Thornton
Thornton is a locality in East Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England. Thornton is situated nearby to the village Melbourne, as well as near the locality Ross Moor.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Allerthorpe Common and Pocklington Canal Walbut Bridge.
Allerthorpe Common
Nature reserve
Photo: Ian Lavender, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Allerthorpe Common is a Site of Special Scientific Interest and nature reserve in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is located close to the town of Pocklington.
Church of St Catherine
Church
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Catherine is situated 2½ miles northeast of Thornton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pocklington and Melbourne.
Pocklington
Photo: Keith Laverack, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pocklington is a market town and civil parish at the foot of the Yorkshire Wolds in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. At the 2021 United Kingdom census, its population was 10,123.
Melbourne
Village
Melbourne is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 8 miles west of the market town of Market Weighton and 4.5 miles south-west of the market town of Pocklington.
Storwood
Hamlet
Photo: Catherine Wilson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Storwood is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Cottingwith, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 6 miles south-west of Pocklington and lies to the south of the B1228 road on the south bank of the Pocklington Canal. Storwood is situated 3 miles west of Thornton.
Thornton
- Type: Locality
- Location: East Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.9035° or 53° 54′ 13″ northLongitude
-0.8507° or 0° 51′ 3″ westElevation
36 feet (11 metres)Open location code
9C5XW43X+CPGeoNames ID
7297354
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