Wigginton is a Village in the county of North Yorkshire.

Retail in Wigginton

There are great places to visit near Wigginton 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.

Don't miss Catrigg Force, Lockin Garth Force, Whitfield Gill Force, Slape Wath Waterfall, Mill Gill Force, Cotter Force, and Aysgill Force's waterfalls if visiting the area around Wigginton.

There are a several good ruins in the Wigginton 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.

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

There are a number of hiking areas near Wigginton including Deepdale, Cotterdale, Southerscales, Ingleton Waterfalls Trail, Swilla Glen, Baxenghyll Gorge, and Raven Ray.

The area around Wigginton features a number of interesting villages including Pool-in-Wharfedale, Askrigg, Hardraw, Malham, West Burton, Bainbridge, and Aysgarth.

Rivers and Streams to visit near Wigginton include Whitfield Beck, Mill Gill, Hardraw Beck, River Wharfe, and Walden Beck at West Burton.

The area around Wigginton boasts some of the best towns including Hawes, Skipton, Grassington, Richmond, Middlesbrough, Harrogate, and Settle.

There are a several good caves in the Wigginton area like 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 Wigginton area like Southerscales, Malham Cove, and Warrendale Knotts Limestone Pavement.

Malham Cove, and Brimham Rocks are great places to visit near Wigginton if you like geological features.

The area close to Wigginton boasts some of the best mountains including Ingleborough.

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

Wigginton has some unmissable historic buildings nearby like York Minster, Culloden Tower, and Beggar’s Bridge.

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

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

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

There are a several good parks in the Wigginton area like Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden, Fountains Abbey (ruin), and Studley Royal Water Garden.

There are a number of gardens near to Wigginton including Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden.

There are a number of ancient sites near Wigginton including Schoolboys Tower, Jubilee Cave, and Victoria Cave.

Wigginton History

There are some historic monuments around Wigginton:

• Standing tower and below ground remains of St Lawrence's Church and associated burial ground
• 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
• 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
• Merchant's Hall, Fossgate
• Ringwork and bailey immediately south of St Helen and Holy Cross Church
• Icehouse 75m north west of Sutton Hall
• Medieval stone town house known as The Norman House to the rear of Nos 48 and 50 Stonegate
• Deserted village of Marton in the Forest
• St Peter's Hospital, part of undercroft beneath the Theatre Royal
• Moated site known as The Rush
• Roman camp on Bootham Stray, 450m north east of Moor Farm
• Nether Poppleton medieval moated site, fishponds and earthworks around and associated with St Everilda's Church
• South angle tower of Roman fortress
• York Minster cathedral precinct: including Bootham Bar and the length of City Walls extending round the precinct up to Monk Bar
• Siwards How, south east of the water tower, Heslington Hill
• Augustinian nunnery known as Moxby Priory including mill and post Dissolution garden features
• St Mary's Abbey
• St Mary's Abbey precinct walls
• Roman camp on Huntington South Moor, 300m east of Huntington Grange
• World War II bombing decoy 500m east of Bland's Plantation
• Cold War period Royal Observer Corps Group Headquarters, Howe Hill
• Fulford cross, 200m south west of the barracks
• Roman camp on Clifton Moor, 275m NNE of Moor Farm
• Sheriff Hutton quadrangular castle and early garden earthworks
• St George's medieval chapel 120m south of York Castle
• Lamel Hill (Anglo-Saxon tumulus)