Galphay is a Village in the county of North Yorkshire.

Galphay postcode: HG4 3NJ

Retail in Galphay

There are great places to visit near Galphay 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.

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

Galphay's best nearby ruins can be found at 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.

Bolton Abbey, Culloden Tower, and Robin Hood's Well (Fountains) are some of Galphay best historic monuments to visit near Galphay.

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

Galphay has some unmissable villages nearby like Pool-in-Wharfedale, Askrigg, Hardraw, Malham, West Burton, Bainbridge, and Aysgarth.

Rivers and Streams to visit near Galphay include Whitfield Beck, Mill Gill, Hardraw Beck, River Wharfe, and Walden Beck at West Burton.

Hawes, Skipton, Grassington, Richmond, Middlesbrough, Harrogate, and Settle are great places to visit near Galphay if you like towns.

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

The area around Galphay boasts some of the best limestone pavements including Southerscales, Malham Cove, and Warrendale Knotts Limestone Pavement.

Don't miss Malham Cove, and Brimham Rocks's geological features if visiting the area around Galphay.

There are a number of mountains near to Galphay including Ingleborough.

Cities to visit near Galphay include York, and Ripon.

There are a number of historic buildings near Galphay including York Minster, Culloden Tower, and Beggar’s Bridge.

There are a number of hills near Galphay including Addlebrough, Warrendale Knotts, Giggleswick Scar, Blua Crags, Sugar Loaf Hill, and Attermire Scar.

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

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

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

Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden is a great place to visit close to Galphay if you like gardens.

There are a several good ancient sites in the Galphay area like Schoolboys Tower, Jubilee Cave, and Victoria Cave.

Galphay History

There are some historic monuments around Galphay:

• Tanfield Bridge
• Camp and tumulus on Roomer Common
• Cistercian grange and medieval settlement at High Cayton
• Three round barrows at Three Hills 500m north east of Camp House
• Castle Dikes defended Roman villa
• Roman camp 250m west of Hill Top Farm
• Ailey Hill
• Medieval settlement, lordly residence, post medieval gardens and walls immediately south of Howgrave Hall
• Market cross in Masham
• Earthwork in Magdalen Field
• Cross shaft in St Mary's churchyard
• Medieval monastic grange and site of medieval settlement at Ninevah
• Round barrow 425m north west of Rushwood Hall
• Wallerthwaite medieval village
• Fountains Cistercian Abbey; monastic precinct, mill, water management works, agricultural and industrial features and 18th century gardens
• St Anne's Chapel
• East Tanfield deserted medieval village
• Markenfield Hall moated medieval fortified house with associated service buildings and park pale
• Cup, ring and groove marked rock 80m south west of Druid's Cave Farm
• Medieval deer park pale surrounding Fountains Park
• Site of medieval chapel and section of Fountains Park park pale, 170m south west of How Hill Farm
• Marmion Tower (former gatehouse of Tanfield Castle fortified manor)
• Round barrow 250m west of Wallerthwaite
• Butterton Bridge
• Medieval monastic fishponds immediately east of Park House
• Moated site at Upsland Farm
• Earth circles, cursus, pit alignments and burial sites near Nosterfield and Thornborough, including Centre Hill round barrow
• Round barrow known as Binsoe Hill, south of Binsoe Hill Farm
• Motte and bailey castle, known as Mowbray Castle, east of Kirkby Malzeard
• Ripon Minster Close