Sandsend Ness
Sandsend Ness is an old alum quarrying site close to Whitby in North Yorkshire, England. Beneath extensive deposits of grey pyritic shale a thin band of sideritic mudstone is present at this site and there is a further 6 metres of almost non-bituminous shale beneath it.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Scott Rimmer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mulgrave Castle and The Fox and Hounds Public House.
Mulgrave Castle
Ruins
Photo: Stephen Horncastle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mulgrave Castle refers to one of three structures on the same property in Lythe, near Whitby, North Yorkshire, England. One of these, known as the "old" or "ancient" castle, was by legend founded by Wada, a 6th-century ruler of Hälsingland. Mulgrave Castle is situated 2 miles southwest of Sandsend Ness.
The Fox and Hounds Public House
Restaurant
Photo: Dave.Dunford, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Fox and Hounds Public House is a restaurant, which is situated 1½ miles west of Sandsend Ness.
The Wishing Chair Cross cross base at junction of Stakesby Road and Westbourne Road
Wayside cross
Photo: Milestone Society, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Wishing Chair Cross cross base at junction of Stakesby Road and Westbourne Road is a wayside cross, which is situated 2½ miles southeast of Sandsend Ness.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sandsend and Lythe.
Sandsend
Village
Photo: Dave Eagle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sandsend is a small fishing village, near to Whitby in North Yorkshire, England. It forms part of the civil parish of Lythe. It is the birthplace of fishing magnate George Pyman.
Lythe
Village
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Lythe is a small village and large civil parish, in North Yorkshire, England, situated near Whitby within the North York Moors National Park. The name of the village derives from Old Norse and means hill or slope.
Goldsborough
Hamlet
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Goldsborough is a small hamlet in the civil parish of Lythe, North Yorkshire, England within the North York Moors National Park. It is situated a few miles west of Whitby. Goldsborough is situated 1½ miles west of Sandsend Ness.
Sandsend Ness
- Type: Locality
- Description: alum quarrying site in North Yorkshire, England
- Category: cape
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.51246° or 54° 30′ 45″ northLongitude
-0.67287° or 0° 40′ 22″ westOpen location code
9C6XG86G+XVOpenStreetMap ID
node 13298572512OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityGeoNames ID
2638555Wikidata ID
Q7416932
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Sandsend Ness” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sandsend Ness”
- Swedish: “Sandsend Ness”
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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 “Sandsend Ness”. Photo: Scott Rimmer, CC BY-SA 2.0.