Retail in Ampleforth
There are great places to visit near Ampleforth 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.
There are a several good waterfalls in the Ampleforth area like Catrigg Force, Lockin Garth Force, Whitfield Gill Force, Slape Wath Waterfall, Mill Gill Force, Cotter Force, and Aysgill Force.
The area around Ampleforth 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.
Bolton Abbey, Culloden Tower, and Robin Hood's Well (Fountains) are some of Ampleforth best historic monuments to visit near Ampleforth.
Ampleforth's best nearby hiking areas can be found at Deepdale, Cotterdale, Southerscales, Ingleton Waterfalls Trail, Swilla Glen, Baxenghyll Gorge, and Raven Ray.
Pool-in-Wharfedale, Askrigg, Hardraw, Malham, West Burton, Bainbridge, and Aysgarth are great places to visit near Ampleforth if you like villages.
Ampleforth has some unmissable rivers and streams nearby like Whitfield Beck, Mill Gill, Hardraw Beck, River Wharfe, and Walden Beck at West Burton.
Hawes, Skipton, Grassington, Richmond, Middlesbrough, Harrogate, and Settle are some of Ampleforth best towns to visit near Ampleforth.
Ampleforth has some unmissable caves nearby like 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 some of Ampleforth best limestone pavements to visit near Ampleforth.
There are a several good geological features in the Ampleforth area like Malham Cove, and Brimham Rocks.
Don't miss Ingleborough's mountains if visiting the area around Ampleforth.
There are a several good cities in the Ampleforth area like York, and Ripon.
Don't miss York Minster, Culloden Tower, and Beggar’s Bridge's historic buildings if visiting the area around Ampleforth.
There are a several good hills in the Ampleforth area like Addlebrough, Warrendale Knotts, Giggleswick Scar, Blua Crags, Sugar Loaf Hill, and Attermire Scar.
Skipton Castle, Richmond Castle, and Bolton Castle are great places to visit near Ampleforth if you like castles.
Country Parks to visit near Ampleforth include Brimham Rocks.
Don't miss Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden, Fountains Abbey (ruin), and Studley Royal Water Garden's parks if visiting the area around Ampleforth.
Places near Ampleforth feature a number of interesting gardens including Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden.
Ampleforth has some unmissable ancient sites nearby like Schoolboys Tower, Jubilee Cave, and Victoria Cave.
Ampleforth History
There are some historic monuments around Ampleforth:
- Three round barrows 800m ENE of Helmsley Bridge
- Round barrow on Grimston Moor 350m north east of Black Gill Plantation
- Beadlam minor Romano-British villa
- Site of Marton Augustinian priory including mill, fishponds, and water meadows
- Dyke at the north eastern end of Stone Bridge Howl, 760m north west of Court House Farm
- Two round barrows on Yearsley Moor 550m south west of High Lions' Lodge
- Byland Abbey Cistercian monastery: monastic precinct, water-management earthworks, enclosures, ancillary buildings and quarries
- Round barrow 300m west of Quarry House
- Round barrow 150m north of Wombwell Arms
- Section of cross ridge dyke and hollow way 200m north west of Pond Head Farm
- Round barrow on Scawton Moor, 700m ENE of High Lodge
- Long Grain round barrows
- Round barrow on Scawton Moor, 480m north east of High Lodge
- Round barrow on Grimston Moor 230m north east of Black Gill Plantation
- Round barrow 420m north of Rye House Farm
- Newlass Cistercian monastic grange adjacent to New Leys Farm
- Round barrow 350m north west of Pond Head Farm
- Prehistoric enclosure
- Double dykes on Painter Rigg
- Square barrow on Scawton Moor, adjacent to the quarry between Snip Gill Slack and Sword Rigg Slack
