Askwith is a Village in the county of North Yorkshire.

Retail in Askwith

There are great places to visit near Askwith 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.

Waterfalls to visit near Askwith include Catrigg Force, Lockin Garth Force, Whitfield Gill Force, Slape Wath Waterfall, Mill Gill Force, Cotter Force, and Aysgill Force.

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 are great places to visit near Askwith if you like ruins.

The area around Askwith boasts some of the best historic monuments including Bolton Abbey, Culloden Tower, and Robin Hood's Well (Fountains).

The area around Askwith boasts some of the best hiking areas including 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 Askwith if you like villages.

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

Don't miss Hawes, Skipton, Grassington, Richmond, Middlesbrough, Harrogate, and Settle's towns if visiting the area around Askwith.

Great Douk Cave, White Scar Cave, Yordas Cave, Janet's Cave, Gaping Gill, Horseshoe Cave, and Jubilee Cave are great places to visit near Askwith if you like caves.

Don't miss Southerscales, Malham Cove, and Warrendale Knotts Limestone Pavement's limestone pavements if visiting the area around Askwith.

The area around Askwith boasts some of the best geological features including Malham Cove, and Brimham Rocks.

The area close to Askwith boasts some of the best mountains including Ingleborough.

Don't miss York, and Ripon's cities if visiting the area around Askwith.

Askwith has some unmissable historic buildings nearby like York Minster, Culloden Tower, and Beggar’s Bridge.

Askwith's best nearby hills can be found at Addlebrough, Warrendale Knotts, Giggleswick Scar, Blua Crags, Sugar Loaf Hill, and Attermire Scar.

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

The area close to Askwith boasts some of the best country parks including Brimham Rocks.

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

The area around Askwith's best gardens can be found at Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden.

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

Askwith History

There are some historic monuments around Askwith:

