Fairburn is a Village in the county of North Yorkshire.

Retail in Fairburn

There are great places to visit near Fairburn 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.

Catrigg Force, Lockin Garth Force, Whitfield Gill Force, Slape Wath Waterfall, Mill Gill Force, Cotter Force, and Aysgill Force are some of Fairburn best waterfalls to visit near Fairburn.

The area around Fairburn boasts some of the best ruins including 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.

Bolton Abbey, Rylstone Crag and Rylstone Cross, Culloden Tower, and Robin Hood's Well (Fountains) are some of Fairburn best historic monuments to visit near Fairburn.

Fairburn has some unmissable hiking areas nearby like Deepdale, Cotterdale, Southerscales, Ingleton Waterfalls Trail, Swilla Glen, Baxenghyll Gorge, and Raven Ray.

Fairburn has some unmissable villages nearby like Pool-in-Wharfedale, Askrigg, Hardraw, West Burton, Bainbridge, Aysgarth, and Malham.

Fairburn's best nearby rivers and streams can be found at Whitfield Beck, Mill Gill, Hardraw Beck, River Wharfe, and Walden Beck at West Burton.

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

Great Douk Cave, White Scar Cave, Yordas Cave, Gaping Gill, Janet's Cave, Horseshoe Cave, and Jubilee Cave are some of Fairburn best caves to visit near Fairburn.

There are a number of limestone pavements near Fairburn including Southerscales, Malham Cove, and Warrendale Knotts Limestone Pavement.

Places near Fairburn feature a number of interesting mountains including Ingleborough.

There are a number of cities near Fairburn including York, and Ripon.

Don't miss York Minster, Marton House, Norton Tower (ruin), Church of St Peter - Rylstone, Culloden Tower, and Beggar’s Bridge's historic buildings if visiting the area around Fairburn.

The area around Fairburn boasts some of the best hills including Addlebrough, Embsay Crag, Rylstone Crag and Rylstone Cross, Warrendale Knotts, Giggleswick Scar, Blua Crags, and Sugar Loaf Hill.

The area around Fairburn boasts some of the best geological features including Malham Cove, Grassington Lead Mines, and Brimham Rocks.

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

Grassington Lead Mines is one of Fairburn's best, nearby old mines to visit in Fairburn.

The area close to Fairburn boasts some of the best country parks including Brimham Rocks.

The area around Fairburn features a number of interesting parks including Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden, Fountains Abbey (ruin), and Studley Royal Water Garden.

Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden is one of Fairburn's best, nearby gardens to visit in Fairburn.

The area around Fairburn features a number of interesting ancient sites including Schoolboys Tower, Jubilee Cave, and Victoria Cave.

Fairburn History

There are some historic monuments around Fairburn:

• Boundary cross on the corner of Ferrybridge Road and Stumpcross Lane
• Site of 'King Athelstan's Palace', immediately north of the church
• Length of linear earthwork known as The Ridge, part of the Aberford Dyke system, 560m east of Potterton Bridge
• Steeton Hall medieval magnate's residence and manorial centre
• Length of linear earthwork, part of the Aberford Dyke system, at Green Hill between Aberford and the Aberford By-pass
• Length of linear earthwork, part of the Aberford Dyke system, at Field Lane between the Aberford By-pass and Humphrey Dale Cottage
• Roman Fort and Associated Features 150m South-West of Standing Flat Bridge
• Lord Dacre's Cross or Towton Cross on the west side of the B1217, 1km south west of Towton
• Manor Garth Hill ringwork
• Castle Hills prehistoric settlement, field system and medieval wood banks
• Roman Bath House, Castleford
• Ferrybridge Henge, a prehistoric enclosure, and two round barrows
• Iron Age and Romano-British Settlement south of Hungerhills Plantation, Parlington
• Ferrybridge near Knottingley
• Saxton Castle: a motte and bailey castle with a later medieval manor house and field system including a trackway and fishpond
• Linear earthwork, part of the Aberford Dyke system, extending 770m east from Humphrey Dale Cottage
• St John's Priory
• Linear earthworks known as Woodhouse Moor Rein and South Dyke, part of the Aberford Dyke system
• World War II airfield defences at RAF Church Fenton
• Medieval manorial complex, garden and water management features, St Mary's chapel, and a linear earthwork forming part of the Aberford Dyke system
• Churchyard cross at the Parish Church of St Luke and All Saints
• Womersley medieval settlement remains and Victorian ice house in Icehouse Park
• Length of linear earthworks known as Becca Banks and The Ridge, part of the Aberford Dyke system, between Aberford and a quarry 590m north of Ass Bridge
• Pontefract Castle: part of late Saxon cemetery and town ditch, Norman motte and bailey castle and later medieval enclosure castle
• Fairburn Ings (Newton Abbey) moat