Heslington is a Village in the county of North Yorkshire.

Retail in Heslington

There are great places to visit near Heslington 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 some of Heslington best waterfalls to visit near Heslington.

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 are some of Heslington best ruins to visit near Heslington.

Historic Monuments to visit near Heslington include Bolton Abbey, Culloden Tower, and Robin Hood's Well (Fountains).

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

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

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

Don't miss Hawes, Skipton, Grassington, Richmond, Middlesbrough, Harrogate, and Settle's towns if visiting the area around Heslington.

Great Douk Cave, White Scar Cave, Yordas Cave, Janet's Cave, Gaping Gill, Horseshoe Cave, and Jubilee Cave are some of Heslington best caves to visit near Heslington.

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

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

Heslington is near some unmissable mountains like Ingleborough,

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

Don't miss York Minster, Culloden Tower, and Beggar’s Bridge's historic buildings if visiting the area around Heslington.

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

Skipton Castle, Richmond Castle, and Bolton Castle are great places to visit near Heslington if you like castles.

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

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

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

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

Heslington History

There are some historic monuments around Heslington:

• Roman camp on Clifton Moor, 275m NNE of Moor Farm
• World War II bombing decoy 500m east of Bland's Plantation
• St Mary's Abbey
• St Andrew's College and moat, 440m north east of College Farm
• Nether Poppleton medieval moated site, fishponds and earthworks around and associated with St Everilda's Church
• Fulford cross, 200m south west of the barracks
• Roman camp on Bootham Stray, 450m north east of Moor Farm
• Medieval stone town house known as The Norman House to the rear of Nos 48 and 50 Stonegate
• St Mary's Abbey precinct walls
• Cold War period Royal Observer Corps Group Headquarters, Howe Hill
• Siwards How, south east of the water tower, Heslington Hill
• 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
• Roman camp on Huntington South Moor, 300m east of Huntington Grange
• 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
• St George's medieval chapel 120m south of York Castle
• Danes Hills square barrow cemetery on Crook Moor
• Merchant's Hall, Fossgate
• St Peter's Hospital, part of undercroft beneath the Theatre Royal
• Lamel Hill (Anglo-Saxon tumulus)
• York Minster cathedral precinct: including Bootham Bar and the length of City Walls extending round the precinct up to Monk Bar
• Standing tower and below ground remains of St Lawrence's Church and associated burial ground
• South angle tower of Roman fortress