• Carved rock in the wall at north edge of Otley Road north west of the Fleece Inn
• Small cup-marked rock on Stanbury Hill, 40m west of fork in path
• Rock with one cup mark east of the plantation on Weston Moor 380m north west of Weston Moor Cottage
• Cup-marked rock between road and public toilets at Bracken Hall Green
• Medieval settlement and part of the open field system immediately south of Myddleton Lodge
• Rock with one cup mark near boundary between Askwith Moor and Denton Moor, 590m ESE of Dunkirk
• Carved rock known as the Badger Stone
• Cup marked rock 640m north east of Whin Hill Farm, Askwith Moor
• Carved rock 110m north east of Badger Stone
• Rock with at least four large cups and a groove north of Dryas Dike 800m ESE of Wards End, Middleton Moor
• Rock with cup marks and grooves near boundary between Askwith Moor and Denton Moor, 600m east of Dunkirk
• Cairnfield with rubble banks and carved rocks above Stead Crag
• Cup and groove marked rock on slope south of Delves Beck 870m east of Moor End Farm, Middleton Moor
• Two carved rocks at the west corner of Raven Stones Plantation on Rocking Moor, 400m west of Brae
• Enclosed settlement known as `Soldier's Trench' including a cup-marked rock
• Rock with at least two cups and a groove east of the plantation on Weston Moor 450m north west of Weston Moor Cottage
• Cup and ring marked rock between Keighley Gate and Silver Well Cottage
• Cup and groove-marked rock north of Drake Hill
• Cup and ring marked rock 42m south of Dobrudden caravan park
• Grubstones stone circle
• Northernmost of two cairns east of Glovershaw quarry, including adjacent cup-marked rock
• Carved rock in field behind Bracken Hall Farm
• Enclosure 50m north east of Horncliff Slade on Hawksworth Moor
• Roman period native settlement in Danefield Wood, 490m south west of Stubbings Farm
• Rock with one cup mark 860m ENE of Wards End, Langbar Moor
• A 17th century park lodge known as Dobpark Lodge in Dob Park, near Otley
• Cup and ring marked rock at Lanshaw; easternmost of Lanshaw group
• Cup marked rock in boulder walling between Southpiece Cottage and Bleach Mill
• Cup marked rock on slope south of Green Crag Enclosure
• Rock with large number of cup marks south of Dobrudden caravan park
• Westernmost of two carved rocks under Green Crag west of gas pipeline
• Cup and ring marked rock 90m WSW of Gill Head Reservoir
• Large rock with single cup mark 130m south east of and overlooking Green Crag Enclosure
• Round barrow and L-shaped earthwork on Baildon Golf Course
• Rock with four cup marks near relict walling north of Dryas Dike 710m ESE of Wards End, Middleton Moor
• Prominent rock with one cup mark at apex on ridge between Dryas Dike and Delves Beck 830m ESE of Blackhill House, Middleton Moor
• Grooved rock and cup and ring marked rock 420m east of Badger Stone
• Enclosed settlement containing three carved rocks known as Backstone Beck Enclosure
• Cup and groove marked rock 32m south west of wall near Stead Crag
• Small cairnfield with carved rocks north of the plantation on Weston Moor centred 730m north west of Weston Moor Cottage
• Two carved rocks on northern slope of ridge at Lanshaw overlooking Woofa Bank
• Cup and ring marked rock at Faweather Farm, High Eldwick
• Round cairn on east flank of Baildon Hill
• Two cairns on Hawksworth Moor, one with an internal cist
• Cup marked rock and round cairn south east of Dobrudden caravan park
• Three carved rocks on Long Ridge 420m south east of Wards End, Middleton Moor
• Gritstone pillar with three cup marks in the north pavement of the A65 at Horsforth, 440m south east of the roundabout at Low Fold
• Ring cairn 90m ESE of the Great Skirtful of Stones
• Cup and groove marked rock, 310m north east of the shooting shelter in Middleton Moor Enclosure
• Old Bridge
• Rock with at least two cup marks on Hollin Tree Hill, 840m NNE of Whin Hill Farm, Askwith Moor
• Rock with cup marks 33m north east of Green Crag Enclosure
• Carved rock on Cranshaw Thorn Hill above Ilkley Crags, 465m west of Gill Head Reservoir
• Carved rock in Hawksworth Spring
• Cup and ring marked rock 300m NNW of Gill Head Reservoir
• Cup and ring marked rock on Little Alms Cliff
• Rock with single cup near track north of Drake Hill
• Rock with parallel grooves 95m west of flag post on Craven Hall Hill
• Otley Bridge
• Rock with shallow cup and ring-markings at the western end of the ridge on Stanbury Hill
• Cup marked rock 71m south east of Dobrudden caravan park
• Cup and ring marked rock known as the Knotties Stone on Otley Chevin, 270m north east of The Royalty public house
• Cup, ring and groove marked rock west of the path between Black Hill and Loftshaw Gill, 300m NNE of the shooting shelter in Middleton Moor Enclosure
• Two cup marked rocks near track, 180m east of triangulation pillar on Shooting House Hill, Askwith Moor
• Small carved rock in path east of Glovershaw quarry
• Carved rock and associated prehistoric walling above Backstone Beck, 200 WNW of Gill Head Reservoir
