Arkle Town is a Village in the county of North Yorkshire.

Arkle Town postcode: DL11 6RB

Retail in Arkle Town

There are great places to visit near Arkle Town 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 some of Arkle Town best waterfalls to visit near Arkle Town.

The area around Arkle Town 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 Arkle Town include Bolton Abbey, Culloden Tower, and Robin Hood's Well (Fountains).

There are a number of hiking areas near Arkle Town including Deepdale, Cotterdale, Southerscales, Ingleton Waterfalls Trail, Swilla Glen, Baxenghyll Gorge, and Raven Ray.

Villages to visit near Arkle Town include Pool-in-Wharfedale, Askrigg, Hardraw, Malham, West Burton, Bainbridge, and Aysgarth.

Whitfield Beck, Mill Gill, Hardraw Beck, River Wharfe, and Walden Beck at West Burton are some of Arkle Town best rivers and streams to visit near Arkle Town.

Arkle Town's best nearby towns can be found at Hawes, Skipton, Grassington, Richmond, Middlesbrough, Harrogate, and Settle.

Caves to visit near Arkle Town include Great Douk Cave, White Scar Cave, Yordas Cave, Janet's Cave, Gaping Gill, Horseshoe Cave, and Jubilee Cave.

There are a several good limestone pavements in the Arkle Town area like Southerscales, Malham Cove, and Warrendale Knotts Limestone Pavement.

There are a number of geological features near Arkle Town including Malham Cove, and Brimham Rocks.

Mountains to visit near Arkle Town include Ingleborough.

York, and Ripon are some of Arkle Town best cities to visit near Arkle Town.

There are a number of historic buildings near Arkle Town including York Minster, Culloden Tower, and Beggar’s Bridge.

The area around Arkle Town boasts some of the best hills including Addlebrough, Warrendale Knotts, Giggleswick Scar, Blua Crags, Sugar Loaf Hill, and Attermire Scar.

Castles to visit near Arkle Town include Skipton Castle, Richmond Castle, and Bolton Castle.

Brimham Rocks is a great place to visit close to Arkle Town if you like country parks.

There are a several good parks in the Arkle Town area like Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden, Fountains Abbey (ruin), and Studley Royal Water Garden.

Don't miss Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden's gardens if visiting the area around Arkle Town.

Arkle Town has some unmissable ancient sites nearby like Schoolboys Tower, Jubilee Cave, and Victoria Cave.

Arkle Town History

There are some historic monuments around Arkle Town:

