Retail in Thornton-on-the-Hill
There are great places to visit near Thornton-on-the-Hill 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.
Catrigg Force, Lockin Garth Force, Whitfield Gill Force, Slape Wath Waterfall, Mill Gill Force, Cotter Force, and Aysgill Force are some of Thornton-on-the-Hill best waterfalls to visit near Thornton-on-the-Hill.
Thornton-on-the-Hill's best nearby ruins can be found at 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.
Historic Monuments to visit near Thornton-on-the-Hill include Bolton Abbey, Culloden Tower, and Robin Hood's Well (Fountains).
Deepdale, Cotterdale, Southerscales, Ingleton Waterfalls Trail, Swilla Glen, Baxenghyll Gorge, and Raven Ray are some of Thornton-on-the-Hill best hiking areas to visit near Thornton-on-the-Hill.
There are a several good villages in the Thornton-on-the-Hill area like Pool-in-Wharfedale, Askrigg, Hardraw, Malham, West Burton, Bainbridge, and Aysgarth.
Thornton-on-the-Hill has some unmissable rivers and streams nearby like Whitfield Beck, Mill Gill, Hardraw Beck, River Wharfe, and Walden Beck at West Burton.
The area around Thornton-on-the-Hill boasts some of the best towns including Hawes, Skipton, Grassington, Richmond, Middlesbrough, Harrogate, and Settle.
Great Douk Cave, White Scar Cave, Yordas Cave, Janet's Cave, Gaping Gill, Horseshoe Cave, and Jubilee Cave are great places to visit near Thornton-on-the-Hill if you like caves.
Limestone Pavements to visit near Thornton-on-the-Hill include Southerscales, Malham Cove, and Warrendale Knotts Limestone Pavement.
Thornton-on-the-Hill's best nearby geological features can be found at Malham Cove, and Brimham Rocks.
There are a number of mountains near to Thornton-on-the-Hill including Ingleborough.
The area around Thornton-on-the-Hill features a number of interesting cities including York, and Ripon.
Thornton-on-the-Hill's best nearby historic buildings can be found at York Minster, Culloden Tower, and Beggar’s Bridge.
Don't miss Addlebrough, Warrendale Knotts, Giggleswick Scar, Blua Crags, Sugar Loaf Hill, and Attermire Scar's hills if visiting the area around Thornton-on-the-Hill.
Don't miss Skipton Castle, Richmond Castle, and Bolton Castle's castles if visiting the area around Thornton-on-the-Hill.
Country Parks to visit near Thornton-on-the-Hill include Brimham Rocks.
There are a number of parks near Thornton-on-the-Hill including Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden, Fountains Abbey (ruin), and Studley Royal Water Garden.
Don't miss Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden's gardens if visiting the area around Thornton-on-the-Hill.
The area around Thornton-on-the-Hill features a number of interesting ancient sites including Schoolboys Tower, Jubilee Cave, and Victoria Cave.
Thornton-on-the-Hill History
There are some historic monuments around Thornton-on-the-Hill:
- Two round barrows on Yearsley Moor 260m SSE of High Lions' Lodge
- Round barrow on Sproxton Moor, 410m north of Tom Smith's Cross
- Square barrow on Scawton Moor, adjacent to the quarry between Snip Gill Slack and Sword Rigg Slack
- Rievaulx Abbey Cistercian monastery: inner and outer precinct, water-management works, agricultural features, enclosures and ancillary buildings
- Section of the Cleave Dyke system 45m east of the visitors' centre at Sutton Bank
- Augustinian nunnery known as Moxby Priory including mill and post Dissolution garden features
- Two round barrows on Yearsley Moor 550m south west of High Lions' Lodge
- Round barrow 150m north of Wombwell Arms
- Griff medieval settlement and Cistercian monastic grange, 400m west of Griff Farm
- Round barrow on Scawton Moor, 620m north west of High Lodge
- Round barrow 800m east of Windyridge Farm
- Round barrow 450m north west of Garbutt Farm
- Hood Hill motte and bailey
- Linear dyke known as Double Dikes, in Waterloo Plantation
- Round barrow on Yearsley Moor 230m SSE of High Lions' Lodge
- Medieval moated grange 160m south east of The Grange
- Two sections of the Cleave Dyke system, one known as the Casten Dike, and a round barrow south of Kilburn Moor Plantation
- Section of cross ridge dyke and earthworks in Roman Plantation, Oulston Moor
- Round barrow 330yds (300m) S of Barhouse Farm
- Section of the Cleave Dyke system 200m south east of Yorkshire Gliding Club
- Wayside cross known as Cooper Cross on Sutton Bank
- Round barrow 780m NNE of Waterloo Farm, the easternmost of three round barrows in Far Moor Plantation
- Studford Ring
- Round barrow 600m north west of Garbutt Farm
- Crayke Castle: a motte and bailey and later stone castle of the bishops of Durham, incorporating part of an Anglo-Saxon monastic cemetery
- Round barrow 230m east of Sutton Bank Farm
- Four round barrows on Yearsley Moor 200m south west of High Lions' Lodge
- Wayside cross base on south side of the churchyard wall at Scawton
- A bowl barrow at Howe Hill 130m south-south-west of St Felix's Church
- Round barrow on Yearsley Moor 400m south west of High Lions' Lodge
- Round barrow 710m NNE of Waterloo Farm, the southernmost of three round barrows in Far Moor Plantation
- Section of Cleave Dyke prehistoric boundary on Hambleton Down and World War II bombing decoy shelters north east and north of Garbutt Farm
- Round barrow on Yearsley Moor 330m SSW of High Lions' Lodge
- Round barrow 500m SSW of Coney Hill Farm
- Round barrow 810m NNE of Waterloo Farm, the northernmost of three round barrows in Far Moor Plantation
- Long Grain round barrows
- Round barrow 480m east of Yorkshire Gliding Club
- Section of cross ridge dyke and hollow way 200m north west of Pond Head Farm
- Dyke at the north eastern end of Stone Bridge Howl, 760m north west of Court House Farm
- Dropping Gill round cairns
- Round barrow 350m north west of Pond Head Farm
- Round barrow 450m south west of Coney Hill Farm
- Site of Marton Augustinian priory including mill, fishponds, and water meadows
- Double dykes on Painter Rigg
- Round barrow on Scawton Moor, 390m north east of High Lodge
- Section of the Cleave Dyke system, known as the Casten Dike, 300m ENE of Hambleton Inn
- Griff Cross, wayside cross 800m NNE of Griff Farm on the road from Helmsley to Rievaulx
- Two round barrows 200m NNE of Wombwell Arms
- Promontory fort at Roulston Scar
- Round barrow 500m WNW of Pond Head Farm
- Round barrow on Scawton Moor, 700m ENE of High Lodge
- Pry Rigg round barrows
- Round barrow 50m east of Windyridge Farm
- Round barrow 50m south east of Windyridge Farm
- Byland Abbey Cistercian monastery: monastic precinct, water-management earthworks, enclosures, ancillary buildings and quarries
- Round barrow in Cliff Plantation
- Medieval lordly residence immediately west of Church Farm
- Icehouse 75m north west of Sutton Hall
- Round barrow on Scawton Moor, 480m north east of High Lodge
- Byland Moor round cairns