Timble is a Village in the county of North Yorkshire.

Timble postcode: LS21 2NN

Retail in Timble

There are great places to visit near Timble 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.

The area around Timble features a number of interesting waterfalls including Catrigg Force, Lockin Garth Force, Whitfield Gill Force, Slape Wath Waterfall, Mill Gill Force, Cotter Force, and Aysgill Force.

The area around Timble 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.

Timble has some unmissable historic monuments nearby like 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 Timble best hiking areas to visit near Timble.

Villages to visit near Timble include Pool-in-Wharfedale, Askrigg, Hardraw, Malham, West Burton, Bainbridge, and Aysgarth.

Rivers and Streams to visit near Timble include 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 Timble.

The area around Timble features a number of interesting caves including Great Douk Cave, White Scar Cave, Yordas Cave, Janet's Cave, Gaping Gill, Horseshoe Cave, and Jubilee Cave.

There are a several good limestone pavements in the Timble area like Southerscales, Malham Cove, and Warrendale Knotts Limestone Pavement.

Geological Features to visit near Timble include Malham Cove, and Brimham Rocks.

Places near Timble feature a number of interesting mountains including Ingleborough.

Timble has some unmissable cities nearby like York, and Ripon.

The area around Timble boasts some of the best historic buildings including York Minster, Culloden Tower, and Beggar’s Bridge.

Timble's best nearby hills can be found at Addlebrough, Warrendale Knotts, Giggleswick Scar, Blua Crags, Sugar Loaf Hill, and Attermire Scar.

There are a several good castles in the Timble area like Skipton Castle, Richmond Castle, and Bolton Castle.

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

The area around Timble features a number of interesting parks including Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden, Fountains Abbey (ruin), and Studley Royal Water Garden.

Places near Timble feature a number of interesting gardens including Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden.

Don't miss Schoolboys Tower, Jubilee Cave, and Victoria Cave's ancient sites if visiting the area around Timble.

Timble History

There are some historic monuments around Timble:

