Retail in Sandsend
There are great places to visit near Sandsend 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.
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 Sandsend.
Ruins to visit near Sandsend include 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 number of historic monuments near Sandsend including Bolton Abbey, Culloden Tower, and Robin Hood's Well (Fountains).
Hiking Areas to visit near Sandsend include Deepdale, Cotterdale, Southerscales, Ingleton Waterfalls Trail, Swilla Glen, Baxenghyll Gorge, and Raven Ray.
Villages to visit near Sandsend include Pool-in-Wharfedale, Askrigg, Hardraw, Malham, West Burton, Bainbridge, and Aysgarth.
Sandsend has some unmissable rivers and streams nearby like Whitfield Beck, Mill Gill, Hardraw Beck, River Wharfe, and Walden Beck at West Burton.
There are a several good towns in the Sandsend area like Hawes, Skipton, Grassington, Richmond, Middlesbrough, Harrogate, and Settle.
Caves to visit near Sandsend include Great Douk Cave, White Scar Cave, Yordas Cave, Janet's Cave, Gaping Gill, Horseshoe Cave, and Jubilee Cave.
The area around Sandsend boasts some of the best limestone pavements including Southerscales, Malham Cove, and Warrendale Knotts Limestone Pavement.
Sandsend has some unmissable geological features nearby like Malham Cove, and Brimham Rocks.
Mountains to visit near Sandsend include Ingleborough.
York, and Ripon are great places to visit near Sandsend if you like cities.
Historic Buildings to visit near Sandsend include York Minster, Culloden Tower, and Beggar’s Bridge.
Hills to visit near Sandsend include Addlebrough, Warrendale Knotts, Giggleswick Scar, Blua Crags, Sugar Loaf Hill, and Attermire Scar.
There are a number of castles near Sandsend including Skipton Castle, Richmond Castle, and Bolton Castle.
Don't miss Brimham Rocks's country parks if visiting the area around Sandsend.
There are a several good parks in the Sandsend area like Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden, Fountains Abbey (ruin), and Studley Royal Water Garden.
Gardens to visit near Sandsend include Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden.
The area around Sandsend features a number of interesting ancient sites including Schoolboys Tower, Jubilee Cave, and Victoria Cave.
Sandsend History
There are some historic monuments around Sandsend:
- John Cross boundary cross on Shooting House Rigg immediately east of Wilson's Shooting House
- Round barrow on Dunsley Moor, known as Swarth Howe
- The Latter Gate Hills tumuli; the southern of the two, 240m south east from the junction of the A171 and the road leading to Fylingthorpe
- Moated site at Low Laithes Farm, Whitby Laithes
- Robbed Howe bowl barrow, 500m north of Robbed Howe Slacks on Sneaton High Moor
- Bowl barrow 65m west of Standing Stones on Standing Stones Rigg
- World War II bombing decoy, 500m north west of John Cross
- High Bride Stones
- Cairnfield 350m south west of Foulsike Farm
- Round barrow 300m south east of Thorn Key Howes
- Cairnfield, field system and ring cairn 610m south east of Foulsike Farm
- Roman Fort on Lease Rigg
- Round barrow on Dunsley Moor, 800m south west of Skelder Cottage
- Round barrow on Brockrigg, 400m east of Brockrigg Farm
- Foss Castle: a motte and bailey, precursor to Old Mulgrave Castle
- Two round barrows E of Coopers Quarries
- Two round barrows 1/4 mile (400m) NE of Horse Mire Head Farm
- Enclosure on In Moor, Struntry Carr
- 'Breckon Howe' round barrow, Sleights Moor
- Standing stones forming a small stone circle on Standing Stones Rigg, 520m west of Ramsdale
- Bowl barrow 825m north of the junction of the A171 and the road leading to Fylingthorpe
- Alum quarries and works 800m north of Sandsend Bridge
- Ash Holm alum works, 350m south east of Mulgrave Castle
- Wayside cross called Postgate Cross on Graystone Hills 700m NNE of Sneaton Corner
- Round barrow 860m south west of Dun Bogs
- Hawsker Cross wayside cross, 100m east of Hawsker Hall Farm
- The Wishing Chair Cross cross base at junction of Stakesby Road and Westbourne Road
- Alum works at Kettleness
- Standing stone on Brockrigg known as Wade's Stone, 420m south east of Brockrigg Farm
- Round barrow on Cow Hill, 410m south west of Scratch Alley
- Saltwick Nab alum quarries
- Roman signal station at Goldsborough, 130m south east of Scratch Alley
- Group of seventeen tumuli to the N of Greenlands Howe, on the east side of Sleights Moor
- Sandsend alum house
- Round barrow on Whinny Hill, 270m south west of High Farm
- Wayside cross known as Swarth Howe Cross, 500m north east of Moorcock
- Two 'Flat Howes' round barrows, Sleights Moor
- Round barrow and gallows site known as Butter Howe
- Allan Tofts cairnfield, field system, burial cairns and prehistoric rock art, immediately south of Morton Close
- Low Bride Stones
- Standing stone 470m north east of High Farm, known as Wade's Stone
- Two round barrows 500m south west of Foulsike Farm
- Bowl barrow in north corner of a field 205m south of the Standing Stones on Standing Stones Rigg
- Old Mulgrave Castle: an enclosure castle incorporated into an 18th century planned landscape
- Bowl barrow on Low Moor 185m south of the Postgate Cross
- Round barrow at Lady Cross, 730m south west of Dun Bogs
- Linear earthwork south east of the junction of the A171 and the road leading to Fylingthorpe
- 'Greenlands Howe' round barrow, Sleights Moor
- Round barrow adjacent to the Whinstone Ridge on Goathland Moor, 600m SSW of Breckon Howe
- Cairns on In Moor, Struntry Carr
- Bowl barrow 300m north east of the junction of the A171 and the road leading to Fylingthorpe
- Round barrow on Stony Rigg, 460m south of Greenlands Farm
- Bowl barrow 710m north west of Thornfields
- Round barrow 370m south of Thorn Keys Howes
- 'Pen Howe' tumuli
- Whitby Abbey: Saxon double-house, post-Conquest Benedictine monastery, C17 manor house and C14 cross.
- Two round barrows known as Thorn Key Howes, on Low Moor
- Lady Cross wayside cross, north of the A171 and 20m west of the Barnby turn-off
- Cairnfield, including a standing stone, round barrow, round cairn, enclosed field and part of Cucket medieval deer park boundary, 360m north of Eden House
- Round barrow and two standing stones in Hutton Mulgrave Plantation, 115m west of Swarth Howe
- Round barrow on Dunsley Moor, 160m west of Skelder Cottage
- Prehistoric cross dyke 980m west of Foulsike Farm including a standing stone known as Old Wife's Neck
- Linear earthwork to the NW of the junction of the A171 and the road leading to Fylingthorpe
- The Latter Gate Hills tumuli; the northern of the two, 200m ESE from the junction of the A171 and the road leading to Fylingthorpe
