North Yorkshire
Hambleton
Well

Well

Well is a small village and civil parish in the county of , England. It is about 4 miles south of , near . The village is situated at the edge of a limestone escarpment that overlooks the Vale of Mowbray.
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Photo: David Rogers, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Village with 244 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in Hambleton, North Yorkshire, England
  • Also known as: “Well, North Yorkshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St Michael, Well and Snape Castle.

Church
Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Castle
Photo: Alison Stamp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a semi-fortified manor house in the village of , , England. The castle is 3 miles south of and 10 miles north of . is situated 1½ miles north of Well.

Archaeological site
Photo: Tony Newbould, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The are an ancient monument complex that includes the three aligned henges that give the site its name. They are located on a raised plateau above the near the village of in , . is situated 2 miles southeast of Well.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nosterfield and Snape.

Hamlet
Photo: Cyberdemon007, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet within the civil parish of in the county of , England formerly used for quarrying. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Richmondshire, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

Village
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is a large village in the civil parish of in the county of , England, located about 3 miles south of and 3 miles west of the A1 motorway, it has a population of 350.

Hamlet
is a hamlet in the civil parish of , , England. The hamlet is just to the north of the A6108 road, being 1.25 miles north west of West Tanfield, and 2 miles south east of . is situated 1½ miles southwest of Well.

Well

Latitude
54.2319° or 54° 13′ 55″ north
Longitude
-1.59136° or 1° 35′ 29″ west
Population
244
Elevation
157 feet (48 metres)
Open location code
9C6W6CJ5+QF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 530857909
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2634588
Wiki­data ID
Q3417303
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Turkish—“Well” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Well (parokya sa Hiniusang Gingharian, Inglatera, North Yorkshire)”
  • Cebuano: “Well”
  • Dutch: “Well”
  • French: “Well”
  • Irish: “Well”
  • Japanese: “ウェル”
  • Ladin: “Well (North Yorkshire)”
  • Ladin: “Well”
  • Polish: “Well”
  • Russian: “Уэлл”
  • Swedish: “Well, North Yorkshire”
  • Swedish: “Well”
  • Turkish: “Well, North Yorkshire”
  • “Well”

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Highlights include Well Village Playing Field and Low Park Wood.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Well”. Photo: David Rogers, CC BY-SA 2.0.