• Carved rock in the wall at north edge of Otley Road north west of the Fleece Inn
• Cup, ring and groove marked rock on south slope of High Black Hill, 350m east of the shooting shelter in Middleton Moor Enclosure
• Rock with one cup mark east of the plantation on Weston Moor 380m north west of Weston Moor Cottage
• Two cup marked rocks near track, 180m east of triangulation pillar on Shooting House Hill, Askwith Moor
• Rock with a complex design of small cup marks and shallow grooves south of Foldshaw Ridge, 440m south of the shooting shelter, Middleton Moor
• Rock with cup marks 33m north east of Green Crag Enclosure
• Cup and ring marked rock 90m WSW of Gill Head Reservoir
• Rock with seven cup marks enclosed by a groove south of Foldshaw Ridge, 490m south of shooting shelter, Middleton Moor
• Cup marked rock in field south of Stead Hall Farm
• Cup and groove marked rock in garden of Oakwood Barn, High Eldwick
• Cup marked rock 230m south of and above White Wells
• Large flat rock with single cup mark 20m north west of enclosure on Woofa Bank
• Rock with at least three cup marks and a basin 100m south of Eastwood Farm, Dacre Banks
• Site of Roman Fort, Ilkley.
• Rock with at least two cup marks south east of cairnfield on Snowden Carr, 720m SSE of Crag House
• New Bridge
• Rock with complex pattern of cup, ring and groove marks in wall 250m south of Far High Westcliff
• Two fragments of carved bedrock east of Crocodile Rock, near west end of Hangingstones Quarry
• Carved rock with rounded triangular profile 48m NNW of enclosure on Woofa Bank
• Cup and ring marked rock known as the Knotties Stone on Otley Chevin, 270m north east of The Royalty public house
• Enclosed settlement containing three carved rocks known as Backstone Beck Enclosure
• Carved rock 70m south west of Gill Head Reservoir
• Grooved rock on slope at Lanshaw
• Large cup marked rock west of Green Crag Enclosure
• Cup and ring marked rock 16m north west of wall junction, 225m south of Far High Westcliff
• Rock with large oval cup east of plantation on Weston Moor 830m WSW of Dob Park House Farm
• Roman period native settlement in Poolscar Wood, 350m south of Stubbings Farm
• Cup, ring and groove marked rock south of track on Weston Moor 500m WNW of Weston Moor Cottage
• Small cairnfield with carved rocks north of the plantation on Weston Moor centred 730m north west of Weston Moor Cottage
• Cup, ring and groove marked rock known as the Fertility Stone in wall 110m north of Eastwoods Farm, Dacre Banks
• Carved rock in strip of trees on north side of track from Stead to Burley in Wharfedale
• Cup marked rock 42m west of gate near Dob Park Bridge, adjacent to track on south bank of River Washburn
• Rock with two cup marks south east of quarry at Cow and Calf Rocks
• Rock with at least 33 cup marks, some enclosed by grooves, at top of slope between fence and Snowden Beck in Ellers Wood, Dob Park, 600m NE of Midge Hall
• Cup, ring and groove marked rock, 400m west of Carr Farm
• Cup-marked rock in stone quarry on Stocks Hill
• Cairnfield, carved rocks and associated curved bank at north west end of Green Crag Slack, east of Gill Head Reservoir
• Carved rock and two cairns 180m ESE of the shooting shelter, Middleton Moor Enclosure
• Carved rock at east end of disused rifle range
• Cup marked rock near gate in enclosed pasture on Snowden Carr, 460m south west of Washburn Farm
• Large rock with single cup mark at point where path through Green Crag Enclosure reaches top of slope
• Cup and groove marked rock, 310m north east of the shooting shelter in Middleton Moor Enclosure
• Carved rock below Snowden Crags on Snowden Carr, 100m south of Crag House
• Carved rock and associated prehistoric walling above Backstone Beck, 200 WNW of Gill Head Reservoir
• Cup marked rock in boulder walling between Southpiece Cottage and Bleach Mill
• Rock with at least eight cups south of track on Weston Moor 480m WNW of Weston Moor Cottage
• Small cairn north east of large cairn on Hawksworth Moor
• Enclosure, fieldwalls and cairnfield, including seven carved rocks and an upright stone.
• Cup, ring and groove marked rock west of the path between Black Hill and Loftshaw Gill, 300m NNE of the shooting shelter in Middleton Moor Enclosure
• Enclosure 50m north east of Horncliff Slade on Hawksworth Moor
• Rock with three groove and three cup marks in base of wall east of track and 50m south of High Hood Gap, Heyshaw
• Rock with one cup mark 200m north of Low Hood Gap, Heyshaw
• Cup and ring marked rock at Faweather Farm, High Eldwick
