Commondale is a Village in the county of North Yorkshire.

Commondale postcode: YO21 2HG

Retail in Commondale

There are great places to visit near Commondale 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.

Commondale'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.

The area around Commondale boasts some of the best ruins including 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.

There are a number of historic monuments near Commondale including Bolton Abbey, Rylstone Crag and Rylstone Cross, Culloden Tower, and Robin Hood's Well (Fountains).

Commondale's best nearby hiking areas can be found at Deepdale, Cotterdale, Southerscales, Ingleton Waterfalls Trail, Swilla Glen, Baxenghyll Gorge, and Raven Ray.

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

Commondale has some unmissable rivers and streams nearby like Whitfield Beck, Mill Gill, Hardraw Beck, River Wharfe, and Walden Beck at West Burton.

There are a number of towns near Commondale including Hawes, Skipton, Grassington, Richmond, Middlesbrough, Harrogate, and Settle.

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

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

Places near Commondale feature a number of interesting mountains including Ingleborough.

The area around Commondale boasts some of the best cities including 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 Commondale 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 Commondale best hills to visit near Commondale.

Commondale has some unmissable geological features nearby like Malham Cove, Grassington Lead Mines, and Brimham Rocks.

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

There are a several good old mines in the area around Commondale like Grassington Lead Mines.

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

Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden, Fountains Abbey (ruin), and Studley Royal Water Garden are great places to visit near Commondale if you like parks.

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

There are a number of ancient sites near Commondale including Schoolboys Tower, Jubilee Cave, and Victoria Cave.

Commondale History

There are some historic monuments around Commondale:

