Skipton is a Town in the county of North Yorkshire.
Skipton postcode: BD23 2
There are great places to visit near Skipton 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.
Skipton's best nearby waterfalls can be found at Catrigg Force, Lockin Garth Force, Whitfield Gill Force, Slape Wath Waterfall, Mill Gill Force, Cotter Force, and Aysgill Force.
The area around Skipton 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.
Don't miss Bolton Abbey, Culloden Tower, and Robin Hood's Well (Fountains)'s historic monuments if visiting the area around Skipton.
There are a several good hiking areas in the Skipton area like Deepdale, Cotterdale, Southerscales, Ingleton Waterfalls Trail, Swilla Glen, Baxenghyll Gorge, and Raven Ray.
Pool-in-Wharfedale, Askrigg, Hardraw, Malham, West Burton, Bainbridge, and Aysgarth are great places to visit near Skipton if you like villages.
The area around Skipton boasts some of the best rivers and streams including Whitfield Beck, Mill Gill, Hardraw Beck, River Wharfe, and Walden Beck at West Burton.
Hawes, Skipton, Grassington, Richmond, Middlesbrough, Harrogate, and Settle are great places to visit near Skipton if you like towns.
The area around Skipton boasts some of the best caves including Great Douk Cave, White Scar Cave, Yordas Cave, Janet's Cave, Gaping Gill, Horseshoe Cave, and Jubilee Cave.
Skipton has some unmissable limestone pavements nearby like Southerscales, Malham Cove, and Warrendale Knotts Limestone Pavement.
Skipton's best nearby geological features can be found at Malham Cove, and Brimham Rocks.
There are a several good mountains in the area around Skipton like Ingleborough.
York, and Ripon are great places to visit near Skipton if you like cities.
There are a several good historic buildings in the Skipton area like York Minster, Culloden Tower, and Beggar’s Bridge.
The area around Skipton features a number of interesting 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 Skipton if you like castles.
Don't miss Brimham Rocks's country parks if visiting the area around Skipton.
The area around Skipton boasts some of the best parks including Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden, Fountains Abbey (ruin), and Studley Royal Water Garden.
Places near Skipton feature a number of interesting gardens including Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden.
The area around Skipton features a number of interesting ancient sites including Schoolboys Tower, Jubilee Cave, and Victoria Cave.
Skipton History
There are some historic monuments around Skipton:
Places to see near Skipton
History of Skipton
One of the oldest mills in North Yorkshire, High Corn Mill is powered by the waters of Eller Beck, and dates to 1310 when it was owned by Robert de Clifford, 1st Baron de Clifford; at that point it was transferred to the powerful Clifford family by the then King Edward II. The mill as it appears today is only half of what used to exist when two mills were in operation to produce corn for the whole of Skipton. The mill has been completely redesigned, from the mill grounds to the buildings themselves. The outside walls of the mill have been sandblasted and the two main buildings of the old mill have been turned into flats from 2007 onwards, with one stand-alone building yet to be redesigned, touched or Sandblasted.