- Linear dyke known as Double Dikes, in Waterloo Plantation
- Round barrow 780m NNE of Waterloo Farm, the easternmost of three round barrows in Far Moor Plantation
- Group of round barrows and cross ridge dyke at Sunny Bank
- Two round barrows 200m NNE of Wombwell Arms
- Round barrow 500m SSW of Coney Hill Farm
- Round barrow 300m east of Warren House
- Round barrow 810m NNE of Waterloo Farm, the northernmost of three round barrows in Far Moor Plantation
- Round barrow 500m WNW of Pond Head Farm
- Round barrow 600m west of Grange Farm
- Round barrow 480m east of Yorkshire Gliding Club
- Two round barrows on Yearsley Moor 260m SSE of High Lions' Lodge
- Round barrow 400m ESE of Theaker Waster's Spring
- Round barrow on Sproxton Moor, 410m north of Tom Smith's Cross
- Crayke Castle: a motte and bailey and later stone castle of the bishops of Durham, incorporating part of an Anglo-Saxon monastic cemetery
- Round barrow 530m NNW of Maidensworth Farm
- Deserted village of Marton in the Forest
- Studford Ring
- Round barrow 50m south east of Windyridge Farm
- Round barrow 50m east of Windyridge Farm
- Four round barrows on Yearsley Moor 200m south west of High Lions' Lodge
- Pry Rigg round barrows
- Round barrow 450m south west of Coney Hill Farm
- Round barrow 300m north of Rye House Farm
- Round barrow 450m north east of Hagg Farm
- Round barrow on Yearsley Moor 330m SSW of High Lions' Lodge
- Round barrow on Scawton Moor, 620m north west of High Lodge
- Round barrow on Yearsley Moor 400m south west of High Lions' Lodge
- Griff medieval settlement and Cistercian monastic grange, 400m west of Griff Farm
- Old Byland monastic grange immediately to the west and north-west of Valley View Farm
- Helmsley Bridge
- Linear boundary earthwork 370m east of Oscar Park Farm
- Moated site and ridge and furrow cultivation 230m south east of Manor Farm
- Round barrow 500m east of Silver Hill Farm
- Dropping Gill round cairns
- Section of the Cleave Dyke system, known as the Casten Dike, 300m ENE of Hambleton Inn
- Round barrow on Grimston Moor 750m south west of Viewly Hill Farm
- Cross in churchyard of the Church of the Holy Cross
- Section of the Cleave Dyke system 200m south east of Yorkshire Gliding Club
- Round barrow on Grimston Moor 655m north east of Grimston Grange
- Round barrow 250m north of Coney Hill Farm
- Pockley Gates round barrow 600m west of Beadlam Grange
- Round barrow on Scawton Moor, 390m north east of High Lodge
- Round barrow, 50m south of Sour Leys Farm
- Byland Moor round cairns
- Moated site known as The Rush
- Round barrow on Yearsley Moor 230m SSE of High Lions' Lodge
- Round barrow 150m south of Warren House
- Round barrow 800m east of Windyridge Farm
- Round barrow 330yds (300m) S of Barhouse Farm
- Helmsley Castle: twelfth century ringwork, twelfth to fourteenth century enclosure castle and sixteenth century mansion
- Round barrow 60m north east of Riccal Bridge
- Round barrow 350m south of Long Plain Farm
- Section of cross ridge dyke and earthworks in Roman Plantation, Oulston Moor
- Round barrow 560m NNW of Maidensworth Farm
- Rievaulx Abbey Cistercian monastery: inner and outer precinct, water-management works, agricultural features, enclosures and ancillary buildings
- Wayside cross base on south side of the churchyard wall at Scawton
- Medieval lordly residence immediately west of Church Farm
- Long barrow 350m north west of Grimston Grange
- Round barrow 250m west of Calf Close Wood
- Griff Cross, wayside cross 800m NNE of Griff Farm on the road from Helmsley to Rievaulx
- Round barrow on Grimston Moor 600m north east of Grimston Grange
- Round barrow 710m NNE of Waterloo Farm, the southernmost of three round barrows in Far Moor Plantation
