Kearton is a Village in the county of North Yorkshire.

Kearton postcode: DL11 6PW

Retail in Kearton

There are great places to visit near Kearton 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.

Waterfalls to visit near Kearton include 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 Kearton area 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.

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

There are a several good hiking areas in the Kearton area like Deepdale, Cotterdale, Southerscales, Ingleton Waterfalls Trail, Swilla Glen, Baxenghyll Gorge, and Raven Ray.

The area around Kearton boasts some of the best villages including Pool-in-Wharfedale, Askrigg, Hardraw, West Burton, Bainbridge, Aysgarth, and Malham.

Don't miss Whitfield Beck, Mill Gill, Hardraw Beck, River Wharfe, and Walden Beck at West Burton's rivers and streams if visiting the area around Kearton.

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

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

Southerscales, Malham Cove, and Warrendale Knotts Limestone Pavement are great places to visit near Kearton if you like limestone pavements.

The area around Kearton's best mountains can be found at Ingleborough.

Kearton's best nearby cities can be found at York, and Ripon.

Kearton has some unmissable historic buildings nearby like York Minster, Marton House, Norton Tower (ruin), Church of St Peter - Rylstone, Culloden Tower, and Beggar’s Bridge.

Hills to visit near Kearton include Addlebrough, Embsay Crag, Rylstone Crag and Rylstone Cross, Warrendale Knotts, Giggleswick Scar, Blua Crags, and Sugar Loaf Hill.

Malham Cove, Grassington Lead Mines, and Brimham Rocks are great places to visit near Kearton if you like geological features.

The area around Kearton features a number of interesting castles including Skipton Castle, Richmond Castle, and Bolton Castle.

The area around Kearton's best old mines can be found at Grassington Lead Mines.

There are a several good country parks in the area around Kearton like Brimham Rocks.

There are a number of parks near Kearton including 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 Kearton like Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden.

Schoolboys Tower, Jubilee Cave, and Victoria Cave are great places to visit near Kearton if you like ancient sites.

Kearton History

There are some historic monuments around Kearton:

• A cup and groove marked rock, east of Woodclose Gill, 645m north east of Black Hill Gate, Barningham Moor
• Ring cairn at the northern end of Scale Knoll Allotment, 750m WNW of Haythwaite
• Linear earthwork at High Harker Hill
• Grinton ore hearth lead smelt mill, flue, fuel store and associated earthworks
• Carved rocks, cairnfield and rubble banks on the terrace south of Scale Knoll Allotment, immediately east of Black Hill Gate, Barningham Moor
• Prehistoric carved rocks and associated remains including cairns and a field system 800m south of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• A cairn and a rubble bank in Scale Knoll Allotment, 510m WSW of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Ring cairn 350m east of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Ring cairn at Cogden Gill, south east of Grinton Lodge
• Maiden Castle prehistoric defended settlement and adjacent round barrow
• Gunnerside Gill lead mines and ore works
• A rock with a cup and a groove, in the south west corner of Scale Knoll Allotment, 790m south east of Far East Hope, Barningham Moor
• Ring cairn on Fremington Edge 650m north east of White House
• Sir Francis Level ore works, Gunnerside Gill, west of Winterings Pastures
• Prehistoric enclosure on the west side of Scale Knoll Gill, 400m WSW of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• A carved rock and boulder walling, near the south wall of Scale Knoll Allotment, 500m north east of Black Hill Gate
• Prehistoric settlement and associated remains including carved rocks and a stone circle 400m north west of How Tallon Cairn, Barningham Moor
• Cairn south of Cross Gill, 645m south east of Black Hill Gate, Barningham Moor
• Cobscar calamine house on Cobscar Rake, 770m east of Cobscar Mill
• Carperby market cross
• Ring cairn on Thorny Bank Hill
• Linear earthwork at Harker Mires
• Ring cairn at Cogden Gill, 200m south of Grinton Lodge
• Bowl barrow at Swale Hall
• A rock with cups and rings in Scale Knoll Allotment, 790m WSW of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• A cairn on the summit of a knoll, in the southwest corner of Scale Knoll Allotment,800m south east of Far East Hope, Barningham Moor
• Dyke 220yds (200m) W of Dyke House
• A cairn, a carved rock, and a rubble bank, in the south west corner of Scale Knoll Allotment, 800m south east of Far East Hope, Barningham Moor
• Cobscar Mill ore hearth lead smeltmill, flue and chimney
• Cairn on Addlebrough Hill including cup marked boulders.
• Embanked small stone circle at Harker Mires on Harkerside Moor
• Cairnfield partly enclosed by a bank, on the east side of Woodclose Gill, Scale Knoll Allotment, Barningham Moor, 550m south of Hurst Hill
• Carved rock north of Washbeck Green, 570m south of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Stone circle north east of Thackthwaite Beck
• A cairn on a knoll east of Woodclose Gill, in Scale Knoll Allotment, 785m north east of Black Hill Gate
• A cairn and a carved rock on a prominent knoll, south of the road from Barningham to East Hope, 690m WSW of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Ring cairn 580m west of Askrigg church
• How Hill, Low Whita late prehistoric defended settlement site
• Deserted medieval village
• How Tallon round barrow and cup marked stones
• The Blakethwaite Dams
• Two adjacent ring cairns on Riddings Rigg, Reeth Low Moor
• Arkle Beck stone circle
• Bainbridge slight univallate hillfort
• Ring cairn on Fremington Edge Top
• A cup marked rock with 13 cups and a groove, on a knoll in Scale Knoll Allotment, 700m north east of Black Hill Gate, Barningham Moor
• Prehistoric enclosure 530m and a rubble bank 500m east of Haythwaite in Scale Knoll Allotment, Barningham Moor
• Bow Bridge 90m east of Bowbridge Hill
• Cairn on the summit of Arndale Hill, Hope Moor
• Cairn near the summit of a low ridge, 850m south west of Cocker Stake Nook, Hope Moor
• Dyke 270yds (250m) E of Dyke House
• Carved rock and prehistoric enclosure on west side of Scale Knoll Gill, 410m south west of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Bainbridge Roman fort and annexe
• A cairn and a carved rock west of Cowclose Gill, in Scale Knoll Allotment, 460m west of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• A cairn, east of Scale Knoll Allotment, 260m south west of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Penhill Knights Templar preceptory and earlier field system at Temple Farm
• Ring cairn and adjacent round cairn on Low Moor, 460m NNW of High Eskeleth
• Ox Close small stone circle, Nab End
• Lead mines, ore works and smeltmills at Old Gang on Reeth High Moor
• A rock with three grooves and five cups with rings, in Scale Knoll Allotment, 800m WSW of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• A carved rock between The Stang Forest boundary wall and Woodclose Gill, 750m south east of Far East Hope, Barningham Moor
• Lead mines and smeltmills at Moulds Side west of Langthwaite
• Blakethwaite Smelt Mill and dressing floors
• Two adjacent ring cairns on Low Moor, 310m north west of High Eskeleth
• Surrender lead smelt mill
• Bolton Castle
• Bolton Parks Lead Mine and ore works
• Cairn at West Moor Bottom, Mudbeck
• A carved rock with one cup, at the east side of Woodclose Gill, in Scale Knoll Allotment, 500m north east of Black Hill Gate, Barningham Moor