Retail in Thornton-on-the-Hill
There are great places to visit near Thornton-on-the-Hill 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.
Catrigg Force, Lockin Garth Force, Whitfield Gill Force, Slape Wath Waterfall, Mill Gill Force, Cotter Force, and Aysgill Force are great places to visit near Thornton-on-the-Hill if you like waterfalls.
The area around Thornton-on-the-Hill features a number of interesting ruins including 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 Thornton-on-the-Hill include Bolton Abbey, Culloden Tower, and Robin Hood's Well (Fountains).
The area around Thornton-on-the-Hill features a number of interesting hiking areas including Deepdale, Cotterdale, Southerscales, Ingleton Waterfalls Trail, Swilla Glen, Baxenghyll Gorge, and Raven Ray.
There are a several good villages in the Thornton-on-the-Hill area like Pool-in-Wharfedale, Askrigg, Hardraw, Malham, West Burton, Bainbridge, and Aysgarth.
Rivers and Streams to visit near Thornton-on-the-Hill include Whitfield Beck, Mill Gill, Hardraw Beck, River Wharfe, and Walden Beck at West Burton.
Thornton-on-the-Hill's best nearby towns can be found at Hawes, Skipton, Grassington, Richmond, Middlesbrough, Harrogate, and Settle.
Great Douk Cave, White Scar Cave, Yordas Cave, Janet's Cave, Gaping Gill, Horseshoe Cave, and Jubilee Cave are some of Thornton-on-the-Hill best caves to visit near Thornton-on-the-Hill.
Thornton-on-the-Hill has some unmissable limestone pavements nearby like Southerscales, Malham Cove, and Warrendale Knotts Limestone Pavement.
Malham Cove, and Brimham Rocks are some of Thornton-on-the-Hill best geological features to visit near Thornton-on-the-Hill.
The area around Thornton-on-the-Hill's best mountains can be found at Ingleborough.
Thornton-on-the-Hill 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 Thornton-on-the-Hill.
Thornton-on-the-Hill's best nearby hills can be found at Addlebrough, Warrendale Knotts, Giggleswick Scar, Blua Crags, Sugar Loaf Hill, and Attermire Scar.
Thornton-on-the-Hill has some unmissable castles nearby like Skipton Castle, Richmond Castle, and Bolton Castle.
Brimham Rocks is one of Thornton-on-the-Hill's best, nearby country parks to visit in Thornton-on-the-Hill.
Thornton-on-the-Hill's best nearby parks can be found at 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 Thornton-on-the-Hill's best, nearby gardens to visit in Thornton-on-the-Hill.
Ancient Sites to visit near Thornton-on-the-Hill include Schoolboys Tower, Jubilee Cave, and Victoria Cave.
Thornton-on-the-Hill History
There are some historic monuments around Thornton-on-the-Hill:
- Icehouse 75m north west of Sutton Hall
- Medieval lordly residence immediately west of Church Farm
- Wayside cross base on south side of the churchyard wall at Scawton
- Section of cross ridge dyke and hollow way 200m north west of Pond Head Farm
- Square barrow on Scawton Moor, adjacent to the quarry between Snip Gill Slack and Sword Rigg Slack
- Round barrow on Scawton Moor, 480m north east of High Lodge
- Linear dyke known as Double Dikes, in Waterloo Plantation
- A bowl barrow at Howe Hill 130m south-south-west of St Felix's Church
- Griff medieval settlement and Cistercian monastic grange, 400m west of Griff Farm
- Round barrow 500m SSW of Coney Hill Farm
- Two round barrows on Yearsley Moor 260m SSE of High Lions' Lodge
- Round barrow on Scawton Moor, 620m north west of High Lodge
- Round barrow 450m south west of Coney Hill Farm
- Round barrow 50m east of Windyridge Farm
- Byland Abbey Cistercian monastery: monastic precinct, water-management earthworks, enclosures, ancillary buildings and quarries
- Pry Rigg round barrows
- Round barrow 500m WNW of Pond Head Farm
- Section of Cleave Dyke prehistoric boundary on Hambleton Down and World War II bombing decoy shelters north east and north of Garbutt Farm
- Round barrow on Yearsley Moor 230m SSE of High Lions' Lodge
- Round barrow 330yds (300m) S of Barhouse Farm
- Dyke at the north eastern end of Stone Bridge Howl, 760m north west of Court House Farm
- Round barrow 450m north west of Garbutt Farm
- Dropping Gill round cairns
- Round barrow 150m north of Wombwell Arms
- Crayke Castle: a motte and bailey and later stone castle of the bishops of Durham, incorporating part of an Anglo-Saxon monastic cemetery
- Byland Moor round cairns
- Hood Hill motte and bailey
- Round barrow 50m south east of Windyridge Farm
- Section of the Cleave Dyke system 45m east of the visitors' centre at Sutton Bank
- Round barrow 480m east of Yorkshire Gliding Club
- Section of the Cleave Dyke system 200m south east of Yorkshire Gliding Club
- Griff Cross, wayside cross 800m NNE of Griff Farm on the road from Helmsley to Rievaulx
- Augustinian nunnery known as Moxby Priory including mill and post Dissolution garden features
- Round barrow 800m east of Windyridge Farm
- Round barrow 600m north west of Garbutt Farm
- Round barrow on Scawton Moor, 390m north east of High Lodge
- Round barrow on Yearsley Moor 330m SSW of High Lions' Lodge
- Round barrow 350m north west of Pond Head Farm
- Medieval moated grange 160m south east of The Grange
- Round barrow in Cliff Plantation
- Rievaulx Abbey Cistercian monastery: inner and outer precinct, water-management works, agricultural features, enclosures and ancillary buildings
- Site of Marton Augustinian priory including mill, fishponds, and water meadows
- Two sections of the Cleave Dyke system, one known as the Casten Dike, and a round barrow south of Kilburn Moor Plantation
- Promontory fort at Roulston Scar
- Two round barrows 200m NNE of Wombwell Arms
- Round barrow 710m NNE of Waterloo Farm, the southernmost of three round barrows in Far Moor Plantation
- Studford Ring
- Double dykes on Painter Rigg
- Four round barrows on Yearsley Moor 200m south west of High Lions' Lodge
- Round barrow on Scawton Moor, 700m ENE of High Lodge
- Two round barrows on Yearsley Moor 550m south west of High Lions' Lodge
- Round barrow 780m NNE of Waterloo Farm, the easternmost of three round barrows in Far Moor Plantation
- Round barrow on Yearsley Moor 400m south west of High Lions' Lodge
- Wayside cross known as Cooper Cross on Sutton Bank
- Section of cross ridge dyke and earthworks in Roman Plantation, Oulston Moor
- Round barrow 810m NNE of Waterloo Farm, the northernmost of three round barrows in Far Moor Plantation
- Round barrow 230m east of Sutton Bank Farm
- Round barrow on Sproxton Moor, 410m north of Tom Smith's Cross
- Section of the Cleave Dyke system, known as the Casten Dike, 300m ENE of Hambleton Inn
- Long Grain round barrows