• Large flat rock with single cup mark 20m north west of enclosure on Woofa Bank
• Carved rock known as the Barmishaw Stone
• Two cup marked rocks forming part of a group of prominent rocks known as Raven Stones on Rocking Moor, 500m WSW of Brae
• Cup, ring and groove marked rock, 400m west of Carr Farm
• Rock with single cup near wall at Stead Crag
• Small cup-marked rock 30m east of Glovershaw quarry
• Cup and Ring marked rock known as the Hanging Stone Rock
• Cup and groove marked rock north of Birch Close Farm house, High Eldwick
• Cup and ring marked rock 40m south east of Hillcourt, Rawdon
• Enclosure, fieldwalls and cairnfield, including seven carved rocks and an upright stone.
• Enclosure with carved rocks and disturbed cairn known as Green Crag Enclosure
• Round Hill, round barrow 1/2 mile (800m) NNE of Upper Austby Farm
• Rock with one large cup mark, 230m east of the triangulation pillar on Shooting House Hill, 610m SSW of Crag House
• Rock with one cup mark north east of the Cricketers' Arms, Baildon Green
• Cairn on Hawksworth Moor; largest one of a group of cairns
• Cup marked rock with triangular groove 75m east of enclosure on Woofa Bank
• Cup and ring marked rock at Lanshaw; 1km WSW of High Cragg Farm
• Rock with seven to eight cup marks north of Dryas Dike 720m ESE of Wards End, Middleton Moor
• Carved rock 100m north east of eastern Grainings Head Quarry
• Gatepost with cup marks and grooves 350m SSE of West Moor House, at side of road 500m west of Bow Beck
• Cup and ring marked rock on ridge 520m south of triangulation pillar on Shooting House Hill, Askwith Moor
• Cup and groove marked rock on south slope of High Black Hill, 750m north of March Ghyll Reservoir, Middleton Moor Enclosure
• Cup-marked rock on slight bank north east of Glovershaw quarry
• Rock with single cup mark south of Dobrudden caravan park
• Rock with one or two cup marks near derelict walling below outcrop in enclosed pasture on Snowden Carr, 350m west of Carr Farm
• Carved rock and two cairns 180m ESE of the shooting shelter, Middleton Moor Enclosure
• Cup and groove marked rock in boulder walling between Southpiece Cottage and Bleach Mill
• Carved rock in a valley on south side of Cranshaw Thorn Hill 460m WSW of Gill Head Reservoir
• Cup marked rock and cairn near path 775m ESE of Blackhill House, Middleton Moor
• Rock with single cup mark between road and Pennythorn Hill
• Cairn and carved rock on High Black Hill, 410m ENE of the shooting shelter in Middleton Moor Enclosure
• Cup, ring and groove marked rock south of track on Weston Moor 500m WNW of Weston Moor Cottage
• Cup-marked rock west of confluence of Lodepit Beck and Glovershaw Beck
• Cup and ring marked rock between Spicey Gill and the Ilkley-Keighley road
• Cairn 6m in diameter south of track east of plantation on Weston Moor 300m WNW of Weston Moor Cottage
• Three carved fragments of gritstone outcrop in enclosed pasture on Snowden Carr, 500m south west of Washburn Farm
• Round cairn and curving bank on Pennythorn Hill
• Rock with dense concentration of cup marks on Stanbury Hill
• Rock with at least seven cup marks at edge of track on Stoop Hill, 890m SSE of triangulation point on Shooting House Hill, Askwith Moor
• Cup and grooved marked rock in tree line between New Close Quarry and Poppling Well Beck, 280m south west of Whitbeck Manor
• Large rock with single cup mark at point where path through Green Crag Enclosure reaches top of slope
• Cup marked rock lying 200m south of and above White Wells
• Cairn known as the Little Skirtful of Stones
• Cup and groove marked rock, 700m north east of Whin Hill Farm, Askwith Moor
• Cup marked rock on low knoll west of and overlooking Cow and Calf Hotel
• Carved rock 80m east of Green Crag Enclosure
• Ring cairn 475m south east of the Great Skirtful of Stones
• Two carved rocks, one dome-shaped and one ridged, near grouse butts on Foldshaw Ridge 880m ESE of Wards End, Middleton Moor
• Site of Roman Fort, Ilkley.
• Cup and ring marked rock east of Eaves Crag, Baildon Moor
• Small cup marked rock at eastern edge of a hollow 125m south east of the enclosure on Woofa Bank
• Cup, ring and groove marked rock near ford across Whinthorn Ridge Gill in Middleton Moor Enclosure, 430m NNE of March Ghyll Reservoir
• Large rock with cup marks and cup and ring on Foldshaw Ridge 810m ESE of Wards End, Middleton Moor
• Rock with two cup marks south east of quarry at Cow and Calf Rocks
• Small rock with four cup marks and a large hewn rock with one cupmark on Foldshaw Ridge 830m ESE of Wards End, Middleton Moor
• Cairnfield with linear banks and carved rocks stretching from Woofa Bank to Green Crag
• Cairn at Rombalds Moor triangulation pillar
• Cup-marked rock in stone quarry on Stocks Hill
• Large carved boulder on eminence between two streams east of Barmishaw Well
• Group of five carved rocks on the western ridge of Stanbury Hill
• Grooved rock on slope at Lanshaw
