Kearton is a Village in the county of North Yorkshire.

Kearton postcode: DL11 6PW

Retail in Kearton

There are great places to visit near Kearton 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 Kearton.

The area around Kearton features a number of interesting 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.

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

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

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

Kearton's best nearby rivers and streams can be found at 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 Kearton.

There are a number of caves near Kearton including Great Douk Cave, White Scar Cave, Yordas Cave, Gaping Gill, Janet's Cave, Horseshoe Cave, and Jubilee Cave.

The area around Kearton features a number of interesting limestone pavements including Southerscales, Malham Cove, and Warrendale Knotts Limestone Pavement.

Don't miss Ingleborough's mountains if visiting the area around Kearton.

The area around Kearton features a number of interesting 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 Kearton best historic buildings to visit near Kearton.

The area around Kearton 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.

Don't miss Malham Cove, Grassington Lead Mines, and Brimham Rocks's geological features if visiting the area around Kearton.

The area around Kearton boasts some of the best castles including Skipton Castle, Richmond Castle, and Bolton Castle.

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

Brimham Rocks is a great place to visit close to Kearton if you like country parks.

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

Kearton is near some unmissable gardens like Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden,

There are a several good ancient sites in the Kearton area like Schoolboys Tower, Jubilee Cave, and Victoria Cave.

Kearton History

There are some historic monuments around Kearton:

• A cairn on the summit of a knoll, in the southwest corner of Scale Knoll Allotment,800m south east of Far East Hope, Barningham Moor
• A cup and groove marked rock, east of Woodclose Gill, 645m north east of Black Hill Gate, Barningham Moor
• A cairn on a knoll east of Woodclose Gill, in Scale Knoll Allotment, 785m north east of Black Hill Gate
• Bainbridge slight univallate hillfort
• Ring cairn on Fremington Edge Top
• Deserted medieval village
• Cairn at West Moor Bottom, Mudbeck
• Cobscar Mill ore hearth lead smeltmill, flue and chimney
• Ring cairn 580m west of Askrigg church
• Bowl barrow at Swale Hall
• A rock with a cup and a groove, in the south west corner of Scale Knoll Allotment, 790m south east of Far East Hope, Barningham Moor
• Carved rocks, cairnfield and rubble banks on the terrace south of Scale Knoll Allotment, immediately east of Black Hill Gate, Barningham Moor
• Blakethwaite Smelt Mill and dressing floors
• Cairnfield partly enclosed by a bank, on the east side of Woodclose Gill, Scale Knoll Allotment, Barningham Moor, 550m south of Hurst Hill
• Prehistoric carved rocks and associated remains including cairns and a field system 800m south of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Ring cairn at the northern end of Scale Knoll Allotment, 750m WNW of Haythwaite
• Bainbridge Roman fort and annexe
• A cairn, east of Scale Knoll Allotment, 260m south west of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Penhill Knights Templar preceptory and earlier field system at Temple Farm
• Prehistoric settlement and associated remains including carved rocks and a stone circle 400m north west of How Tallon Cairn, Barningham Moor
• Ring cairn and adjacent round cairn on Low Moor, 460m NNW of High Eskeleth
• Lead mines, ore works and smeltmills at Old Gang on Reeth High Moor
• Bolton Castle
• A carved rock with one cup, at the east side of Woodclose Gill, in Scale Knoll Allotment, 500m north east of Black Hill Gate, Barningham Moor
• Dyke 270yds (250m) E of Dyke House
• A cairn and a carved rock on a prominent knoll, south of the road from Barningham to East Hope, 690m WSW of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Carperby market cross
• Grinton ore hearth lead smelt mill, flue, fuel store and associated earthworks
• A cairn, a carved rock, and a rubble bank, in the south west corner of Scale Knoll Allotment, 800m south east of Far East Hope, Barningham Moor
• A carved rock and boulder walling, near the south wall of Scale Knoll Allotment, 500m north east of Black Hill Gate
• Cairn south of Cross Gill, 645m south east of Black Hill Gate, Barningham Moor
• Carved rock north of Washbeck Green, 570m south of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Ring cairn at Cogden Gill, south east of Grinton Lodge
• Dyke 220yds (200m) W of Dyke House
• Bow Bridge 90m east of Bowbridge Hill
• A cairn and a carved rock west of Cowclose Gill, in Scale Knoll Allotment, 460m west of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Stone circle north east of Thackthwaite Beck
• The Blakethwaite Dams
• Two adjacent ring cairns on Riddings Rigg, Reeth Low Moor
• Embanked small stone circle at Harker Mires on Harkerside Moor
• Prehistoric enclosure 530m and a rubble bank 500m east of Haythwaite in Scale Knoll Allotment, Barningham Moor
• How Tallon round barrow and cup marked stones
• A rock with three grooves and five cups with rings, in Scale Knoll Allotment, 800m WSW of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• A rock with cups and rings in Scale Knoll Allotment, 790m WSW of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Linear earthwork at Harker Mires
• Arkle Beck stone circle
• Ring cairn at Cogden Gill, 200m south of Grinton Lodge
• How Hill, Low Whita late prehistoric defended settlement site
• Ox Close small stone circle, Nab End
• Ring cairn 350m east of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Ring cairn on Fremington Edge 650m north east of White House
• Cairn on Addlebrough Hill including cup marked boulders.
• Cobscar calamine house on Cobscar Rake, 770m east of Cobscar Mill
• Carved rock and prehistoric enclosure on west side of Scale Knoll Gill, 410m south west of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Gunnerside Gill lead mines and ore works
• Lead mines and smeltmills at Moulds Side west of Langthwaite
• Linear earthwork at High Harker Hill
• A cup marked rock with 13 cups and a groove, on a knoll in Scale Knoll Allotment, 700m north east of Black Hill Gate, Barningham Moor
• Bolton Parks Lead Mine and ore works
• Prehistoric enclosure on the west side of Scale Knoll Gill, 400m WSW of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Cairn near the summit of a low ridge, 850m south west of Cocker Stake Nook, Hope Moor
• Surrender lead smelt mill
• A carved rock between The Stang Forest boundary wall and Woodclose Gill, 750m south east of Far East Hope, Barningham Moor
• Ring cairn on Thorny Bank Hill
• A cairn and a rubble bank in Scale Knoll Allotment, 510m WSW of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Sir Francis Level ore works, Gunnerside Gill, west of Winterings Pastures
• Cairn on the summit of Arndale Hill, Hope Moor
• Two adjacent ring cairns on Low Moor, 310m north west of High Eskeleth
• Maiden Castle prehistoric defended settlement and adjacent round barrow