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, mountains, cities, historic buildings, hills, geological features, castles, old mines, country parks, parks, gardens and ancient sites.

Arkle Town's best nearby waterfalls can be found at Catrigg Force, Lockin Garth Force, Whitfield Gill Force, Slape Wath Waterfall, Mill Gill Force, Cotter Force, and Aysgill Force.

Don't miss Bolton Abbey, Byland Abbey, Norton Tower (ruin), Easby Abbey (ruin), Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden, Fountains Abbey (ruin), and Trig Point on Warrendale Knotts's ruins if visiting the area around Arkle Town.

There are a several good historic monuments in the Arkle Town area like Bolton Abbey, Rylstone Crag and Rylstone Cross, Culloden Tower, and Robin Hood's Well (Fountains).

The area around Arkle Town features a number of interesting hiking areas including Deepdale, Cotterdale, Southerscales, Ingleton Waterfalls Trail, Swilla Glen, Baxenghyll Gorge, and Raven Ray.

The area around Arkle Town features a number of interesting villages including Pool-in-Wharfedale, Askrigg, Hardraw, West Burton, Bainbridge, Aysgarth, and Malham.

Rivers and Streams to visit near Arkle Town include Whitfield Beck, Mill Gill, Hardraw Beck, River Wharfe, and Walden Beck at West Burton.

Arkle Town has some unmissable towns nearby like Hawes, Skipton, Grassington, Richmond, Middlesbrough, Harrogate, and Settle.

There are a number of caves near Arkle Town including Great Douk Cave, White Scar Cave, Yordas Cave, Gaping Gill, Janet's Cave, 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.

Don't miss Ingleborough's mountains if visiting the area around Arkle Town.

There are a several good cities in the Arkle Town area like York, and Ripon.

York Minster, Marton House, Norton Tower (ruin), Church of St Peter - Rylstone, Culloden Tower, and Beggar’s Bridge are great places to visit near Arkle Town if you like historic buildings.

Addlebrough, Embsay Crag, Rylstone Crag and Rylstone Cross, Warrendale Knotts, Giggleswick Scar, Blua Crags, and Sugar Loaf Hill are some of Arkle Town best hills to visit near Arkle Town.

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

There are a number of castles near Arkle Town including Skipton Castle, Richmond Castle, and Bolton Castle.

Places near Arkle Town feature a number of interesting old mines including Grassington Lead Mines.

There are a number of country parks near to Arkle Town including Brimham Rocks.

Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden, Fountains Abbey (ruin), and Studley Royal Water Garden are some of Arkle Town best parks to visit near Arkle Town.

There are a several good gardens in the area around Arkle Town like Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden.

The area around Arkle Town features a number of interesting ancient sites including Schoolboys Tower, Jubilee Cave, and Victoria Cave.

Arkle Town History

There are some historic monuments around Arkle Town:

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