Ellerby is a Village in the county of North Yorkshire.

Retail in Ellerby

There are great places to visit near Ellerby 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.

The area around Ellerby boasts some of the best waterfalls including Catrigg Force, Lockin Garth Force, Whitfield Gill Force, Slape Wath Waterfall, Mill Gill Force, Cotter Force, and Aysgill Force.

Ellerby has some unmissable ruins nearby like 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.

Ellerby has some unmissable historic monuments nearby like Bolton Abbey, Rylstone Crag and Rylstone Cross, Culloden Tower, and Robin Hood's Well (Fountains).

Deepdale, Cotterdale, Southerscales, Ingleton Waterfalls Trail, Swilla Glen, Baxenghyll Gorge, and Raven Ray are great places to visit near Ellerby if you like hiking areas.

There are a number of villages near Ellerby including Pool-in-Wharfedale, Askrigg, Hardraw, West Burton, Bainbridge, Aysgarth, and Malham.

Ellerby's best nearby rivers and streams can be found at Whitfield Beck, Mill Gill, Hardraw Beck, River Wharfe, and Walden Beck at West Burton.

The area around Ellerby boasts some of the best towns including Hawes, Skipton, Grassington, Richmond, Middlesbrough, Harrogate, and Settle.

There are a number of caves near Ellerby 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 Ellerby area like Southerscales, Malham Cove, and Warrendale Knotts Limestone Pavement.

Mountains to visit near Ellerby include Ingleborough.

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

There are a number of historic buildings near Ellerby including York Minster, Marton House, Norton Tower (ruin), Church of St Peter - Rylstone, Culloden Tower, and Beggar’s Bridge.

The area around Ellerby features a number of interesting hills including Addlebrough, Embsay Crag, Rylstone Crag and Rylstone Cross, Warrendale Knotts, Giggleswick Scar, Blua Crags, and Sugar Loaf Hill.

Don't miss Malham Cove, Grassington Lead Mines, and Brimham Rocks's geological features if visiting the area around Ellerby.

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

There are a number of old mines near to Ellerby including Grassington Lead Mines.

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

Ellerby has some unmissable parks nearby like Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden, Fountains Abbey (ruin), and Studley Royal Water Garden.

Places near Ellerby feature a number of interesting gardens including Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden.

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

Ellerby History

There are some historic monuments around Ellerby:

• Round barrow 180m west of Newton Brow
• Round barrow at Lady Cross, 730m south west of Dun Bogs
• Rawland Howe round barrow on Lealholm Moor, 450m North of South View Farm
• Two round barrows E of Coopers Quarries
• Roman Fort on Lease Rigg
• Old Mulgrave Castle: an enclosure castle incorporated into an 18th century planned landscape
• Alum works at Kettleness
• Round barrow on Boulby Cliffs known as the site of Rockcliff Beacon
• Pit alignment on Black Dike Moor, 800m south west of Nan Stone
• Cairnfield, including a standing stone, round barrow, round cairn, enclosed field and part of Cucket medieval deer park boundary, 360m north of Eden House
• 'Pen Howe' tumuli
• Low Bride Stones
• Boulby Alum Quarries and works
• Round barrow on Newton Mulgrave Moor, 470m south west of Birchdale House
• Bowl barrow known as Brown Rigg Howe on Beacon Hill, Danby, together with a searchlight emplacement upon it
• Round barrow in Newton Mulgrave Woods, 740m south of Newton Brow
• Pit alignment and three round barrows on Ugthorpe Moor, 500m north east of Wood Hill House
• Round barrow on Dunsley Moor, 160m west of Skelder Cottage
• Ash Holm alum works, 350m south east of Mulgrave Castle
• Black Hill wayside cross on Glaisdale Rigg
• Round barrow on Lealholm Rigg, 710m south west of Green Houses Farm
• Round barrow on Dunsley Moor, 800m south west of Skelder Cottage
• Group of seventeen tumuli to the N of Greenlands Howe, on the east side of Sleights Moor
• Alum quarries and works 800m north of Sandsend Bridge
• Round barrow on Lealholm Rigg, 690m north of Benwell House
• Round barrow on Newton Mulgrave Moor, 510m south west of Newton Brow
• Round barrow on Newton Mulgrave Moor, 170m east of Stang Howe
• Round barrow on Newton Mulgrave Moor, 570m south west of Birchdale House
• Round barrow on Ugthorpe Moor, 450m south west of High Park Farm
• Two 'Flat Howes' round barrows, Sleights Moor
• Round barrow on Newton Mulgrave Moor, 450m south west of Newton Brow
• Round barrow 860m south west of Dun Bogs
• Round barrow on Thorn Hill, 310m south of the confluence of Black Dike Slack and Mardale Slack
• Round barrow on Newton Mulgrave Moor, 580m south east of Stang Howe
• Pit alignment and two round barrows on Ugthorpe Moor, 700m south west of High Park Farm
• Round barrow 330m south west of Newton Brow
• Beggar's Bridge
• Round barrow on Lealholm Moor, 600m north east of South View Farm
• Round barrow on Newton Mulgrave Moor, 620m east of Stang Howe
• Round barrow on Newton Mulgrave Moor, 770m south west of Newton Brow
• Round barrow on Whinny Hill, 270m south west of High Farm
• Middle Rigg round barrows and segmented embanked pit alignment
• Long barrow on Newton Mulgrave Moor, 250m east of Birchdale House
• Wayside cross known as Swarth Howe Cross, 500m north east of Moorcock
• Two round barrows 1/4 mile (400m) NE of Horse Mire Head Farm
• Round barrow on Ugthorpe Moor, 200m south west of High Park Farm
• Round barrow and gallows site known as Butter Howe
• Foss Castle: a motte and bailey, precursor to Old Mulgrave Castle
• Round barrow on Newton Mulgrave Moor, 550m south of Newton Brow
• Cross base for standing cross in churchyard of All Saints Church, Easington
• Roman signal station at Goldsborough, 130m south east of Scratch Alley
• Round barrow on Dunsley Moor, known as Swarth Howe
• Wayside cross known as Stump Cross on Beacon Hill, Danby
• Round barrow on Ugthorpe Moor known as Loose Howe, 130m south west of Day Well House
• Round barrow and two standing stones in Hutton Mulgrave Plantation, 115m west of Swarth Howe
• Standing stone on Brockrigg known as Wade's Stone, 420m south east of Brockrigg Farm
• Late Iron Age and Roman settlement on Roxby Low Moor, 225m south of Moor House Farm
• Standing stone 470m north east of High Farm, known as Wade's Stone
• Newton Mulgrave medieval settlement
• Ring cairn on Lealholm Moor, 640m north east of South View Farm
• Moated manor and medieval settlement, Easington
• St Hilda's holy well
• Danby Beacon round barrow
• Round barrow on Newton Mulgrave Moor, 360m south east of Stang Howe
• Round barrow on Cow Hill, 410m south west of Scratch Alley
• Round barrow on Brockrigg, 400m east of Brockrigg Farm
• World War I early warning acoustic mirror 60m east of Boulby Barns Farm
• High Bride Stones
• Lady Cross wayside cross, north of the A171 and 20m west of the Barnby turn-off
• Late prehistoric enclosed settlement and field system on Borrowby Moor, 360m south of Moor House Farm
• Round barrow and 20th century Royal Observer Corps post on Beacon Hill, known as the site of Hinderwell Beacon
• Sandsend alum house