Brayton is a Village in the county of North Yorkshire.

Brayton postcode: YO8 9HD

Retail in Brayton

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

Don't miss Catrigg Force, Lockin Garth Force, Whitfield Gill Force, Slape Wath Waterfall, Mill Gill Force, Cotter Force, and Aysgill Force's waterfalls if visiting the area around Brayton.

Brayton has some unmissable ruins nearby like Bolton Abbey, Byland Abbey, Norton Tower (ruin), Easby Abbey (ruin), Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden, Fountains Abbey (ruin), and Trig Point on Warrendale Knotts.

Brayton has some unmissable historic monuments nearby like Bolton Abbey, Rylstone Crag and Rylstone Cross, Culloden Tower, and Robin Hood's Well (Fountains).

Deepdale, Cotterdale, Southerscales, Ingleton Waterfalls Trail, Swilla Glen, Baxenghyll Gorge, and Raven Ray are great places to visit near Brayton if you like hiking areas.

Don't miss Pool-in-Wharfedale, Askrigg, Hardraw, West Burton, Bainbridge, Aysgarth, and Malham's villages if visiting the area around Brayton.

Rivers and Streams to visit near Brayton include Whitfield Beck, Mill Gill, Hardraw Beck, River Wharfe, and Walden Beck at West Burton.

The area around Brayton boasts some of the best towns including Hawes, Skipton, Grassington, Richmond, Middlesbrough, Harrogate, and Settle.

Caves to visit near Brayton include Great Douk Cave, White Scar Cave, Yordas Cave, Gaping Gill, Janet's Cave, Horseshoe Cave, and Jubilee Cave.

Don't miss Southerscales, Malham Cove, and Warrendale Knotts Limestone Pavement's limestone pavements if visiting the area around Brayton.

There are a number of mountains near to Brayton including Ingleborough.

The area around Brayton boasts some of the best cities including York, and Ripon.

York Minster, Marton House, Norton Tower (ruin), Church of St Peter - Rylstone, Culloden Tower, and Beggar’s Bridge are some of Brayton best historic buildings to visit near Brayton.

There are a several good hills in the Brayton area like Addlebrough, Embsay Crag, Rylstone Crag and Rylstone Cross, Warrendale Knotts, Giggleswick Scar, Blua Crags, and Sugar Loaf Hill.

There are a number of geological features near Brayton including Malham Cove, Grassington Lead Mines, and Brimham Rocks.

Brayton's best nearby castles can be found at Skipton Castle, Richmond Castle, and Bolton Castle.

There are a several good old mines in the area around Brayton like Grassington Lead Mines.

Places near Brayton feature a number of interesting country parks including Brimham Rocks.

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

Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden is a great place to visit close to Brayton if you like gardens.

The area around Brayton boasts some of the best ancient sites including Schoolboys Tower, Jubilee Cave, and Victoria Cave.

Brayton History

There are some historic monuments around Brayton:

• Mote Hill: a moated site, two fishponds and part of an adjacent field system 500m west of Nun Appleton Hall
• Medieval settlement and early post-medieval garden earthworks around Barlow Hall
• Kings Manor moated site, 450m south of Little London
• Paradise Lodge moated site and grange of the Prior of Bolton
• Round barrow on Skipwith Common, 810m south of Skipwith Church
• Cawood Castle and Castle Garth: residence of the medieval Archbishops of York and associated enclosure containing gardens, five fishponds and a quarry pit
• York prebendary manor moated site, 300m north west of Hawthorn Farm
• Round barrow on Skipwith Common, 800m south east of Adamson Farm
• Roman fort 600m west of Roall Hall
• Danes Hills square barrow cemetery, 300m south of Adamson Farm
• Whitley Thorpe moated Templar grange site, 600m north west of Fulham House
• Round barrow on Skipwith Common, 830m south east of Adamson Farm
• Kelfield moated site and fishpond, 180m north of Kelfield Church
• Round barrow on Skipwith Common, 690m north west of Horseshoe Pond
• The Abbot's Staithes
• Kensbury moated site, fishpond and fragment of a medieval field system
• Thorpe Hall moated monastic grange
• Moated site and fishpond 140m south of St Helen's Church
• World War II bombing decoy control building 270m south of Scalm Park Cottages