Great Thirkleby is a Village in the county of North Yorkshire.

Great Thirkleby postcode: YO7 2AT

Retail in Great Thirkleby

There are great places to visit near Great Thirkleby 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.

Great Thirkleby has some unmissable waterfalls nearby like Catrigg Force, Lockin Garth Force, Whitfield Gill Force, Slape Wath Waterfall, Mill Gill Force, Cotter Force, and Aysgill Force.

Great Thirkleby 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.

Historic Monuments to visit near Great Thirkleby include Bolton Abbey, Culloden Tower, and Robin Hood's Well (Fountains).

There are a number of hiking areas near Great Thirkleby 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 Great Thirkleby best villages to visit near Great Thirkleby.

Don't miss Whitfield Beck, Mill Gill, Hardraw Beck, River Wharfe, and Walden Beck at West Burton's rivers and streams if visiting the area around Great Thirkleby.

Don't miss Hawes, Skipton, Grassington, Richmond, Middlesbrough, Harrogate, and Settle's towns if visiting the area around Great Thirkleby.

There are a several good caves in the Great Thirkleby area like Great Douk Cave, White Scar Cave, Yordas Cave, Janet's Cave, Gaping Gill, Horseshoe Cave, and Jubilee Cave.

Great Thirkleby has some unmissable limestone pavements nearby like Southerscales, Malham Cove, and Warrendale Knotts Limestone Pavement.

Malham Cove, and Brimham Rocks are great places to visit near Great Thirkleby if you like geological features.

Places near Great Thirkleby feature a number of interesting mountains including Ingleborough.

Great Thirkleby has some unmissable cities nearby like York, and Ripon.

Don't miss York Minster, Culloden Tower, and Beggar’s Bridge's historic buildings if visiting the area around Great Thirkleby.

There are a several good hills in the Great Thirkleby area like Addlebrough, Warrendale Knotts, Giggleswick Scar, Blua Crags, Sugar Loaf Hill, and Attermire Scar.

There are a number of castles near Great Thirkleby including Skipton Castle, Richmond Castle, and Bolton Castle.

Brimham Rocks is one of Great Thirkleby's best, nearby country parks to visit in Great Thirkleby.

Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden, Fountains Abbey (ruin), and Studley Royal Water Garden are great places to visit near Great Thirkleby if you like parks.

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

There are a number of ancient sites near Great Thirkleby including Schoolboys Tower, Jubilee Cave, and Victoria Cave.

Great Thirkleby History

There are some historic monuments around Great Thirkleby:

• Pit alignment, part of the Cleave Dyke prehistoric boundary system and round barrow 450m south east of High Paradise
• Group of round barrows and cross ridge dyke at Sunny Bank
• Upsall Castle: a quadrangular castle
• Round barrow 500m south east of Hill Fort Windypit
• Round barrow 650m east of South Woods
• Round barrow 120m north of High Barn
• Thirsk Castle: a motte and bailey castle
• Deserted village
• Wayside cross known as Cooper Cross on Sutton Bank
• Pit alignment forming part of the Cleave Dyke system 1000m north west of Dialstone Farm
• A moated site 100m east of St Mary Magdalene's Church
• Section of the Cleave Dyke system 200m south east of Yorkshire Gliding Club
• Promontory fort at Roulston Scar
• Round barrow 230m east of Sutton Bank Farm
• Hood Hill motte and bailey
• Round barrow 400m south east of Hill Fort Windypit
• Section of the Cleave Dyke system 45m east of the visitors' centre at Sutton Bank
• Round barrow 600m north east of South Woods
• Medieval moated grange 160m south east of The Grange
• Ravensthorpe manor house (site of)
• Kirby Knowle medieval settlement 220m west and 150m south west of Manor House Farm
• Round barrow 75m west of High Barn
• Round barrow 350m south of Long Plain Farm
• Boltby Scar promontory fort and two round barrows
• Section of Cleave Dyke, 1.4km long from Sneck Yate Plantation to east edge of Town's Pasture Wood including two pit alignments and round barrow
• Medieval moated site, fishponds and associated field system 125m south of Eldmire Cottage
• Two round barrows at Seta Pike
• Section of the Cleave Dyke system, known as the Casten Dike, 300m ENE of Hambleton Inn
• Round barrow 800m south of Gallow Hill
• Round barrow 450m north west of Garbutt Farm
• Two sections of the Cleave Dyke system, one known as the Casten Dike, and a round barrow south of Kilburn Moor Plantation
• Round barrow at Ridge End
• Round barrow 500m east of Silver Hill Farm
• Round barrow 520m north of High Barn
• Section of Cleave Dyke prehistoric boundary on Hambleton Down and World War II bombing decoy shelters north east and north of Garbutt Farm
• Gallow Hill round barrow
• Pudding Pie Hill: a bowl barrow 650m south-east of St Oswald's Church
• Round barrow 600m north west of Garbutt Farm
• A bowl barrow at Howe Hill 130m south-south-west of St Felix's Church
• Round barrow 150m north east of Silver Hill Farm
• Round barrow 50m south of Gallow Hill
• Round barrow in Cliff Plantation
• Round barrow 200m east of High Barn
• Wayside cross 600m east of Gallow Hill, known as Friar's Cross
• Section of the Cleave Dyke system known as Hesketh Dike and Silver Hill round barrow
• Section of the Cleave Dyke system near High Barn
• Round barrow 480m east of Yorkshire Gliding Club
• Round barrow 180m NNE of St Wilfred's Church
• Medieval Park Pale, Upsall Estate, Thirsk, North Yorkshire.