• Rock with cup marks, rings and grooves near derelict grouse butt, 440m SE of triangulation pillar on Shooting House Hill, Askwith Moor
• Carved rock in spoil of shaft mound south east of Dobrudden caravan park
• Prominent cup-marked rock east of track, north east of Stanbury Hill
• Rock with one large cup mark on the south slope of High Black Hill, 330m east of the shooting shelter in Middleton Moor Enclosure
• Cairnfield including ring cairn and carved rocks on Low Plain, Baildon Moor
• Carved rock between Backstone Beck and the path to Gillhead 365m south west of Gill Head Reservoir
• Cup, ring and groove marked rock near gate in enclosed pasture on Snowden Carr, 350m south of Low Hill Farm
• Cairn known as the Great Skirtful of Stones
• Carved rock with multiple rings in path above the Cow and Calf Hotel, 180m west of Highfield House
• Cup marked rock 180m north of the covered reservoir at Baildon
• Cairnfield, carved rocks and associated curved bank at north west end of Green Crag Slack, east of Gill Head Reservoir
• Cairn west of Craven Hall Hill
• Two adjacent carved rocks and associated rubble bank at top of ridge at Lanshaw overlooking Woofa Bank
• Cup marked rock 230m south of and above White Wells
• Carved rock east of track north of Drake Hill
• Rock with a complex design of small cup marks and shallow grooves south of Foldshaw Ridge, 440m south of the shooting shelter, Middleton Moor
• Rock with one cup mark and two short grooves, south of Snowden Beck in Ellers Wood, Dob Park, 570m south east of Carr Farm
• Cup marked rock and small cairn between Dryas Dike and Foldshaw Ridge 730m ESE of Wards End, Middleton Moor
• Cairn on west flank of High Black Hill, 210m ENE of the shooting shelter in Middleton Moor Enclosure
• Roadblock, Bracken Hall Green, Baildon Moor
• Rock with two large cup marks on slope west of enclosure on Woofa Bank
• Rock with at least eight cups south of track on Weston Moor 480m WNW of Weston Moor Cottage
• Three carved rocks near grouse butts on Foldshaw Ridge 870m ESE of Wards End, Middleton Moor
• Rock with cup marks and short groove 740m ESE of Blackhill House, Middleton Moor
• Carved rock in strip of trees on north side of track from Stead to Burley in Wharfedale
• Cup-marked bedrock near Old Glen House
• Cup, ring and groove marked rock in enclosed pasture on Snowden Carr, 500m south east of Crag House
• Large cup marked rock west of Green Crag Enclosure
• Two fragments of carved bedrock east of Crocodile Rock, near west end of Hangingstones Quarry
• Rock with cup marks and long groove 750m ESE of Blackhill House, Middleton Moor
• Cairnfield, enclosures, boulder walling, hollow way and carved rocks towards edge of Snowden Carr centred at 370m south east of Crag House
• Cup and ring marked rock at Hoyle Court Drive, Charlestown
• Cup marked rock 60m south west of the War Memorial at Crowgill Park
• Cup and groove marked rock near grouse butts on Foldshaw Ridge 905m ESE of Wards End, Middleton Moor
• Cup and groove marked rock east of New Close Quarry, 300m south west of Whitbeck Manor
• Carved rock next to the drive of Overdale Nursing Home
• Twelve Apostles stone circle, Burley Moor
• Carved rock known as Pepperpot Rock and adjacent small carved rock west of West Rock and 215m south of White Wells
• Cup-marked rock close to road south east of a small car park south east of Bracken Hall Farm.
• Carved rock on Pelstone Crag 530m west of Danefield House
• Small cairn and carved rock on ridge at Lanshaw overlooking Woofa Bank
• Rock with five or more cups south of track on Weston Moor 300m WNW of Weston Moor Cottage
• Cup and groove marked rock in garden of Oakwood Barn, High Eldwick
• Rock with at least 30 cup marks and some grooves near north east end of ridge, south of Snowden Beck in Ellers Wood, Dob Park, 400m north of Low Park
• Rock with at least 33 cup marks, some enclosed by grooves, at top of slope between fence and Snowden Beck in Ellers Wood, Dob Park, 600m NE of Midge Hall
• Carved rock near north east corner of the plantation on Weston Moor 550m north west of Weston Moor Cottage
• Rock with many cup marks and one groove between Dryas Dike and Delves Beck 910m ESE of Blackhill House, Middleton Moor
• Small cairn north east of large cairn on Hawksworth Moor
• Carved rock on Cranshaw Thorn Hill above Ilkley Crags, 560m west of Gill Head Reservoir
• Rock with at least eight cups and two long grooves on ridge between Dryas Dike and Delves Beck 870m ESE of Blackhill House, Middleton Moor
• Boulder with prehistoric rock art at Glovershaw Farm
• Carved bedrock close to road north east of the public toilets on Bracken Hall Green
• Rock with cup marks in south east face near grouse butts on Foldshaw Ridge 860m ESE of Wards End, Middleton Moor
• Carved rock known as Planets Rock 180m north east of the Gill Head Reservoir
• Cup marked rock near gate in enclosed pasture on Snowden Carr, 460m south west of Washburn Farm
• Rock with five cups near Haystack Rock
• Two cup marked rocks 220m west of Highfield House
