Stockton-on-the-Forest
Stockton-on-the-Forest is a locality in York, England. Stockton-on-the-Forest is situated nearby to the hamlet Warthill, as well as near Towthorpe.Places of Interest
Highlights include Holy Trinity and Strensall Common.
Strensall Common
Heath
Strensall Common is 1,430 acres of common land to the east of the village of Strensall, in the City of York, England. The land is recognised as an SSSI and a Special Area of Conservation, with much of it being owned and maintained by the Ministry of Defence, which has a rifle range on its southern edge.
Queen Elizabeth Barracks
Military installation
Photo: Gareth Foster, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Queen Elizabeth Barracks is a British Army installation in Strensall, North Yorkshire, England. It opened in the 1880s, and since 2016, it has been under threat of closure, but was reprieved in 2024.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Haxby and Strensall.
Haxby
Town
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Haxby is a town and civil parish in the City of York, a unitary authority area in the English county of North Yorkshire. According to the 2001 Census, the parish had a population of 8,754, which reduced to 8,428 at the 2011 Census. Haxby is situated 3 miles west of Stockton-on-the-Forest.
Strensall
Village
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Strensall is a village in the Strensall with Towthorpe civil parish in the unitary authority of the City of York in North Yorkshire, England, on the River Foss north of York and north-east of Haxby. Strensall is situated 2½ miles northwest of Stockton-on-the-Forest.
Huntington
Village
Photo: C G Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Huntington is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of City of York in North Yorkshire, England. It is part of the Huntington & New Earswick ward and lies on the River Foss, to the north of York and the south of Strensall. Huntington is situated 2½ miles west of Stockton-on-the-Forest.
Stockton-on-the-Forest
- Type: Locality
- Location: York, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.009° or 54° 0′ 32″ northLongitude
-0.9978° or 0° 59′ 52″ westElevation
56 feet (17 metres)Open location code
9C6X2252+HWGeoNames ID
7299723
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