• Danby Rigg cairnfields, cross dykes, funerary monuments and associated features
• Round barrow 640m north west of Old Castle Hill, on Quaker's Causeway, south east of Black Howes
• Round barrow at Stony Ruck, 520m south of Freebrough Farm
• Blakey Howe round barrow
• Bronze Age enclosed urnfield and two adjacent round barrows on the summit of Siss Cross Hill
• Two bowl barrows on Stanghow High Moor
• Hill End round cairn
• Round cairn on Newton Moor, 900m north east of Summer Hill Farm
• Round barrow 150m west of the western edge of North Ings Plantation
• Round barrow 730m south east of Bethal Slack and 850m south east of reservoir
• Round barrow 550m south of Lockwood Beck on Quaker's Causeway, north of Black Howes
• Round barrow on Three Howes Rigg, 450m south east of White Cross
• Round barrow 470m west of the western edge of North Ings Plantation
• Two round barrows on the summit of Haw Rigg, 370m south east of Job Cross
• Cross dyke on Gerrick Moor, 690m north west of Black Beck Swang
• Round barrow 200m west of Airy Hill Farm
• Round barrow 550m south west of Lockwood Beck and 1.4km south west of Lockwood Beck reservoir
• Burton Howe round barrow
• Round barrow 900m NNW of North Ings
• Round barrow on Haw Rigg 550m south east of Job Cross
• Pike Howe round barrow on the southern end of Three Howes Rigg
• Two round barrows on Three Howes Rigg, 560m SSE of White Cross
• Wayside cross and boundary marker known as Young Ralph on Westerdale Moor
• Cross dyke 850m WSW of Baysdale Farm
• One of four round barrows known as Robin Hood's Butts, 750m north east of Black Beck Swang
• Round barrow on Gerrick Moor, 690m south west of Osborne House
• Four round barrows 420m north of North Ings
• Hunter's Sty Bridge
• Northern Pind Howe round barrow on Danby Rigg, 680m north east of Rock House
• Round barrow on Three Howes Rigg, 500m south east of White Cross
• Round barrow 250m west of south western corner of North Ings Plantation
• Danby Castle: a quadrangular castle
• Bowl barrow known as Hob on the Hill and another barrow 60m to the north of it
• Unenclosed hut circle settlement at Dimmingdale, 300m north west of Dimmingdale Farm
• Wayside cross called Job Cross at Middle Heads on Danby Low Moor
• Round barrow at Crook Staff Hill
• Percy Cross on Percy Cross Rigg 850m north east of Oak Tree Farm
• Crown End prehistoric settlements, field systems and associated features
• Round barrow 300m west of the western edge of North Ings Plantation
• Gisborough Priory Augustinian monastery: late Saxon settlement, cemetery, monastic precinct and dovecote
• Round cairn in High Plantation, 840m north east of Cockayne Lodge
• Great Ayton Moor round cairns
• Kildale Moor earthwork
• Cairnfield and round barrow cemetery 150m north of Carr House
• Round barrow 670m south west of the south west corner of North Ings Plantation
• Two round barrows 690m south of Bethal Slack and 980m south of reservoir
• Three round barrows 60m north of Burton Howe
• Gallow Howe cairnfield, 270m east of Ivy Hall
• Western Howes round barrows, 250m north west of White Cross
• Medieval farmstead 420m east of Buck Rush Farm
• Medieval settlement and open field system at Kilton Thorpe
• Southern Pind Howe round barrow on Danby Rigg, 700m east of Rock House
• Bronze Age enclosed urnfield on Moorsholm Moor, 300m west of Dimmingdale Farm
• Flat Howe round barrow and wayside cross base
• South Flat Howe round barrow
• Unenclosed hut circle settlement on Gerrick Moor, 640m south west of Osborne House
• Wayside Cross called Botton Cross on Danby High Moor
• Percy Cross bowl barrow
• Oval barrow on Elm Ledge, 900m north of Clither Beck Farm
• Thorn Hill round cairn
• Round barrow 590m north west of Box Hall
• Round barrow 415m south of Belmanbank Gate
• Round cairn, standing stone and associated enclosure 490m north west of White Cross
• Round barrow 490m north of North Ings
• Two round barrows on Patterson's Bank
• Round barrow on Moorsholm Moor, 470m west of Dimmingdale Farm
• Round barrow 540m north west of Wayworth Farm
• Commondale Moor cairn cemetery
• White Cross wayside cross at the junction of the roads to Castleton and Commondale
• Round barrow on Siss Cross Hill, 750m north west of Black Beck Swang
• Baysdale Abbey Bridge, 460m east of Baysdale Farm
• Duck Bridge
• Late prehistoric settlement and field system on the southern edge of Commondale Moor, 450m north east of Wayworth Farm
• Round barrow 600m south west of Hob on the Hill
• Round barrow 970m NNW of North Ings
• Cup marked rock on Moorsholm Moor, 280m west of Dimmingdale Farm
• Round barrow at Dimmingdale, 265m north east of Dimmingdale Farm
• Round barrow at Tidy Brown Hill
• Round barrow on the summit of Siss Cross Hill
• Round barrow 400m west of Old Castle Hill
• Round barrow 620m south of Belmanbank Gate
• Round barrow 340m south west of Belmanbank Gate
• One of four round barrows known as Robin Hood's Butts, 600m north east of Black Beck Swang
• Cairnfield on The Howe, Danby Low Moor, 330m north west of Howe Farm
• Round barrows E of Lounsdale Plantation, Kildale Moor
• Cairnfield at Codhill Slack, 670m north east of Percy Cross, including a ring cairn, round barrow and standing stone
• Round barrow on Gerrick Moor, one of four known as Robin Hood's Butts, 680m north west of Black Beck Swang
• Round barrow on Codhill Heights, 860m south east of Codhill Farm
• The Margery Bradley standing stone
• Sand Hill round cairn, 90m south of Coldman Hargos boundary stone
• Round barrow on Moorsholm Moor, 390m west of Dimmingdale Farm
• Round barrow 360m south of Belmanbank Gate
• High Stone Dike, southern of two cross dykes on Castleton Rigg
• Cammon Stone standing stone on Rudland Rigg 1030m NNE of Cockan Cross
• Round barrow on Three Howes Rigg, 310m south east of White Cross
• One of four round barrows known as Robin Hood's Butts and adjacent enclosed Bronze Age urnfield, 530m north east of Black Beck Swang
• Cairnfield and two round barrows 500m north west of Sleddale
• Two round barrows 600m NNE of the north east corner of North Ings Plantation
• Defended prehistoric settlement site, 280m north east of Box Hall
• Wayside cross known as Baysdale Cross on Middle Head Intake 1000m south west of Baysdale Abbey
• Huntcliffe Guibal fan house
• Round barrow 780m south west of Bethal Slack and 1.14km south west of reservoir
• White Cross boundary marker known as Fat Betty on Danby Moor
• Round barrow on Elm Ledge, 720m north of Clither Beck Farm
• Castleton castle mound
• Kilton Castle: tower keep castle 130m east of Castle Cottages
• Round barrow 680m north of North Ings
• Cross ridge dyke north of North Ings Slack and west of Hob on the Hill tumulus
• Round barrow on the summit of Brown Hill
• Kildale Hall Garth: a medieval manor house complex west of St Cuthbert's Church
• Northern of two cross dykes on Castleton Rigg, 600m north west of Stormy Hall
• Kildale Moor round cairns
• Peat Hill round cairn 575m north west of Pannierman Bridgestone, on Glaisdale High Moor
• Wayside cross known as Jenny Bradley 1000m north west of Bloworth Crossing on Greenhow Moor
• Three round barrows 800m south of Belmanbank Gate
• Wolf Pit round barrow at the southern end of Danby Rigg, 810m south east of Falcon Farm
• Round barrow 550m west of Baysdale Farm
• Two round barrows 250m west of the western edge of North Ings Plantation
• Round barrow 380m north of North Ings
• Small multivallate hillfort on Round Hill
• Two round barrows on Moorsholm Moor known as Black Howes
• Prehistoric cairnfield 700m south west of North Ings
• Cairnfield and ring cairn on Danby Rigg, 330m south west of Danby Castle
• Loose Howe round barrow
• Round barrow 700m north west of North Ings Slack and 1.14km south of reservoir
• Two round barrows 200m south of Belmanbank Gate
• Pike Howe round cairns
• Round barrow on Gerrick Moor known as Herd Howe
• Late prehistoric enclosed settlement and sub-rectangular enclosure on Gerrick Moor, 710m south west of Osbourne House
• Round cairns SSW of West House
• Round barrow 570m north west of Box Hall
• Wayside cross known as Old Ralph on Ledging Hill, Westerdale Moor