Farm
• Cup and ring marked rock 300m NNW of Gill Head Reservoir
• Cup and ring marked rock overlooking bend in Ilkley-Keighley road, 185m south east of Neb Stone
• Rock with five cups near Haystack Rock
• Cup and groove marked rock on slope south of Delves Beck 870m east of Moor End Farm, Middleton Moor
• Ore hearth smeltmill and wood drying kiln in Lumb Clough Wood, 350m south east of Bank Foot
• Cup and ring marked rock below Brunthwaite Crag
• Two cup marked rocks forming part of a group of prominent rocks known as Raven Stones on Rocking Moor, 500m WSW of Brae
• Three carved rocks near grouse butts on Foldshaw Ridge 870m ESE of Wards End, Middleton Moor
• Rock with shallow cup and ring-markings at the western end of the ridge on Stanbury Hill
• Two carved rocks, one dome-shaped and one ridged, near grouse butts on Foldshaw Ridge 880m ESE of Wards End, Middleton Moor
• Two cup marked rocks 220m west of Highfield House
• Carved rock next to the drive of Overdale Nursing Home
• Cairn and carved rock on High Black Hill, 410m ENE of the shooting shelter in Middleton Moor Enclosure
• Carved rock known as the Anvil Rock
• Cup marked rock on low knoll west of and overlooking Cow and Calf Hotel
• Cup and groove-marked rock on Rivock, west of a deep channel
• Rock with two large cup marks on slope west of enclosure on Woofa Bank
• Carved rock 80m east of Green Crag Enclosure
• Black Hill round cairn
• Twelve Apostles stone circle, Burley Moor
• Cup marked rock 19m above forestry track in Rivock conifer plantation
• Rock with one large cup mark on the south slope of High Black Hill, 330m east of the shooting shelter in Middleton Moor Enclosure
• Cairnfield, carved rocks and associated curved bank at north west end of Green Crag Slack, east of Gill Head Reservoir
• Carved rock and associated prehistoric walling above Backstone Beck, 200 WNW of Gill Head Reservoir
• Two cup marked rocks in path south east of quarry at Cow and Calf Rocks
• Rock with a complex pattern of cup, ring and groove marks, 755m NNE of Ridge Lathe, Burhill Kiln Allotment, Skyreholme
• Cup marked rock 1m from wall on unforested plateau at Rivock
• Carved rock on Cranshaw Thorn Hill above Ilkley Crags, 465m west of Gill Head Reservoir
• Cup, ring and groove marked rock near ford across Whinthorn Ridge Gill in Middleton Moor Enclosure, 430m NNE of March Ghyll Reservoir
• Carved rock 80m NNE of Badger Stone
• Cup, ring and groove marked rock west of the path between Black Hill and Loftshaw Gill, 300m NNE of the shooting shelter in Middleton Moor Enclosure
• Rock with many cup marks on ridge between Dryas Dike and Delves Beck 880m ESE of Blackhill House, Middleton Moor
• Rock with cup marks and long groove 750m ESE of Blackhill House, Middleton Moor
• Lime kiln and associated quarries 330m west of Toft Gate Farm
• Two cup marked rocks between Dryas Dike and Delves Beck 810m ESE of Blackhill House, Middleton Moor
• Cup marked rock on slope, 480m ENE of the shooting shelter in Middleton Moor Enclosure
• A group of seven carved rocks and four small cairns, south of Eller Edge Nook and 730m ENE of High Lathe, Skyreholme
• Grooved rock and cup and ring marked rock 420m east of Badger Stone
• Cup and ring marked rock between track and grouse butt north of Dryas Dike, 620m south of the shooting shelter, Middleton Moor
• Churchyard cross at the Church of St Peter
• Cup and ring marked rock 10m south of West Rock
• Anglo-Saxon cemetery and medieval manorial centre including fishponds and part of the open field system adjacent to St Peter's Church
• Rock with at least 24 cup marks, many interconnected by groove marks, 345m north west of High Lathe, Burnetts Ridge, Skyreholme
• Rock with at least four large cups and a groove north of Dryas Dike 800m ESE of Wards End, Middleton Moor
• Two fragments of carved bedrock east of Crocodile Rock, near west end of Hangingstones Quarry
• Cup and ring marked rock between Spicey Gill and the Ilkley-Keighley road
• Cup marked rock just within afforested area north east of wall on Rivock
• Rock with 30 to 40 cup marks and some groove marks in the wall at the west side of Black Hill Road, 610m ESE of New Dam, Skyreholme
• Rock with at least eight cups and two long grooves on ridge between Dryas Dike and Delves Beck 870m ESE of Blackhill House, Middleton Moor
• Cup marked rock and small cairn between Dryas Dike and Foldshaw Ridge 730m ESE of Wards End, Middleton Moor
• Medieval settlement and part of the open field system immediately south of Myddleton Lodge
