Strensall is a Village in the county of North Yorkshire.

Strensall postcode: YO32 5UB

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There are great places to visit near Strensall 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.

Waterfalls to visit near Strensall include Catrigg Force, Lockin Garth Force, Whitfield Gill Force, Slape Wath Waterfall, Mill Gill Force, Cotter Force, and Aysgill Force.

Strensall's best nearby ruins can be found at 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 Strensall including Bolton Abbey, Culloden Tower, and Robin Hood's Well (Fountains).

There are a number of hiking areas near Strensall including Deepdale, Cotterdale, Southerscales, Ingleton Waterfalls Trail, Swilla Glen, Baxenghyll Gorge, and Raven Ray.

The area around Strensall boasts some of the best villages including Pool-in-Wharfedale, Askrigg, Hardraw, Malham, West Burton, Bainbridge, and Aysgarth.

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 Strensall.

Towns to visit near Strensall include Hawes, Skipton, Grassington, Richmond, Middlesbrough, Harrogate, and Settle.

The area around Strensall boasts some of the best caves including Great Douk Cave, White Scar Cave, Yordas Cave, Janet's Cave, Gaping Gill, Horseshoe Cave, and Jubilee Cave.

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

Strensall's best nearby geological features can be found at Malham Cove, and Brimham Rocks.

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

Strensall's best nearby cities can be found at York, and Ripon.

Historic Buildings to visit near Strensall include York Minster, Culloden Tower, and Beggar’s Bridge.

There are a number of hills near Strensall including Addlebrough, Warrendale Knotts, Giggleswick Scar, Blua Crags, Sugar Loaf Hill, and Attermire Scar.

Strensall has some unmissable castles nearby like Skipton Castle, Richmond Castle, and Bolton Castle.

Country Parks to visit near Strensall include Brimham Rocks.

Strensall's best nearby parks can be found at Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden, Fountains Abbey (ruin), and Studley Royal Water Garden.

Don't miss Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden's gardens if visiting the area around Strensall.

Strensall's best nearby ancient sites can be found at Schoolboys Tower, Jubilee Cave, and Victoria Cave.

Strensall History

There are some historic monuments around Strensall:

• Lamel Hill (Anglo-Saxon tumulus)
• York Minster cathedral precinct: including Bootham Bar and the length of City Walls extending round the precinct up to Monk Bar
• Roman camp on Bootham Stray, 450m north east of Moor Farm
• Standing tower and below ground remains of St Lawrence's Church and associated burial ground
• Ringwork and bailey immediately south of St Helen and Holy Cross Church
• Roman camp on Clifton Moor, 275m NNE of Moor Farm
• Round barrow at Coronation Clump
• Cold War period Royal Observer Corps Group Headquarters, Howe Hill
• Merchant's Hall, Fossgate
• Siwards How, south east of the water tower, Heslington Hill
• St Mary's Abbey precinct walls
• Medieval stone town house known as The Norman House to the rear of Nos 48 and 50 Stonegate
• Site of Marton Augustinian priory including mill, fishponds, and water meadows
• Site of deserted village of East Lilling
• South angle tower of Roman fortress
• York Castle: motte and bailey castle, tower keep castle (including Clifford's Tower), and site of part of Romano-British fort-vicus and Anglian cemetery
• St Peter's Hospital, part of undercroft beneath the Theatre Royal
• Augustinian nunnery known as Moxby Priory including mill and post Dissolution garden features
• St Leonard's Church and cross base adjacent to St Mary's Church
• Icehouse 75m north west of Sutton Hall
• St Mary's Abbey
• Moated site known as The Rush
• Sheriff Hutton quadrangular castle and early garden earthworks
• City Walls, gates, posterns (not including the section from Bootham Bar to Monk Bar, N of the Minster, now part of National Monument No 13280), moats, mounds, Bayle (or Baile) Hill, St Leonard's Hospital and Merchant Taylor's Hall, Aldwark
• Roman camp on Huntington South Moor, 300m east of Huntington Grange
• Fulford cross, 200m south west of the barracks
• Deserted village of Marton in the Forest
• St George's medieval chapel 120m south of York Castle