Danby is a Village in the county of North Yorkshire.

Danby postcode: YO21 2LY

Retail in Danby

There are great places to visit near Danby 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.

There are a several good waterfalls in the Danby area like Catrigg Force, Lockin Garth Force, Whitfield Gill Force, Slape Wath Waterfall, Mill Gill Force, Cotter Force, and Aysgill Force.

The area around Danby features a number of interesting 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.

The area around Danby features a number of interesting historic monuments including Bolton Abbey, Rylstone Crag and Rylstone Cross, Culloden Tower, and Robin Hood's Well (Fountains).

The area around Danby boasts some of the best hiking areas including Deepdale, Cotterdale, Southerscales, Ingleton Waterfalls Trail, Swilla Glen, Baxenghyll Gorge, and Raven Ray.

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

There are a number of rivers and streams near Danby including Whitfield Beck, Mill Gill, Hardraw Beck, River Wharfe, and Walden Beck at West Burton.

The area around Danby features a number of interesting towns including Hawes, Skipton, Grassington, Richmond, Middlesbrough, Harrogate, and Settle.

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

Danby has some unmissable limestone pavements nearby like Southerscales, Malham Cove, and Warrendale Knotts Limestone Pavement.

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

York, and Ripon are great places to visit near Danby if you like cities.

The area around Danby boasts some of the best historic buildings including York Minster, Marton House, Norton Tower (ruin), Church of St Peter - Rylstone, Culloden Tower, and Beggar’s Bridge.

There are a number of hills near Danby including Addlebrough, Embsay Crag, Rylstone Crag and Rylstone Cross, Warrendale Knotts, Giggleswick Scar, Blua Crags, and Sugar Loaf Hill.

The area around Danby features a number of interesting geological features including Malham Cove, Grassington Lead Mines, and Brimham Rocks.

Danby's best nearby castles can be found at Skipton Castle, Richmond Castle, and Bolton Castle.

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

The area around Danby's best country parks can be found at Brimham Rocks.

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

The area close to Danby boasts some of the best gardens including Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden.

The area around Danby boasts some of the best ancient sites including Schoolboys Tower, Jubilee Cave, and Victoria Cave.

Danby History

There are some historic monuments around Danby:

