Eston
Eston is a Town in the county of North Yorkshire.
Eston postcode: TS6 7
There are great places to visit near Eston 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.
The area around Eston boasts some of the best waterfalls including Catrigg Force, Lockin Garth Force, Whitfield Gill Force, Slape Wath Waterfall, Mill Gill Force, Cotter Force, and Aysgill Force.
Eston has some unmissable ruins nearby like 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 Eston area like Bolton Abbey, Culloden Tower, and Robin Hood's Well (Fountains).
Don't miss Deepdale, Cotterdale, Southerscales, Ingleton Waterfalls Trail, Swilla Glen, Baxenghyll Gorge, and Raven Ray's hiking areas if visiting the area around Eston.
Villages to visit near Eston include Pool-in-Wharfedale, Askrigg, Hardraw, Malham, West Burton, Bainbridge, and Aysgarth.
There are a number of rivers and streams near Eston including Whitfield Beck, Mill Gill, Hardraw Beck, River Wharfe, and Walden Beck at West Burton.
Don't miss Hawes, Skipton, Grassington, Richmond, Middlesbrough, Harrogate, and Settle's towns if visiting the area around Eston.
There are a number of caves near Eston including Great Douk Cave, White Scar Cave, Yordas Cave, Janet's Cave, Gaping Gill, Horseshoe Cave, and Jubilee Cave.
Southerscales, Malham Cove, and Warrendale Knotts Limestone Pavement are some of Eston best limestone pavements to visit near Eston.
There are a number of geological features near Eston including Malham Cove, and Brimham Rocks.
There are a several good mountains in the area around Eston like Ingleborough.
York, and Ripon are great places to visit near Eston if you like cities.
There are a several good historic buildings in the Eston area like York Minster, Culloden Tower, and Beggar’s Bridge.
Addlebrough, Warrendale Knotts, Giggleswick Scar, Blua Crags, Sugar Loaf Hill, and Attermire Scar are great places to visit near Eston if you like hills.
There are a number of castles near Eston including Skipton Castle, Richmond Castle, and Bolton Castle.
The area around Eston's best country parks can be found at Brimham Rocks.
Don't miss Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden, Fountains Abbey (ruin), and Studley Royal Water Garden's parks if visiting the area around Eston.
Don't miss Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden's gardens if visiting the area around Eston.
The area around Eston features a number of interesting ancient sites including Schoolboys Tower, Jubilee Cave, and Victoria Cave.
Eston History
There are some historic monuments around Eston:
Places to see near Eston
History of Eston
The land around Eston has been occupied since 2400 BC. The 1841 discovery of ironstone in Eston Hills by industrialists from Middlesbrough (most notably Henry Bolckow and John Vaughan) saw Eston develop from two cottages in 1850 to a thriving mining town. Miners’ cottages, although altered, can still be seen in parts of Eston. The mining history of Eston was the subject of A Century in Stone, which describes how the mines were responsible for making Teesside the iron and steel capital of the world. The film, by Craig Hornby of Pancrack Films, sold out in local cinemas and across Australia.
The Teesside steel industry that was started from these mines eventually produced the steel that built the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The mines have been closed since 1949, after 100 years of production. Teesside steel became part of the nationalised British Steel Corporation, which in turn became the Corus Group. The Middlesbrough area became the world’s leading iron and steel producing capital initially due to the output of the Eston mines.
