Skelton Green is a Village in the county of North Yorkshire.

Skelton Green postcode: TS12 2DG

Retail in Skelton Green

There are great places to visit near Skelton Green 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 great places to visit near Skelton Green if you like waterfalls.

There are a several good ruins in the Skelton Green 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.

Bolton Abbey, Rylstone Crag and Rylstone Cross, Culloden Tower, and Robin Hood's Well (Fountains) are great places to visit near Skelton Green if you like historic monuments.

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

There are a number of villages near Skelton Green including Pool-in-Wharfedale, Askrigg, Hardraw, West Burton, Bainbridge, Aysgarth, and Malham.

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

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

The area around Skelton Green features a number of interesting caves 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 some of Skelton Green best limestone pavements to visit near Skelton Green.

Mountains to visit near Skelton Green include Ingleborough.

The area around Skelton Green boasts some of the best cities including York, and Ripon.

Skelton Green 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.

Skelton Green has some unmissable hills nearby like Addlebrough, Embsay Crag, Rylstone Crag and Rylstone Cross, Warrendale Knotts, Giggleswick Scar, Blua Crags, and Sugar Loaf Hill.

The area around Skelton Green features a number of interesting geological features including Malham Cove, Grassington Lead Mines, and Brimham Rocks.

The area around Skelton Green boasts some of the best castles including Skipton Castle, Richmond Castle, and Bolton Castle.

Grassington Lead Mines is one of Skelton Green's best, nearby old mines to visit in Skelton Green.

The area close to Skelton Green boasts some of the best country parks including Brimham Rocks.

Don't miss Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden, Fountains Abbey (ruin), and Studley Royal Water Garden's parks if visiting the area around Skelton Green.

Don't miss Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden's gardens if visiting the area around Skelton Green.

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

Skelton Green History

There are some historic monuments around Skelton Green:

