Octon is a Village in the county of East Riding of Yorkshire.

Octon postcode: YO25 3EB

Retail in Octon

There are great places to visit near Octon including some great towns, villages and hiking areas.

There are a number of towns near Octon including Beverley, and Bridlington.

The area close to Octon boasts some of the best villages including Bempton.

Flamborough Head is one of Octon's best, nearby hiking areas to visit in Octon.

Octon History

There are some historic monuments around Octon:

• Standing stone known as the Rudston Monolith
• Round barrow W of Willerby Wold House
• Round barrow on Flotmanby Brow
• Round barrow on Flixton Wold
• Bowl barrow and archery butt 230m south of Wold Newton church
• Three round barrows NE of Ganton Wold Farm
• Hospital of St Mary, Staxton (site of)
• Section of linear earthwork 200m north east of Pasture Cottages
• Roman villa site
• Boythorpe settlement site
• Round barrow on Flotmanby Wold
• Site S of Maiden's Grave Farm
• Round barrow S of Grange Farm
• The Camp
• Earthwork on the Sheepwalk stretching N from Wold Gate for 530yds (480m)
• St Martin's collegiate church and medieval standing cross, Lowthorpe
• Two round barrows SE of Pasture Farm
• Two round barrows NW of Danebury Manor
• Bowl barrow and archery butt 231m south-west of Wold Newton Church
• Hunmanby Castle motte and bailey
• Cottam medieval settlement and cultivation terraces
• Prior Moor round barrow
• Romano-British villa east of Sandy Lane, 800m north west of Harpham Grange
• Swaythorpe medieval settlement
• Sharpe Howes, round barrows
• Long barrow 750m north-west of High Fordon Farm
• Rudston Beacon and round barrows to east
• Two round barrows NE of Ganton Dale
• Round barrow NW of Mount Spaniel
• Nether Hall moated site and fishpond
• Dane's Graves
• Nunnery Hill and adjacent earthworks, Little Kelk
• Willy Howe round barrow
• Staxton Brow entrenchment
• Settlement site at Butterwick
• Medieval hall and settlement remains immediately west of St John's Church
• Bowl barrow 580m west of High Fordon Farm
• Round barrow SE of Willerby Wold House
• Bowl barrow 1100m west of High Fordon Farm
• Bowl barrow 700m north-west of High Fordon Farm
• Elf Howe round barrow
• Square barrow cemetery, 670m north west of Creyke Farm
• Deserted village of Octon
• Round barrow E of Weaverthorpe Ling
• Two round barrows, Staxton Brow
• Round barrow S of Long Plantation
• Gallows Hill round barrow
• Round barrow 700yds (640m) NE of Brompton Wold Farm
• Bowl barrow 250m east of Octon Cross Roads
• Two round barrows on Weaverthorpe Pasture
• Bowl barrow 800m west of High Fordon Farm
• Romano-British settlement
• Bowl barrow 600m west of High Fordon Farm
• Bowl barrow 130m south-east of Bridge Farm
• Group of circular and rectangular enclosures, near Cansdale Whin
• Section of linear earthwork in Pasture Plantation
• Bowl barrow on Fox Hill
• Medieval settlement of Pockthorpe at Pockthorpe Hall