Loftus
Loftus is a Town in the county of North Yorkshire.
Loftus postcode: TS13 4
There are great places to visit near Loftus 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 Loftus.
Don't miss 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's ruins if visiting the area around Loftus.
Bolton Abbey, Culloden Tower, and Robin Hood's Well (Fountains) are some of Loftus best historic monuments to visit near Loftus.
There are a number of hiking areas near Loftus including Deepdale, Cotterdale, Southerscales, Ingleton Waterfalls Trail, Swilla Glen, Baxenghyll Gorge, and Raven Ray.
Don't miss Pool-in-Wharfedale, Askrigg, Hardraw, Malham, West Burton, Bainbridge, and Aysgarth's villages if visiting the area around Loftus.
Whitfield Beck, Mill Gill, Hardraw Beck, River Wharfe, and Walden Beck at West Burton are great places to visit near Loftus if you like rivers and streams.
Towns to visit near Loftus include Hawes, Skipton, Grassington, Richmond, Middlesbrough, Harrogate, and Settle.
The area around Loftus features a number of interesting caves including Great Douk Cave, White Scar Cave, Yordas Cave, Janet's Cave, Gaping Gill, Horseshoe Cave, and Jubilee Cave.
Southerscales, Malham Cove, and Warrendale Knotts Limestone Pavement are great places to visit near Loftus if you like limestone pavements.
Loftus's best nearby geological features can be found at Malham Cove, and Brimham Rocks.
Don't miss Ingleborough's mountains if visiting the area around Loftus.
The area around Loftus features a number of interesting cities including York, and Ripon.
Don't miss York Minster, Culloden Tower, and Beggar’s Bridge's historic buildings if visiting the area around Loftus.
There are a number of hills near Loftus including Addlebrough, Warrendale Knotts, Giggleswick Scar, Blua Crags, Sugar Loaf Hill, and Attermire Scar.
The area around Loftus boasts some of the best castles including Skipton Castle, Richmond Castle, and Bolton Castle.
There are a several good country parks in the area around Loftus like Brimham Rocks.
There are a several good parks in the Loftus area like Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden, Fountains Abbey (ruin), and Studley Royal Water Garden.
There are a number of gardens near to Loftus including Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden.
There are a number of ancient sites near Loftus including Schoolboys Tower, Jubilee Cave, and Victoria Cave.
Loftus History
There are some historic monuments around Loftus:
Places to see near Loftus
History of Loftus
The Methodist preacher John Wesley is known to have preached in Loftus. More recent history is dominated by the ironstone mining industry and many inhabitants that live in Loftus can trace lineage back to ironstone miners. The only known Anglo-Saxon royal burial site in north-east England is near Loftus. Artefacts were discovered there from excavations which took place between 2005 and 2007. Finds include pieces associated with a rare bed burial in which a decorated female body is laid out on a decorated wooden bed accompanied by fine gold jewellery. The finds include a gold pendant, which would have belonged to a princess. as well as glass beads, pottery, iron knives, belt buckles and other objects. The finds, which date back nearly 1400 years were discovered by members of the Teesside Archeological Society, led by Dr Steve Sherlock, in a 109-grave site at Street House, Loftus. They are presently on show at the Kirkleatham Old Hall Museum.
