Grewelthorpe is a Village in the county of North Yorkshire.

Grewelthorpe postcode: HG4 3BW

Retail in Grewelthorpe

There are great places to visit near Grewelthorpe 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.

Catrigg Force, Lockin Garth Force, Whitfield Gill Force, Slape Wath Waterfall, Mill Gill Force, Cotter Force, and Aysgill Force are great places to visit near Grewelthorpe if you like waterfalls.

Grewelthorpe'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.

There are a several good historic monuments in the Grewelthorpe area like Bolton Abbey, Culloden Tower, and Robin Hood's Well (Fountains).

The area around Grewelthorpe features a number of interesting hiking areas including Deepdale, Cotterdale, Southerscales, Ingleton Waterfalls Trail, Swilla Glen, Baxenghyll Gorge, and Raven Ray.

Grewelthorpe's best nearby villages can be found at Pool-in-Wharfedale, Askrigg, Hardraw, Malham, West Burton, Bainbridge, and Aysgarth.

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

Hawes, Skipton, Grassington, Richmond, Middlesbrough, Harrogate, and Settle are some of Grewelthorpe best towns to visit near Grewelthorpe.

There are a number of caves near Grewelthorpe including Great Douk Cave, White Scar Cave, Yordas Cave, Janet's Cave, Gaping Gill, Horseshoe Cave, and Jubilee Cave.

Southerscales, Malham Cove, and Warrendale Knotts Limestone Pavement are some of Grewelthorpe best limestone pavements to visit near Grewelthorpe.

Grewelthorpe has some unmissable geological features nearby like Malham Cove, and Brimham Rocks.

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

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

York Minster, Culloden Tower, and Beggar’s Bridge are great places to visit near Grewelthorpe if you like historic buildings.

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

Grewelthorpe has some unmissable castles nearby like Skipton Castle, Richmond Castle, and Bolton Castle.

The area close to Grewelthorpe 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 Grewelthorpe if you like parks.

Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden is one of Grewelthorpe's best, nearby gardens to visit in Grewelthorpe.

Schoolboys Tower, Jubilee Cave, and Victoria Cave are some of Grewelthorpe best ancient sites to visit near Grewelthorpe.

Grewelthorpe History

There are some historic monuments around Grewelthorpe:

• Kilgram Bridge
• Three round barrows at Three Hills 500m north east of Camp House
• Medieval deer park pale surrounding Fountains Park
• Fortress Dyke camp
• Snape Castle, the chapel and ruined portions
• Jervaulx Cistercian Abbey, site of post-Dissolution grand house and gardens and World War II storage structures
• Round barrow known as Gospel Hill, 80m south west of Pasture House
• Earth circles, cursus, pit alignments and burial sites near Nosterfield and Thornborough, including Centre Hill round barrow
• Medieval monastic fishponds immediately east of Park House
• Earthwork in Magdalen Field
• Marmion Tower (former gatehouse of Tanfield Castle fortified manor)
• Camp and tumulus on Roomer Common
• Castle Dikes defended Roman villa
• Butterton Bridge
• Tanfield Bridge
• Round barrow known as Binsoe Hill, south of Binsoe Hill Farm
• Cross shaft in St Mary's churchyard
• Site of medieval chapel and section of Fountains Park park pale, 170m south west of How Hill Farm
• Round barrow 425m north west of Rushwood Hall
• Market cross in Masham
• Motte and bailey castle, known as Mowbray Castle, east of Kirkby Malzeard
• East Tanfield deserted medieval village
• Markenfield Hall moated medieval fortified house with associated service buildings and park pale
• Kilgram medieval monastic grange
• Roman buildings and field system in Snape
• Fountains Cistercian Abbey; monastic precinct, mill, water management works, agricultural and industrial features and 18th century gardens
• Roman camp 250m west of Hill Top Farm
• Medieval monastic grange and site of medieval settlement at Ninevah