• Thornthwaite packhorse bridge, 140m north east of Church House
• Enclosure on Woofa Bank with 11 carved rocks and one upright stone
• Southernmost of two cairns east of Glovershaw quarry
• Medieval royal hunting lodge known as John of Gaunt's Castle, immediately north west of Haverah Park Top
• Five carved rocks grouped between Dryas Dike and Delves Beck 840m ESE of Blackhill House, Middleton Moor
• Prehistoric enclosure, carved rocks and orthostat wall, Buck Wood, 195m west of football ground
• Cup and ring marked rock in Wharfemeadows Park, 280m west of Newall Hall
• Rock with seven cup marks enclosed by a groove south of Foldshaw Ridge, 490m south of shooting shelter, Middleton Moor
• Cup marked rock 42m west of gate near Dob Park Bridge, adjacent to track on south bank of River Washburn
• Cup, ring and groove marked rock at east end of the low ridge between Dryas Dike and Delves Beck 980m ESE of Wards End, Middleton Moor
• Two cup marked rocks in path south east of quarry at Cow and Calf Rocks
• Bank Slack (camp)
• Rock with cup marks enclosed by grooves at north east end of ridge, south of Snowden Beck in Ellers Wood, Dob Park, 420m north of Low Park
• Rock with large oval cup east of plantation on Weston Moor 830m WSW of Dob Park House Farm
• Cup marked rock 200m west of Cow and Calf Hotel
• Cup marked rock north of track at east end of Foldshaw Ridge, 470m SSE of the shooting shelter in Middleton Moor Enclosure
• Cup and groove marked rock on flat ground south of Foldshaw Ridge, 510m SSW of the shooting shelter, Middleton Moor
• Carved rock near north east corner of Glovershaw quarry
• Carved rock below Snowden Crags on Snowden Carr, 100m south of Crag House
• Rock with three cupmarks west of West Rock and 225m south of White Wells
• Striated cup marked rock 20m west of enclosure on Woofa Bank
• Enclosures, small cairnfield and carved rocks on Pancake Ridge
• Carved rock 80m NNE of Badger Stone
• Rock with two deep cup marks north of track along Foldshaw Ridge, 460m south west of the shooting shelter, Middleton Moor
• Roman period native settlement in Poolscar Wood, 350m south of Stubbings Farm
• Cup marked rock 39m south east of entrance to Silver Well Cottage
• Cup and groove-marked rock on east edge of Glovershaw quarry
• Section of rubble walling east of Grammar School Cairn, on Cranshaw Thorn Hill
• Carved rock with rounded triangular profile 48m NNW of enclosure on Woofa Bank
• Rock with at least two cup marks south east of cairnfield on Snowden Carr, 720m SSE of Crag House
• Carved rock above Bracken Hall Crag, north of the bottom of the track to Mitton Spring
• Rock with one cup mark, 290m S of Crag House, Askwith Moor
• Cup and ring marked rock between track and grouse butt north of Dryas Dike, 620m south of the shooting shelter, Middleton Moor
• Two carved rocks south of Snowden Beck in Ellers Wood, Dob Park, 570m south east of Carr Farm
• Late prehistoric enclosed settlement in Crosley Wood, Bingley, 185m north of Scourer Bridge
• Partially quarried cup and groove marked rock between track and wall at east end of Foldshaw Ridge, 470m south of the shooting shelter, Middleton Moor
• Cup marked rock on slope, 480m ENE of the shooting shelter in Middleton Moor Enclosure
• Cup and ring marked rock 340m east of Badger Stone
• Carved rock in wall of grounds of Overdale Nursing Home
• Carved rock at east end of disused rifle range
• Carved rock south east of entrance to Silver Well Cottage
• Cairn 7m in diameter north of track east of plantation on Weston Moor 450m WNW of Weston Moor Cottage
• Cairnfield and carved rocks on Snowden Carr 670m south west of Low Hall Farm
• Carved rock 70m south west of Gill Head Reservoir
• Cup marked rock in field south of Stead Hall Farm
• Cup and ring marked rock known as Langbar Rock 750m ENE of Wards End, Langbar Moor
• Rock with single cup mark near south east edge of gas pipeline, Snowden Carr, 430m SSE of Crag House, Askwith Moor
• Cup marked rock in Calverley Wood, 200m north east of junction of Calverley Cutting and Thornhill Drive
• Cup, ring and groove marked rock on south slope of High Black Hill, 350m east of the shooting shelter in Middleton Moor Enclosure
• Rock with one cup mark in track at east end of Foldshaw Ridge, 480m SSE of the shooting shelter in Middleton Moor Enclosure
• Cup and ring marked rock 10m south of West Rock
• Cup marked rock east of entrance to Silver Well Cottage
• Three carved rocks opposite St Margaret's Church
• Anti-aircraft gunsite 280m east of Carlton Hall
• Cup and ring marked rock overlooking bend in Ilkley-Keighley road, 185m south east of Neb Stone
• Cup and ring marked rock north of Pennythorn Hill
• Two carved rocks south of derelict grouse butt, 840m SSW of Crag House
• Two cup marked rocks between Dryas Dike and Delves Beck 810m ESE of Blackhill House, Middleton Moor
• Rock with many cup marks on ridge between Dryas Dike and Delves Beck 880m ESE of Blackhill House, Middleton Moor