• Round barrow on Siss Cross Hill, 750m north west of Black Beck Swang
• Thorn Hill round cairn
• Round barrow 470m west of the western edge of North Ings Plantation
• Round barrow 730m south east of Bethal Slack and 850m south east of reservoir
• Percy Cross bowl barrow
• Wayside cross called Job Cross at Middle Heads on Danby Low Moor
• Round cairn on Newton Moor, 870m south east of Hanging Stone
• Round barrow at Dimmingdale, 265m north east of Dimmingdale Farm
• Unenclosed hut circle settlement on Gerrick Moor, 640m south west of Osborne House
• Pike Howe round cairns
• Round barrow 640m north west of Old Castle Hill, on Quaker's Causeway, south east of Black Howes
• Castleton castle mound
• Hill End round cairn
• Two round barrows 200m south of Belmanbank Gate
• Gisborough Priory Augustinian monastery: late Saxon settlement, cemetery, monastic precinct and dovecote
• Cup marked rock on Moorsholm Moor, 280m west of Dimmingdale Farm
• Four round barrows 420m north of North Ings
• Round barrow 550m south west of Lockwood Beck and 1.4km south west of Lockwood Beck reservoir
• Two round barrows on Three Howes Rigg, 560m SSE of White Cross
• Round barrow 340m south west of Belmanbank Gate
• World War I early warning acoustic mirror 650m north west of Bridge Farm
• Round barrow on Three Howes Rigg, 450m south east of White Cross
• Kilton Castle: tower keep castle 130m east of Castle Cottages
• Bowl barrow known as Hob on the Hill and another barrow 60m to the north of it
• One of four round barrows known as Robin Hood's Butts, 750m north east of Black Beck Swang
• Bronze Age enclosed urnfield on Moorsholm Moor, 300m west of Dimmingdale Farm
• Round barrow 540m north west of Wayworth Farm
• Round barrow 600m south west of Hob on the Hill
• Round barrow 570m north west of Box Hall
• Bronze Age enclosed urnfield and two adjacent round barrows on the summit of Siss Cross Hill
• White Cross wayside cross at the junction of the roads to Castleton and Commondale
• Round barrow 550m west of Baysdale Farm
• Manorial settlement, dovecote and fragment of field system, immediately north of Marske Inn Farm
• Round cairn on Newton Moor, 900m north east of Summer Hill Farm
• Medieval farmstead 420m east of Buck Rush Farm
• Kildale Moor earthwork
• Cairnfield on The Howe, Danby Low Moor, 330m north west of Howe Farm
• Two round barrows on Moorsholm Moor known as Black Howes
• Round barrow 300m west of the western edge of North Ings Plantation
• Round barrow 380m north of North Ings
• Round barrow 250m west of south western corner of North Ings Plantation
• Round barrow 680m north of North Ings
• Round barrow on Moorsholm Moor, 390m west of Dimmingdale Farm
• Late prehistoric settlement and field system on the southern edge of Commondale Moor, 450m north east of Wayworth Farm
• Kildale Moor round cairns
• Round barrow on Gerrick Moor known as Herd Howe
• Round barrow 400m west of Old Castle Hill
• Round barrow on Three Howes Rigg, 500m south east of White Cross
• One of four round barrows known as Robin Hood's Butts, 600m north east of Black Beck Swang
• Round barrow on Moorsholm Moor, 470m west of Dimmingdale Farm
• Commondale Moor cairn cemetery
• Sand Hill round cairn, 90m south of Coldman Hargos boundary stone
• Prehistoric cairnfield 700m south west of North Ings
• Round barrow 900m NNW of North Ings
• Cairnfield and round barrow cemetery 150m north of Carr House
• Round cairn, standing stone and associated enclosure 490m north west of White Cross
• Two round barrows 250m west of the western edge of North Ings Plantation
• Two round barrows on Patterson's Bank
• Percy Cross on Percy Cross Rigg 850m north east of Oak Tree Farm
• Two bowl barrows on Stanghow High Moor
• Cross ridge dyke north of North Ings Slack and west of Hob on the Hill tumulus
• Round barrow on Codhill Heights, 860m south east of Codhill Farm
• Two round cairns on Hutton Moor, 820m south east of Hanging Stone
• Round barrow on the summit of Siss Cross Hill
• Round barrow 700m north west of North Ings Slack and 1.14km south of reservoir
• Round barrow on Three Howes Rigg, 310m south east of White Cross
• Great Ayton Moor round cairns
• Round barrow 200m west of Airy Hill Farm
• Round barrow 550m south of Lockwood Beck on Quaker's Causeway, north of Black Howes
• Round barrow 360m south of Belmanbank Gate
• Round barrow 780m south west of Bethal Slack and 1.14km south west of reservoir
• Duck Bridge
• Danby Castle: a quadrangular castle
• Round barrow 590m north west of Box Hall
• Round barrow 150m west of the western edge of North Ings Plantation
• Round barrow 670m south west of the south west corner of North Ings Plantation
• Medieval settlement and open field system at Kilton Thorpe
• Huntcliffe Guibal fan house
• Round barrow 490m north of North Ings
• Two round barrows 690m south of Bethal Slack and 980m south of reservoir
• Round barrow 415m south of Belmanbank Gate
• Round barrow on Gerrick Moor, one of four known as Robin Hood's Butts, 680m north west of Black Beck Swang
• Two round barrows 600m NNE of the north east corner of North Ings Plantation
• Gallow Howe cairnfield, 270m east of Ivy Hall
• Two round cairns on Newton Moor, 850m north east of Summer Hill Farm
• Three round barrows 800m south of Belmanbank Gate
• Two round barrows on the summit of Haw Rigg, 370m south east of Job Cross
• Defended prehistoric settlement site, 280m north east of Box Hall
• Round barrow on Haw Rigg 550m south east of Job Cross
• Late prehistoric enclosed settlement and sub-rectangular enclosure on Gerrick Moor, 710m south west of Osbourne House
• Cairnfield at Codhill Slack, 670m north east of Percy Cross, including a ring cairn, round barrow and standing stone
• Oval barrow on Elm Ledge, 900m north of Clither Beck Farm
• Round barrows E of Lounsdale Plantation, Kildale Moor
• Round cairns SSW of West House
• Round barrow on Elm Ledge, 720m north of Clither Beck Farm
• Round barrow 970m NNW of North Ings
• Unenclosed hut circle settlement at Dimmingdale, 300m north west of Dimmingdale Farm
• Round barrow on the summit of Brown Hill
• Round barrow at Stony Ruck, 520m south of Freebrough Farm
• Cairnfield and two round barrows 500m north west of Sleddale
• Kildale Hall Garth: a medieval manor house complex west of St Cuthbert's Church
• Crown End prehistoric settlements, field systems and associated features
• One of four round barrows known as Robin Hood's Butts and adjacent enclosed Bronze Age urnfield, 530m north east of Black Beck Swang
• Round cairn on Newton Moor, 840m north east of Summer Hill Farm
• Round barrow 620m south of Belmanbank Gate
• Pike Howe round barrow on the southern end of Three Howes Rigg
• Round barrow on Gerrick Moor, 690m south west of Osborne House
• Cross dyke on Gerrick Moor, 690m north west of Black Beck Swang