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, 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 Loftus.
Loftus has some unmissable ruins nearby like 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.
Don't miss Bolton Abbey, Rylstone Crag and Rylstone Cross, Culloden Tower, and Robin Hood's Well (Fountains)'s historic monuments if visiting the area around Loftus.
The area around Loftus features a number of interesting hiking areas including Deepdale, Cotterdale, Southerscales, Ingleton Waterfalls Trail, Swilla Glen, Baxenghyll Gorge, and Raven Ray.
The area around Loftus boasts some of the best villages including Pool-in-Wharfedale, Askrigg, Hardraw, West Burton, Bainbridge, Aysgarth, and Malham.
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 Loftus.
Loftus's best nearby towns can be found at Hawes, Skipton, Grassington, Richmond, Middlesbrough, Harrogate, and Settle.
Great Douk Cave, White Scar Cave, Yordas Cave, Gaping Gill, Janet's Cave, Horseshoe Cave, and Jubilee Cave are great places to visit near Loftus if you like caves.
There are a several good limestone pavements in the Loftus area like Southerscales, Malham Cove, and Warrendale Knotts Limestone Pavement.
Loftus is near some unmissable mountains like Ingleborough,
Loftus's best nearby cities can be found at York, and Ripon.
The area around Loftus features a number of interesting historic buildings including York Minster, Marton House, Culloden Tower, and Beggar’s Bridge.
Loftus's best nearby hills can be found at Addlebrough, Embsay Crag, Rylstone Crag and Rylstone Cross, Warrendale Knotts, Giggleswick Scar, Blua Crags, and Sugar Loaf Hill.
The area around Loftus features a number of interesting geological features including Malham Cove, Grassington Lead Mines, and Brimham Rocks.
Castles to visit near Loftus include Skipton Castle, Richmond Castle, and Bolton Castle.
There are a several good old mines in the area around Loftus like Grassington Lead Mines.
There are a number of country parks near to Loftus including Brimham Rocks.
The area around Loftus features a number of interesting parks including Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden, Fountains Abbey (ruin), and Studley Royal Water Garden.
The area around Loftus's best gardens can be found at Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden.
Schoolboys Tower, Jubilee Cave, and Victoria Cave are great places to visit near Loftus if you like ancient sites.
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.
