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.

There are a number of ruins near Arkle Town 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.

There are a several good historic monuments in the Arkle Town area like Bolton Abbey, 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.

Arkle Town has some unmissable villages nearby like 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 great places to visit near Arkle Town if you like rivers and streams.

Towns to visit near Arkle Town include Hawes, Skipton, Grassington, Richmond, Middlesbrough, Harrogate, and Settle.

Arkle Town has some unmissable caves nearby like Great Douk Cave, White Scar Cave, Yordas Cave, Janet's Cave, Gaping Gill, Horseshoe Cave, and Jubilee Cave.

Limestone Pavements to visit near Arkle Town include Southerscales, Malham Cove, and Warrendale Knotts Limestone Pavement.

Malham Cove, and Brimham Rocks are some of Arkle Town best geological features to visit near Arkle Town.

Ingleborough is one of Arkle Town's best, nearby mountains to visit in Arkle Town.

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

Don't miss York Minster, Culloden Tower, and Beggar’s Bridge's historic buildings if visiting the area around Arkle Town.

Hills to visit near Arkle Town include Addlebrough, Warrendale Knotts, Giggleswick Scar, Blua Crags, Sugar Loaf Hill, and Attermire Scar.

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

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

The area around Arkle Town features a number of interesting parks including Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden, Fountains Abbey (ruin), and Studley Royal Water Garden.

Arkle Town is near some unmissable gardens like Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden,

Arkle Town's best nearby ancient sites can be found at Schoolboys Tower, Jubilee Cave, and Victoria Cave.

Arkle Town History

There are some historic monuments around Arkle Town:

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