Langthwaite is a Village in the county of North Yorkshire.

Langthwaite postcode: DL11 6RE

Retail in Langthwaite

There are great places to visit near Langthwaite 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.

The area around Langthwaite boasts some of the best waterfalls including Catrigg Force, Lockin Garth Force, Whitfield Gill Force, Slape Wath Waterfall, Mill Gill Force, Cotter Force, and Aysgill Force.

The area around Langthwaite features a number of interesting ruins including 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 Langthwaite features a number of interesting historic monuments including Bolton Abbey, Culloden Tower, and Robin Hood's Well (Fountains).

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

There are a several good villages in the Langthwaite area like Pool-in-Wharfedale, Askrigg, Hardraw, Malham, West Burton, Bainbridge, and Aysgarth.

Langthwaite's best nearby rivers and streams can be found at 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 Langthwaite.

Caves to visit near Langthwaite include Great Douk Cave, White Scar Cave, Yordas Cave, Janet's Cave, Gaping Gill, Horseshoe Cave, and Jubilee Cave.

Langthwaite's best nearby limestone pavements can be found at Southerscales, Malham Cove, and Warrendale Knotts Limestone Pavement.

Geological Features to visit near Langthwaite include Malham Cove, and Brimham Rocks.

Mountains to visit near Langthwaite include Ingleborough.

There are a several good cities in the Langthwaite area like York, and Ripon.

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

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

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

Country Parks to visit near Langthwaite include Brimham Rocks.

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

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

There are a number of ancient sites near Langthwaite including Schoolboys Tower, Jubilee Cave, and Victoria Cave.

Langthwaite History

There are some historic monuments around Langthwaite:

• Scargill fortified house, medieval settlement and associated field system
• Ring cairn on Thorny Bank Hill
• 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
• How Tallon round barrow and cup marked stones
• Dyke 270yds (250m) E of Dyke House
• Lead mines, ore works and smeltmills at Old Gang on Reeth High Moor
• Prehistoric settlement and associated remains including carved rocks and a stone circle 400m north west of How Tallon Cairn, Barningham Moor
• Dyke 220yds (200m) W of Dyke House
• Marrick Cupola lead smeltmill, 160m east of Reels Head Farm
• Bowl barrow at Swale Hall
• A cairn and a rubble bank in Scale Knoll Allotment, 510m WSW of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Gunnerside Gill lead mines and ore works
• Bolton Castle
• Medieval chapel 350m south east of Castle Farm
• 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 calamine house on Cobscar Rake, 770m east of Cobscar Mill
• Late prehistoric walled settlement 200m south-south-east of East Mellwaters farmhouse
• Cairn near the summit of a low ridge, 850m south west of Cocker Stake Nook, Hope Moor
• A cup and groove marked rock, east of Woodclose Gill, 645m north east of Black Hill Gate, Barningham Moor
• Marrick Priory: a Benedictine nunnery and later parish church with fishponds, mill mound, ironworks, longhouse, trackways and an Iron-Age house platform
• A cairn on a knoll east of Woodclose Gill, in Scale Knoll Allotment, 785m north east of Black Hill Gate
• Cairn at West Moor Bottom, Mudbeck
• Ring cairn at Cogden Gill, south east of Grinton Lodge
• Arkle Beck stone circle
• Romano-British settlement site to the east and south-east of East Mellwaters farmhouse
• Embanked small stone circle at Harker Mires on Harkerside Moor
• 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
• Cairnfield partly enclosed by a bank, on the east side of Woodclose Gill, Scale Knoll Allotment, Barningham Moor, 550m south of Hurst Hill
• Two adjacent ring cairns on Riddings Rigg, Reeth Low Moor
• Roman signal station 190m north west of Vale House Farm
• Late prehistoric ditched, scarp-edge settlement 400m south-south-west of East Mellwaters farmhouse
• Maiden Castle prehistoric defended settlement and adjacent round barrow
• Bolton Parks Lead Mine and ore works
• Linear earthwork at Harker Mires
• How Hill, Low Whita late prehistoric defended settlement site
• A cairn, east of Scale Knoll Allotment, 260m south west of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Carved rock and cairn in Rowley Intake, 410m south east of Cowclose House, Barningham Moor
• A cairn and a carved rock west of Cowclose Gill, in Scale Knoll Allotment, 460m west of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Prehistoric carved rocks and associated remains including cairns and a field system 800m south of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Grinton ore hearth lead smelt mill, flue, fuel store and associated earthworks
• A carved rock and boulder walling, near the south wall of Scale Knoll Allotment, 500m north east of Black Hill Gate
• Prehistoric enclosure on the west side of Scale Knoll Gill, 400m WSW of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Roman shrine on Scargill Moor
• Sir Francis Level ore works, Gunnerside Gill, west of Winterings Pastures
• Carved rock north of Washbeck Green, 570m south of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Cairnfield on a small knoll at Badger Way Stoop, Barningham Moor
• A rock with three grooves and five cups with rings, in Scale Knoll Allotment, 800m WSW of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• 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
• Roman Fort (Lavatrae)
• Two adjacent ring cairns on Low Moor, 310m north west of High Eskeleth
• Carved rock and prehistoric enclosure on west side of Scale Knoll Gill, 410m south west of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Ring cairn and adjacent round cairn on Low Moor, 460m NNW of High Eskeleth
• Ring cairn on Fremington Edge Top
• Cobscar Mill ore hearth lead smeltmill, flue and chimney
• Cairn south of Cross Gill, 645m south east of Black Hill Gate, Barningham Moor
• A rock with cups and rings in Scale Knoll Allotment, 790m WSW of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Ring cairn at the northern end of Scale Knoll Allotment, 750m WNW of Haythwaite
• Ring cairn on Fremington Edge 650m north east of White House
• Cairn on the summit of Arndale Hill, Hope Moor
• Carved rock and Romano-British settlement known as Greystone, 250m south of Moorcock Farm, Barningham Moor
• Deserted medieval village
• Lead mines and smeltmills at Moulds Side west of Langthwaite
• Ring cairn at Cogden Gill, 200m south of Grinton Lodge
• 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
• Linear earthwork at High Harker Hill
• Prehistoric enclosure 530m and a rubble bank 500m east of Haythwaite in Scale Knoll Allotment, Barningham Moor
• 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
• Cairn on Holgate How
• Unenclosed settlement, 260m south east of Cowclose House, Barnigham Moor
• Ring cairn 350m east of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Surrender lead smelt mill
• Carved rocks, cairnfield and rubble banks on the terrace south of Scale Knoll Allotment, immediately east of Black Hill Gate, Barningham Moor
• Bowes Castle
• A carved rock between The Stang Forest boundary wall and Woodclose Gill, 750m south east of Far East Hope, Barningham Moor