• Round cairn, standing stone and associated enclosure 490m north west of White Cross
• Prehistoric cairnfield 700m south west of North Ings
• Round barrow on Three Howes Rigg, 450m south east of White Cross
• Moated manor and medieval settlement, Easington
• One of four round barrows known as Robin Hood's Butts, 600m north east of Black Beck Swang
• Bronze Age enclosed urnfield and two adjacent round barrows on the summit of Siss Cross Hill
• Danby Castle: a quadrangular castle
• One of four round barrows known as Robin Hood's Butts, 750m north east of Black Beck Swang
• Two round barrows 600m NNE of the north east corner of North Ings Plantation
• Medieval cross reused as a signpost at the top of Caper Hill on the north east side of Glaisdale High Moor
• Round barrow on Thorn Hill, 310m south of the confluence of Black Dike Slack and Mardale Slack
• Bowl barrow known as Brown Rigg Howe on Beacon Hill, Danby, together with a searchlight emplacement upon it
• Round barrow on Newton Mulgrave Moor, 620m east of Stang Howe
• Round barrow on Newton Mulgrave Moor, 170m east of Stang Howe
• Bronze Age enclosed urnfield on Moorsholm Moor, 300m west of Dimmingdale Farm
• Round barrow 400m west of Old Castle Hill
• Pike Howe round cairns
• Danby Beacon round barrow
• Pit alignment on Black Dike Moor, 800m south west of Nan Stone
• Round barrow 570m north west of Box Hall
• Flat Howe round barrow 790m south east of Pannierman Bridgestone, on the eastern sidee of Glaisdale High Moor
• Round barrow on Haw Rigg 550m south east of Job Cross
• Unenclosed hut circle settlement on Waupley Moor, 800m south west of Clay Hall Farm
• Shunner Howe round barrow
• Late prehistoric enclosed settlement and sub-rectangular enclosure on Gerrick Moor, 710m south west of Osbourne House
• Northern Pind Howe round barrow on Danby Rigg, 680m north east of Rock House
• Hunter's Sty Bridge
• Medieval farmstead 420m east of Buck Rush Farm
• Danby Rigg cairnfields, cross dykes, funerary monuments and associated features
• South Flat Howe round barrow
• Defended prehistoric settlement site, 280m north east of Box Hall
• The Margery Bradley standing stone
• Blakey Howe round barrow
• Pike Hill round cairns
• Round barrow on the summit of Brown Hill
• Round barrow on Newton Mulgrave Moor, 360m south east of Stang Howe
• Wolf Pit round barrow at the southern end of Danby Rigg, 810m south east of Falcon Farm
• Hart Leap cross dyke on Glaisdale Rigg, 240m and 410m north of Highdale Farm
• Wheeldale Howe
• Northern of two cross dykes on Castleton Rigg, 600m north west of Stormy Hall
• Wayside cross known as Old Ralph on Ledging Hill, Westerdale Moor
• Late prehistoric enclosed settlement and field system on Borrowby Moor, 360m south of Moor House Farm
• Loose Howe round barrow
• Round barrow on the summit of Siss Cross Hill
• Wayside cross called Job Cross at Middle Heads on Danby Low Moor
• Unenclosed hut circle settlement at Dimmingdale, 300m north west of Dimmingdale Farm
• Round barrow on Three Howes Rigg, 310m south east of White Cross
• Oval barrow on Elm Ledge, 900m north of Clither Beck Farm
• Cairnfield and round barrow cemetery 150m north of Carr House
• Cup marked rock on Moorsholm Moor, 280m west of Dimmingdale Farm
• Round barrow on Newton Mulgrave Moor, 580m south east of Stang Howe
• Round barrow 110m south west of Shunner Howe
• Small multivallate hillfort on Round Hill
• Black Hill wayside cross on Glaisdale Rigg
• Cross dyke on Gerrick Moor, 690m north west of Black Beck Swang
• Flat Howe round barrow and wayside cross base
• Round barrow on Lealholm Moor, 600m north east of South View Farm
• Round barrow 590m north west of Box Hall
• Cross base for standing cross in churchyard of All Saints Church, Easington
• Kilton Castle: tower keep castle 130m east of Castle Cottages
• Round barrow on Siss Cross Hill, 750m north west of Black Beck Swang
• Round barrow 200m west of Airy Hill Farm
• Commondale Moor cairn cemetery
• Thorn Hill round cairn
• Cross ridge dyke north of North Ings Slack and west of Hob on the Hill tumulus
• Two bowl barrows on Stanghow High Moor
• Late Iron Age and Roman settlement on Roxby Low Moor, 225m south of Moor House Farm
• Four round barrows 420m north of North Ings
• White Cross wayside cross at the junction of the roads to Castleton and Commondale
• Round barrow 970m NNW of North Ings
• Pike Howe round barrow on the southern end of Three Howes Rigg
• Crown End prehistoric settlements, field systems and associated features
• Wayside Cross called Botton Cross on Danby High Moor
• Round barrow 380m north of North Ings
• Round barrow on Gerrick Moor known as Herd Howe
• Rosedale East Mines calcining kilns and iron mines, 280m east and 610m north east of Stables Farm
• Round barrow 680m north of North Ings
• Sand Hill round cairn, 90m south of Coldman Hargos boundary stone
• Round barrow on Moorsholm Moor, 390m west of Dimmingdale Farm
• Round barrow on Boulby Cliffs known as the site of Rockcliff Beacon
• High Stone Dike, southern of two cross dykes on Castleton Rigg
• Two round barrows on Three Howes Rigg, 560m SSE of White Cross
• Ring cairn on Lealholm Moor, 640m north east of South View Farm
• Round barrow 550m south west of Lockwood Beck and 1.4km south west of Lockwood Beck reservoir
• Round barrow at Dimmingdale, 265m north east of Dimmingdale Farm
• Middle Rigg round barrows and segmented embanked pit alignment
• One of four round barrows known as Robin Hood's Butts and adjacent enclosed Bronze Age urnfield, 530m north east of Black Beck Swang
• Two round barrows on the summit of Haw Rigg, 370m south east of Job Cross
• Wayside cross and boundary marker known as Young Ralph on Westerdale Moor
• Wayside cross known as Stump Cross on Beacon Hill, Danby
• Southern Pind Howe round barrow on Danby Rigg, 700m east of Rock House
• Round barrow on Elm Ledge, 720m north of Clither Beck Farm
• Boulby Alum Quarries and works
• Castleton castle mound
• Round barrow on Lealholm Rigg, 710m south west of Green Houses Farm
• Round barrow on Gerrick Moor, 690m south west of Osborne House
• Round barrow 550m south of Lockwood Beck on Quaker's Causeway, north of Black Howes
• Round barrow on Gerrick Moor, one of four known as Robin Hood's Butts, 680m north west of Black Beck Swang
• Late prehistoric settlement and field system on the southern edge of Commondale Moor, 450m north east of Wayworth Farm
• Duck Bridge
• Round barrow on Newton Mulgrave Moor, 570m south west of Birchdale House
• Round barrow 640m north west of Old Castle Hill, on Quaker's Causeway, south east of Black Howes
• Round barrow 490m north of North Ings
• Bowl barrow known as Hob on the Hill and another barrow 60m to the north of it
• Medieval settlement and open field system at Kilton Thorpe
• World War I early warning acoustic mirror 60m east of Boulby Barns Farm
• Cairnfield and ring cairn on Danby Rigg, 330m south west of Danby Castle
• Round barrow on Three Howes Rigg, 500m south east of White Cross
• Peat Hill round cairn 575m north west of Pannierman Bridgestone, on Glaisdale High Moor
• White Cross boundary marker known as Fat Betty on Danby Moor
• Kettle Howe round cairn
• Little Blakey Howe round barrow
• Two round barrows on Moorsholm Moor known as Black Howes
• Western Howes round barrows, 250m north west of White Cross
• Gallow Howe cairnfield, 270m east of Ivy Hall
• Cairnfield on The Howe, Danby Low Moor, 330m north west of Howe Farm
• Round barrow on Lealholm Rigg, 690m north of Benwell House
• Cross dyke on Glaisdale Rigg, 520m and 250m west of Highdale Farm
• Unenclosed hut circle settlement on Gerrick Moor, 640m south west of Osborne House
• Rawland Howe round barrow on Lealholm Moor, 450m North of South View Farm
• Round barrow at Stony Ruck, 520m south of Freebrough Farm
• Three round barrows on Waupley Moor, 775m south west of Clay Hall Farm
• Round barrow 900m NNW of North Ings
• Hill End round cairn
• Round barrow on Moorsholm Moor, 470m west of Dimmingdale Farm