• Rock with a complex design of small cup marks and shallow grooves south of Foldshaw Ridge, 440m south of the shooting shelter, Middleton Moor
• Cup and groove marked rock, 310m north east of the shooting shelter in Middleton Moor Enclosure
• Carved rock known as Planets Rock 180m north east of the Gill Head Reservoir
• Large carved rock in the wall between grouse moor and forestry plantation on Rivock
• Three carved rocks on Long Ridge 420m south east of Wards End, Middleton Moor
• Cup and ring marked rock 42m east of Rivock Edge triangulation pillar
• Flat carved rock 150m south west of Silver Well Cottage
• Cup and ring marked rock 340m east of Badger Stone
• Small cup-marked rock on Stanbury Hill, 40m west of fork in path
• Two prominent cup marked rock outcrops known as Doubler Stones
• Grooved rock on slope at Lanshaw
• Cup marked rock 14m from the wall on the unforested plateau at Rivock
• Gatepost with cup marks and grooves 350m SSE of West Moor House, at side of road 500m west of Bow Beck
• Cup and ring-marked rock north east of a wall junction on the southern flank of Rivock
• Cup marked rock near wall below Rivock Edge
• Cairnfield with linear banks and carved rocks stretching from Woofa Bank to Green Crag
• Rock with one cup mark in track at east end of Foldshaw Ridge, 480m SSE of the shooting shelter in Middleton Moor Enclosure
• Cup and ring marked rock 350m SSW of Panorama Reservoir
• Cairn at Rombalds Moor triangulation pillar
• Prominent rock with one cup mark at apex on ridge between Dryas Dike and Delves Beck 830m ESE of Blackhill House, Middleton Moor
• Cup marked rock 200m west of Cow and Calf Hotel
• Ring cairn on Kail Hill 380m north east of High Woodhouse.
• Cup and groove marked rock at west end of a group of carved rocks 30m north of track from New Dam to Black Hill Road, High Green, Skyreholme
• Carved rock known as the Badger Stone
• Providence smelt mill, 500m south of Minakin Row
• Rock with two cup marks south east of quarry at Cow and Calf Rocks
• Carved rock on Cranshaw Thorn Hill above Ilkley Crags, 560m west of Gill Head Reservoir
• Prominent cup-marked rock east of track, north east of Stanbury Hill
• Carved rock 110m north east of Badger Stone
• Kildwick Bridge
• Cup marked rock in forestry furrow on Rivock
• Enclosure with carved rocks and disturbed cairn known as Green Crag Enclosure
• Cup marked rock east of entrance to Silver Well Cottage
• Cup and ring marked rock at Lanshaw; easternmost of Lanshaw group
• Enclosed settlement containing three carved rocks known as Backstone Beck Enclosure
• Rock with at least two cup marks at the east end of a group of rocks 40m south of the track from Black Hill Road to New Dam, High Green, Skyreholme
• Cup marked rock lying 200m south of and above White Wells
• Cup and ring marked rock 12.5m from drainage cut NNE of Black Pots
• Cup and ring marked rock on moor east of Gawk Stones
• Three carved rocks opposite St Margaret's Church
• Cup marked rock in enclosed pasture NNE of Black Pots
• Cup marked rock 39m south east of entrance to Silver Well Cottage
• Section of rubble walling east of Grammar School Cairn, on Cranshaw Thorn Hill
• Five carved rocks near the edge of Rivock outcrop
• Partially quarried cup and groove marked rock between track and wall at east end of Foldshaw Ridge, 470m south of the shooting shelter, Middleton Moor
• Carved rock near wall in pasture below Addingham Crag 290m south of Cragg House
• Rock with single cup mark in forestry SSE of Black Pots
• Cup and Ring marked rock known as the Hanging Stone Rock
• Large rock with cup marks and cup and ring on Foldshaw Ridge 810m ESE of Wards End, Middleton Moor
• Prominent cup and ring marked rock on Coarse Stone Edge
• Large rock with single cup mark 130m south east of and overlooking Green Crag Enclosure
• Small cairn and carved rock on ridge at Lanshaw overlooking Woofa Bank
• Two cup and ring marked rocks in conifer plantation on Rivock
• Carved rock 100m north east of eastern Grainings Head Quarry
• Cup and ring marked rock 90m WSW of Gill Head Reservoir
• Rock with cup marks in south east face near grouse butts on Foldshaw Ridge 860m ESE of Wards End, Middleton Moor
• Group of four carved rocks in Panorama Woods
• Cup and ring marked rock known as the Sepulchre Stone, Addingham Moorside
• Long barrow and superimposed round cairn on Black Hill
• Sam O'on Level and Panty O'on Stone, 200m NNE of Low Far Side
• Two carved rocks on northern slope of ridge at Lanshaw overlooking Woofa Bank
• Carved rock known as the Swastika Stone
• Carved rock in a valley on south side of Cranshaw Thorn Hill 460m WSW of Gill Head Reservoir
