Haxby is a Town in the county of North Yorkshire.

Haxby postcode: YO32 2

Retail in Haxby

There are great places to visit near Haxby 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 number of waterfalls near Haxby including Catrigg Force, Lockin Garth Force, Whitfield Gill Force, Slape Wath Waterfall, Mill Gill Force, Cotter Force, and Aysgill Force.

There are a several good ruins in the Haxby area like 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.

The area around Haxby boasts some of the best historic monuments including Bolton Abbey, Culloden Tower, and Robin Hood's Well (Fountains).

Haxby has some unmissable hiking areas nearby like Deepdale, Cotterdale, Southerscales, Ingleton Waterfalls Trail, Swilla Glen, Baxenghyll Gorge, and Raven Ray.

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

The area around Haxby boasts some of the best rivers and streams including Whitfield Beck, Mill Gill, Hardraw Beck, River Wharfe, and Walden Beck at West Burton.

Haxby has some unmissable towns nearby like Hawes, Skipton, Grassington, Richmond, Middlesbrough, Harrogate, and Settle.

Caves to visit near Haxby include 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 great places to visit near Haxby if you like limestone pavements.

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

Mountains to visit near Haxby include Ingleborough.

York, and Ripon are some of Haxby best cities to visit near Haxby.

Haxby's best nearby historic buildings can be found at York Minster, Culloden Tower, and Beggar’s Bridge.

The area around Haxby boasts some of the best hills including Addlebrough, Warrendale Knotts, Giggleswick Scar, Blua Crags, Sugar Loaf Hill, and Attermire Scar.

Castles to visit near Haxby include Skipton Castle, Richmond Castle, and Bolton Castle.

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

There are a several good parks in the Haxby area like Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden, Fountains Abbey (ruin), and Studley Royal Water Garden.

There are a several good gardens in the area around Haxby like Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden.

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

Haxby History

There are some historic monuments around Haxby:

• Siwards How, south east of the water tower, Heslington Hill
• World War II bombing decoy 500m east of Bland's Plantation
• St Mary's Abbey
• Ringwork and bailey immediately south of St Helen and Holy Cross Church
• Lamel Hill (Anglo-Saxon tumulus)
• Site of deserted village of East Lilling
• York Castle: motte and bailey castle, tower keep castle (including Clifford's Tower), and site of part of Romano-British fort-vicus and Anglian cemetery
• St George's medieval chapel 120m south of York Castle
• Roman camp on Clifton Moor, 275m NNE of Moor Farm
• Merchant's Hall, Fossgate
• St Mary's Abbey precinct walls
• Cold War period Royal Observer Corps Group Headquarters, Howe Hill
• Nether Poppleton medieval moated site, fishponds and earthworks around and associated with St Everilda's Church
• Moated site known as The Rush
• Sheriff Hutton quadrangular castle and early garden earthworks
• York Minster cathedral precinct: including Bootham Bar and the length of City Walls extending round the precinct up to Monk Bar
• Augustinian nunnery known as Moxby Priory including mill and post Dissolution garden features
• St Peter's Hospital, part of undercroft beneath the Theatre Royal
• Roman camp on Huntington South Moor, 300m east of Huntington Grange
• Standing tower and below ground remains of St Lawrence's Church and associated burial ground
• Icehouse 75m north west of Sutton Hall
• Medieval stone town house known as The Norman House to the rear of Nos 48 and 50 Stonegate
• Roman camp on Bootham Stray, 450m north east of Moor Farm
• City Walls, gates, posterns (not including the section from Bootham Bar to Monk Bar, N of the Minster, now part of National Monument No 13280), moats, mounds, Bayle (or Baile) Hill, St Leonard's Hospital and Merchant Taylor's Hall, Aldwark
• Fulford cross, 200m south west of the barracks
• South angle tower of Roman fortress
• Deserted village of Marton in the Forest