Strensall is a Village in the county of North Yorkshire.

Strensall postcode: YO32 5UB

Retail in Strensall

There are great places to visit near Strensall 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.

There are a several good waterfalls in the Strensall area like 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 Strensall area like 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.

Strensall has some unmissable historic monuments nearby like Bolton Abbey, Rylstone Crag and Rylstone Cross, Culloden Tower, and Robin Hood's Well (Fountains).

The area around Strensall boasts some of the best hiking areas including 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 some of Strensall best villages to visit near Strensall.

Strensall'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 Strensall.

Strensall has some unmissable caves nearby like Great Douk Cave, White Scar Cave, Yordas Cave, Gaping Gill, Janet's Cave, Horseshoe Cave, and Jubilee Cave.

The area around Strensall features a number of interesting limestone pavements including Southerscales, Malham Cove, and Warrendale Knotts Limestone Pavement.

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

York, and Ripon are great places to visit near Strensall if you like cities.

There are a number of historic buildings near Strensall including York Minster, Marton House, Culloden Tower, and Beggar’s Bridge.

There are a several good hills in the Strensall 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 Strensall including Malham Cove, Grassington Lead Mines, and Brimham Rocks.

Skipton Castle, Richmond Castle, and Bolton Castle are some of Strensall best castles to visit near Strensall.

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

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

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

Gardens to visit near Strensall include Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden.

The area around Strensall boasts some of the best ancient sites including Schoolboys Tower, Jubilee Cave, and Victoria Cave.

Strensall History

There are some historic monuments around Strensall:

• Lamel Hill (Anglo-Saxon tumulus)
• York Castle: motte and bailey castle, tower keep castle (including Clifford's Tower), and site of part of Romano-British fort-vicus and Anglian cemetery
• Moated site known as The Rush
• South angle tower of Roman fortress
• Roman camp on Clifton Moor, 275m NNE of Moor Farm
• Augustinian nunnery known as Moxby Priory including mill and post Dissolution garden features
• St Mary's Abbey precinct walls
• City Walls, gates, posterns (not including the section from Bootham Bar to Monk Bar, N of the Minster, now part of National Monument No 13280), moats, mounds, Bayle (or Baile) Hill, St Leonard's Hospital and Merchant Taylor's Hall, Aldwark
• St Peter's Hospital, part of undercroft beneath the Theatre Royal
• Deserted village of Marton in the Forest
• Merchant's Hall, Fossgate
• St George's medieval chapel 120m south of York Castle
• Fulford cross, 200m south west of the barracks
• Siwards How, south east of the water tower, Heslington Hill
• Cold War period Royal Observer Corps Group Headquarters, Howe Hill
• Standing tower and below ground remains of St Lawrence's Church and associated burial ground
• Site of Marton Augustinian priory including mill, fishponds, and water meadows
• Roman camp on Bootham Stray, 450m north east of Moor Farm
• Medieval stone town house known as The Norman House to the rear of Nos 48 and 50 Stonegate
• St Leonard's Church and cross base adjacent to St Mary's Church
• Round barrow at Coronation Clump
• Roman camp on Huntington South Moor, 300m east of Huntington Grange
• Ringwork and bailey immediately south of St Helen and Holy Cross Church
• Icehouse 75m north west of Sutton Hall
• Site of deserted village of East Lilling
• York Minster cathedral precinct: including Bootham Bar and the length of City Walls extending round the precinct up to Monk Bar
• St Mary's Abbey
• Sheriff Hutton quadrangular castle and early garden earthworks