• Cup, ring and groove marked rock near gate in enclosed pasture on Snowden Carr, 350m south of Low Hill Farm
• Rock with five cups near Haystack Rock
• Otley Bridge
• Cairn 6m in diameter south of track east of plantation on Weston Moor 300m WNW of Weston Moor Cottage
• Enclosures, small cairnfield and carved rocks on Pancake Ridge
• Rock with complex carving south west of a wall junction, 265m SSW of Far High Westcliff
• Rock with one large cup mark, 230m east of the triangulation pillar on Shooting House Hill, 610m SSW of Crag House
• Cairnfield, enclosures, boulder walling, hollow way and carved rocks towards edge of Snowden Carr centred at 370m south east of Crag House
• Rock with cup marks enclosed by grooves at north east end of ridge, south of Snowden Beck in Ellers Wood, Dob Park, 420m north of Low Park
• Rock with one cup mark near boundary between Askwith Moor and Denton Moor, 590m ESE of Dunkirk
• Small cairn and carved rock on ridge at Lanshaw overlooking Woofa Bank
• Carved rock with multiple rings in path above the Cow and Calf Hotel, 180m west of Highfield House
• Rock with cup, ring and groove marks in the west side of Guisecliff Wood, 420m south east of Far High Westcliff
• Cairn and carved rock on High Black Hill, 410m ENE of the shooting shelter in Middleton Moor Enclosure
• Cup and groove marked rock on flat ground south of Foldshaw Ridge, 510m SSW of the shooting shelter, Middleton Moor
• Gatepost with cup marks and grooves 350m SSE of West Moor House, at side of road 500m west of Bow Beck
• Cup and ring marked rock 10m south of West Rock
• Rock with at least two cups and a groove east of the plantation on Weston Moor 450m north west of Weston Moor Cottage
• Carved rock on Cranshaw Thorn Hill above Ilkley Crags, 465m west of Gill Head Reservoir
• Rock with one or two cup marks near derelict walling below outcrop in enclosed pasture on Snowden Carr, 350m west of Carr Farm
• Cup and ring marked rock at Lanshaw; 1km WSW of High Cragg Farm
• Bank Slack (camp)
• Roman period native settlement in Danefield Wood, 490m south west of Stubbings Farm
• Cup, ring and groove marked rock in enclosed pasture on Snowden Carr, 500m south east of Crag House
• Section of rubble walling east of Grammar School Cairn, on Cranshaw Thorn Hill
• Rock with cup marks and grooves near boundary between Askwith Moor and Denton Moor, 600m east of Dunkirk
• Rock with one large cup mark on the south slope of High Black Hill, 330m east of the shooting shelter in Middleton Moor Enclosure
• Cup and grooved marked rock in tree line between New Close Quarry and Poppling Well Beck, 280m south west of Whitbeck Manor
• Two adjacent carved rocks and associated rubble bank at top of ridge at Lanshaw overlooking Woofa Bank
• Two carved rocks south of Snowden Beck in Ellers Wood, Dob Park, 570m south east of Carr Farm
• Two cairns on Hawksworth Moor, one with an internal cist
• Cup marked rock lying 200m south of and above White Wells
• Rock with three cupmarks west of West Rock and 225m south of White Wells
• Cup and Ring marked rock known as the Hanging Stone Rock
• Rock with five or more cups south of track on Weston Moor 300m WNW of Weston Moor Cottage
• Large rock with single cup mark 130m south east of and overlooking Green Crag Enclosure
• Cairnfield with linear banks and carved rocks stretching from Woofa Bank to Green Crag
• Cup and groove marked rock, 700m north east of Whin Hill Farm, Askwith Moor
• Rock with at least two cup marks on Hollin Tree Hill, 840m NNE of Whin Hill Farm, Askwith Moor
• Carved rock on Pelstone Crag 530m west of Danefield House
• Cairn on Hawksworth Moor; largest one of a group of cairns
• Three carved fragments of gritstone outcrop in enclosed pasture on Snowden Carr, 500m south west of Washburn Farm
• Ring cairn 90m ESE of the Great Skirtful of Stones
• Carved rock 80m east of Green Crag Enclosure
• Rock with parallel grooves 95m west of flag post on Craven Hall Hill
• Two carved rocks south of derelict grouse butt, 840m SSW of Crag House
• Cairnfield with rubble banks and carved rocks above Stead Crag
• Cup and ring marked rock on Little Alms Cliff
• Cup and groove marked rock 32m south west of wall near Stead Crag
• Cup marked rock 640m north east of Whin Hill Farm, Askwith Moor
• Rock with single cup mark near south east edge of gas pipeline, Snowden Carr, 430m SSE of Crag House, Askwith Moor
• Two carved rocks on northern slope of ridge at Lanshaw overlooking Woofa Bank
• Rock with two large cup marks on slope west of enclosure on Woofa Bank
• Cup and ring marked rock 300m NNW of Gill Head Reservoir
• Rock with one cup mark, 290m S of Crag House, Askwith Moor