• Cup and ring marked rock 370m SSW of Panorama Reservoir
• Late prehistoric enclosed settlement known as Round Dykes Camp on Addingham Low Moor
• Rock with one cup mark 860m ENE of Wards End, Langbar Moor
• Rock in Panorama Woods with single cup and ring carving
• Devil's Apronful cairn
• Carved rock incorporated in and extending beyond outbuilding at Hardwick House Farm
• Cup and ring marked rock known as Piper Crag Stone
• Rock with at least 14 cup marks 26m north of track from New Dam to Black Hill Road at east end of group of carved rocks on High Green, Skyreholme
• Low Moor round barrow
• Late prehistoric enclosed settlement with an outlying bank and ditch on Counter Hill, 220m north east of Moorcock Hall
• Enclosure 50m north east of Horncliff Slade on Hawksworth Moor
• Cup marked rock 47m south east of Rivock Edge triangulation pillar
• Cup and ring marked rock at Lanshaw; 1km WSW of High Cragg Farm
• Carved rock 70m south west of Gill Head Reservoir
• Cup marked rock 230m south of and above White Wells
• Barden Tower medieval fortified house and medieval garden earthworks
• Large carved boulder on eminence between two streams east of Barmishaw Well
• Cup and groove marked rock near grouse butts on Foldshaw Ridge 905m ESE of Wards End, Middleton Moor
• Cup and ring marked rock 150m west of Low Edge Farm, Bradley Moor
• Cup, ring and groove marked rock on south slope of High Black Hill, 350m east of the shooting shelter in Middleton Moor Enclosure
• Cup and ring marked rock next to wall NNW of Black Pots
• Old Bridge
• Rock with at least two cup marks 660m north east of Ridge Lathe, Burhill Kiln Allotment, Skyreholme
• Bolton Priory
• Rock with cup marks 33m north east of Green Crag Enclosure
• Cup and ring marked rock known as Langbar Rock 750m ENE of Wards End, Langbar Moor
• Cup marked rock and cairn near path 775m ESE of Blackhill House, Middleton Moor
• Multi-period lead mines and processing works and 20th century barytes mill on Grassington Moor
• Carved rock in wall of grounds of Overdale Nursing Home
• Carved rock with multiple rings in path above the Cow and Calf Hotel, 180m west of Highfield House
• Six carved rocks in field west of Riddlesden Golf Course
• Rock with three cupmarks west of West Rock and 225m south of White Wells
• Cup marked rock north of track at east end of Foldshaw Ridge, 470m SSE of the shooting shelter in Middleton Moor Enclosure
• Enclosures, small cairnfield and carved rocks on Pancake Ridge
• Carved rock south east of entrance to Silver Well Cottage
• Cairn on west flank of High Black Hill, 210m ENE of the shooting shelter in Middleton Moor Enclosure
• Large cup marked rock west of Green Crag Enclosure
• Two carved rocks at the west corner of Raven Stones Plantation on Rocking Moor, 400m west of Brae
• Rock with seven to eight cup marks north of Dryas Dike 720m ESE of Wards End, Middleton Moor
• Small rock with four cup marks and a large hewn rock with one cupmark on Foldshaw Ridge 830m ESE of Wards End, Middleton Moor
• Fancarl Top stone circle
• Westernmost of two carved rocks under Green Crag west of gas pipeline
• Rock with cup marks and short groove 740m ESE of Blackhill House, Middleton Moor
• Two carved rocks near Neb Stone
• Ring cairn 430m south west of Wood End
• Two adjacent carved rocks and associated rubble bank at top of ridge at Lanshaw overlooking Woofa Bank
• Rock with two deep cup marks north of track along Foldshaw Ridge, 460m south west of the shooting shelter, Middleton Moor
• Carved rock known as the Barmishaw Stone
• Low rock with one cup on unforested plateau at Rivock
• Rock with at least 13 cup marks 645m NNE of Ridge Lathe, Pinder Hawes Hill, Skyreholme
• Rock with two cup marks 500m ESE of New Dam, Burhill, Skyreholme
• Thornhill's lead level, 500m north of Kiplings Cottage
• Cup marked rock on slope south of Green Crag Enclosure
• Enclosure, fieldwalls and cairnfield, including seven carved rocks and an upright stone.
• Round barrow 500ft (150m) NNW of Marchup Plantation in Parson's Lane
• Group of five carved rocks on the western ridge of Stanbury Hill
• Large carved rock at hill top, north east of line of stone grouse butts on Rivock
• Split and hewn cup-marked rock north of a wall junction on Rivock
• Cup marked rock between Doubler Stones and Gawk Stones
• Cup and ring marked rock below Addingham Crag
• Rock with four cup marks near relict walling north of Dryas Dike 710m ESE of Wards End, Middleton Moor
• Cup, ring and groove marked rock south of derelict wall on Bradley Moor, 70m south west of Low Edge Farm
• Site of Roman Fort, Ilkley.