• Cobscar Mill ore hearth lead smeltmill, flue and chimney
• A carved rock between The Stang Forest boundary wall and Woodclose Gill, 750m south east of Far East Hope, Barningham Moor
• Ring cairn and adjacent round cairn on Low Moor, 460m NNW of High Eskeleth
• A rock with three grooves and five cups with rings, in Scale Knoll Allotment, 800m WSW of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Ring cairn 350m east of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Deserted medieval village
• Dyke 220yds (200m) W of Dyke House
• Lead mines, ore works and smeltmills at Old Gang on Reeth High Moor
• Arkle Beck stone circle
• Prehistoric enclosure on the west side of Scale Knoll Gill, 400m WSW of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Cairnfield partly enclosed by a bank, on the east side of Woodclose Gill, Scale Knoll Allotment, Barningham Moor, 550m south of Hurst Hill
• Carved rock and prehistoric enclosure on west side of Scale Knoll Gill, 410m south west of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Bowl barrow at Swale Hall
• Carved rocks, cairnfield and rubble banks on the terrace south of Scale Knoll Allotment, immediately east of Black Hill Gate, Barningham Moor
• Bolton Castle
• Cairn near the summit of a low ridge, 850m south west of Cocker Stake Nook, Hope Moor
• Ring cairn on Thorny Bank Hill
• Cairn on Holgate How
• Lead mines and smeltmills at Moulds Side west of Langthwaite
• Cairn south of Cross Gill, 645m south east of Black Hill Gate, Barningham Moor
• Prehistoric settlement and associated remains including carved rocks and a stone circle 400m north west of How Tallon Cairn, Barningham Moor
• Prehistoric carved rocks and associated remains including cairns and a field system 800m south of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Ring cairn on Fremington Edge 650m north east of White House
• Roman signal station 190m north west of Vale House Farm
• Ring cairn at Cogden Gill, south east of Grinton Lodge
• Scargill fortified house, medieval settlement and associated field system
• A carved rock and boulder walling, near the south wall of Scale Knoll Allotment, 500m north east of Black Hill Gate
• Maiden Castle prehistoric defended settlement and adjacent round barrow
• Romano-British settlement site to the east and south-east of East Mellwaters farmhouse
• Marrick Priory: a Benedictine nunnery and later parish church with fishponds, mill mound, ironworks, longhouse, trackways and an Iron-Age house platform
• A rock with a cup and a groove, in the south west corner of Scale Knoll Allotment, 790m south east of Far East Hope, Barningham Moor
• Late prehistoric ditched, scarp-edge settlement 400m south-south-west of East Mellwaters farmhouse
• Marrick Cupola lead smeltmill, 160m east of Reels Head Farm
• A carved rock within a large enclosure, 800m north east of Badger Way Stoop, Barningham Moor
• Carved rock and cairn in Rowley Intake, 410m south east of Cowclose House, Barningham Moor
• Carved rock north of Washbeck Green, 570m south of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Stone circle north east of Thackthwaite Beck
• How Tallon round barrow and cup marked stones
• Cairn at West Moor Bottom, Mudbeck
• A cup and groove marked rock, east of Woodclose Gill, 645m north east of Black Hill Gate, Barningham Moor
• A cairn and a rubble bank in Scale Knoll Allotment, 510m WSW of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• A cairn, a carved rock, and a rubble bank, in the south west corner of Scale Knoll Allotment, 800m south east of Far East Hope, Barningham Moor
• Cobscar calamine house on Cobscar Rake, 770m east of Cobscar Mill
• Ring cairn at the northern end of Scale Knoll Allotment, 750m WNW of Haythwaite
• Linear earthwork at High Harker Hill
• Roman shrine on Scargill Moor
• Bolton Parks Lead Mine and ore works
• Late prehistoric walled settlement 200m south-south-east of East Mellwaters farmhouse
• Two adjacent ring cairns on Riddings Rigg, Reeth Low Moor
• A cairn and a carved rock on a prominent knoll, south of the road from Barningham to East Hope, 690m WSW of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Grinton ore hearth lead smelt mill, flue, fuel store and associated earthworks
• Surrender lead smelt mill
• A cairn on a knoll east of Woodclose Gill, in Scale Knoll Allotment, 785m north east of Black Hill Gate
• A rock with cups and rings in Scale Knoll Allotment, 790m WSW of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Carved rock and Romano-British settlement known as Greystone, 250m south of Moorcock Farm, Barningham Moor
• A cup marked rock with 13 cups and a groove, on a knoll in Scale Knoll Allotment, 700m north east of Black Hill Gate, Barningham Moor
• A carved rock with one cup, at the east side of Woodclose Gill, in Scale Knoll Allotment, 500m north east of Black Hill Gate, Barningham Moor
• Ring cairn on Fremington Edge Top
• Two adjacent ring cairns on Low Moor, 310m north west of High Eskeleth
• Cairnfield on a small knoll at Badger Way Stoop, Barningham Moor
• A cairn, east of Scale Knoll Allotment, 260m south west of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• A cairn and a carved rock west of Cowclose Gill, in Scale Knoll Allotment, 460m west of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Dyke 270yds (250m) E of Dyke House
• Cairn on the summit of Arndale Hill, Hope Moor
• A cairn on the summit of a knoll, in the southwest corner of Scale Knoll Allotment,800m south east of Far East Hope, Barningham Moor
• Prehistoric enclosure 530m and a rubble bank 500m east of Haythwaite in Scale Knoll Allotment, Barningham Moor
• Linear earthwork at Harker Mires
• Medieval chapel 350m south east of Castle Farm
• Embanked small stone circle at Harker Mires on Harkerside Moor
• Ring cairn at Cogden Gill, 200m south of Grinton Lodge
• How Hill, Low Whita late prehistoric defended settlement site
• Unenclosed settlement, 260m south east of Cowclose House, Barnigham Moor