Muker is a Village in the county of North Yorkshire.

Retail in Muker

There are great places to visit near Muker 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.

Catrigg Force, Lockin Garth Force, Whitfield Gill Force, Slape Wath Waterfall, Mill Gill Force, Cotter Force, and Aysgill Force are some of Muker best waterfalls to visit near Muker.

Don't miss 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's ruins if visiting the area around Muker.

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

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

Pool-in-Wharfedale, Askrigg, Hardraw, West Burton, Bainbridge, Aysgarth, and Malham are great places to visit near Muker if you like villages.

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

Towns to visit near Muker include Hawes, Skipton, Grassington, Richmond, Middlesbrough, Harrogate, and Settle.

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

Limestone Pavements to visit near Muker include Southerscales, Malham Cove, and Warrendale Knotts Limestone Pavement.

There are a number of mountains near to Muker including Ingleborough.

Cities to visit near Muker include York, and Ripon.

There are a several good historic buildings in the Muker area like York Minster, Marton House, Norton Tower (ruin), Church of St Peter - Rylstone, Culloden Tower, and Beggar’s Bridge.

There are a several good hills in the Muker area like Addlebrough, Embsay Crag, Rylstone Crag and Rylstone Cross, Warrendale Knotts, Giggleswick Scar, Blua Crags, and Sugar Loaf Hill.

There are a number of geological features near Muker including Malham Cove, Grassington Lead Mines, and Brimham Rocks.

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

Old Mines to visit near Muker include Grassington Lead Mines.

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

Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden, Fountains Abbey (ruin), and Studley Royal Water Garden are some of Muker best parks to visit near Muker.

The area close to Muker boasts some of the best gardens including Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden.

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

Muker History

There are some historic monuments around Muker:

• Blakethwaite Smelt Mill and dressing floors
• West Stonesdale lead mine and ore works
• Sargill ore hearth lead smelt mill, on North Rigg, 340m south east of Sargill Lead Mine
• Cairn at West Moor Bottom, Mudbeck
• William Gill 19th century colliery on Stonesdale Moor
• Gunnerside Gill lead mines and ore works
• Ring cairn 580m west of Askrigg church
• Cairn on Addlebrough Hill including cup marked boulders.
• Bainbridge Roman fort and annexe
• Bainbridge slight univallate hillfort
• The Blakethwaite Dams
• Cairn on Green Scar, 470m SE of New Bridge
• Bow Bridge 90m east of Bowbridge Hill
• Stony Raise cairn, Greenber Edge.
• Ring cairn on Force Ing, west of Whitfield Gill
• Gayle Mill, its outbuildings and associated water system
• Arkle Beck stone circle
• Beldi Hill Low Level lead mine and ore works
• Enclosures on Greenber Edge
• Sir Francis Level ore works, Gunnerside Gill, west of Winterings Pastures
• Moss Dam