• Rock with one cup mark in track at east end of Foldshaw Ridge, 480m SSE of the shooting shelter in Middleton Moor Enclosure
• Two carved rocks at the west corner of Raven Stones Plantation on Rocking Moor, 400m west of Brae
• Cup, ring and groove marked rock in wall 220m south of Far High Westcliff
• Small cup marked rock at eastern edge of a hollow 125m south east of the enclosure on Woofa Bank
• Cup marked rock on slope south of Green Crag Enclosure
• Thornthwaite packhorse bridge, 140m north east of Church House
• Carved rock between Backstone Beck and the path to Gillhead 365m south west of Gill Head Reservoir
• Carved rock in a valley on south side of Cranshaw Thorn Hill 460m WSW of Gill Head Reservoir
• Cairnfield and carved rocks on Snowden Carr 670m south west of Low Hall Farm
• Partially quarried cup and groove marked rock between track and wall at east end of Foldshaw Ridge, 470m south of the shooting shelter, Middleton Moor
• Cup and groove marked rock east of New Close Quarry, 300m south west of Whitbeck Manor
• Ring cairn 475m south east of the Great Skirtful of Stones
• Bedrock with cup, ring and possible groove marks 45m south west of Eastwoods Farm, Dacre Banks
• Two cup marked rocks forming part of a group of prominent rocks known as Raven Stones on Rocking Moor, 500m WSW of Brae
• Cup and ring marked rock at Lanshaw; easternmost of Lanshaw group
• Cairn known as the Little Skirtful of Stones
• Cup, ring and groove marked rock near ford across Whinthorn Ridge Gill in Middleton Moor Enclosure, 430m NNE of March Ghyll Reservoir
• Cup and ring marked rock on ridge 520m south of triangulation pillar on Shooting House Hill, Askwith Moor
• Cairn known as the Great Skirtful of Stones
• Cairn on west flank of High Black Hill, 210m ENE of the shooting shelter in Middleton Moor Enclosure
• Rock with single cup near wall at Stead Crag
• Carved rock known as Pepperpot Rock and adjacent small carved rock west of West Rock and 215m south of White Wells
• Rock with one cup mark and two short grooves, south of Snowden Beck in Ellers Wood, Dob Park, 570m south east of Carr Farm
• Cup marked rock on slope, 480m ENE of the shooting shelter in Middleton Moor Enclosure
• Rock with at least seven cup marks at edge of track on Stoop Hill, 890m SSE of triangulation point on Shooting House Hill, Askwith Moor
• Cup and groove marked rock in boulder walling between Southpiece Cottage and Bleach Mill
• Enclosure with carved rocks and disturbed cairn known as Green Crag Enclosure
• Carved rock near north east corner of the plantation on Weston Moor 550m north west of Weston Moor Cottage
• Cup marked rock 200m west of Cow and Calf Hotel
• A 17th century park lodge known as Dobpark Lodge in Dob Park, near Otley
• Cup marked rock north of track at east end of Foldshaw Ridge, 470m SSE of the shooting shelter in Middleton Moor Enclosure
• Enclosure on Woofa Bank with 11 carved rocks and one upright stone
• Carved rock known as Planets Rock 180m north east of the Gill Head Reservoir
• Cup and groove marked rock on south slope of High Black Hill, 750m north of March Ghyll Reservoir, Middleton Moor Enclosure
• Medieval royal hunting lodge known as John of Gaunt's Castle, immediately north west of Haverah Park Top
• Striated cup marked rock 20m west of enclosure on Woofa Bank
• Cup marked rock with triangular groove 75m east of enclosure on Woofa Bank
• Carved rock on Cranshaw Thorn Hill above Ilkley Crags, 560m west of Gill Head Reservoir
• Rock with cup marks, rings and grooves near derelict grouse butt, 440m SE of triangulation pillar on Shooting House Hill, Askwith Moor
• Two cup marked rocks in path south east of quarry at Cow and Calf Rocks
• Cup marked rock on low knoll west of and overlooking Cow and Calf Hotel
• Cairn west of Craven Hall Hill
• Westernmost of two carved rocks under Green Crag west of gas pipeline
• Rock with at least 30 cup marks and some grooves near north east end of ridge, south of Snowden Beck in Ellers Wood, Dob Park, 400m north of Low Park
• Two cup marked rocks 220m west of Highfield House
• Cup and ring marked rock between track and grouse butt north of Dryas Dike, 620m south of the shooting shelter, Middleton Moor
• Twelve Apostles stone circle, Burley Moor
• Grubstones stone circle
• Cairn 7m in diameter north of track east of plantation on Weston Moor 450m WNW of Weston Moor Cottage
• Large carved boulder on eminence between two streams east of Barmishaw Well
• Cup and ring marked rock in Wharfemeadows Park, 280m west of Newall Hall
• Anti-aircraft gunsite 280m east of Carlton Hall