Pickering
Pickering is a market and agricultural town in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, with the North York Moors rising behind. The town slumped from 1965 when it lost its railway, but this helped preserve its historic centre.Places of Interest
Highlights include Pickering Castle and Beck Isle Museum.
Pickering Castle
Castle
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Pickering Castle is a motte-and-bailey fortification in Pickering, North Yorkshire, England. The original castle was made of timber, and the later stone castle was a temporary prison for Richard II in 1399.
Beck Isle Museum
Museum
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The Beck Isle Museum of Rural Life is a social history museum in Pickering, North Yorkshire, England. The museum features period business displays including the shops of a barber, blacksmith, chemist, cobbler, cooper, printer, gentleman's draper, dairy, and hardware store.
Pickering railway station
Railway station
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Pickering railway station is the southern terminus of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway and serves the town of Pickering in North Yorkshire, England. The first railway arrived in Pickering from the north in 1836, however, it wasn't until the railway was connected from the south in 1845, that the current station was built.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thornton-le-Dale and Aislaby.
Thornton-le-Dale
Village
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Thornton-le-Dale is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, about 3 miles east of Pickering on the edge of the North York Moors National Park. Thornton-le-Dale is situated 2 miles southeast of Pickering.
Aislaby
Hamlet
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Aislaby is a hamlet and civil parish near the English town of Pickering, North Yorkshire. It lies on the A170 to the west of Pickering between Wrelton and Middleton.
Pickering
- Type: Locality
- Location: Ryedale District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.2486° or 54° 14′ 55″ northLongitude
-0.7741° or 0° 46′ 27″ westElevation
194 feet (59 metres)Open location code
9C6X66XG+C9GeoNames ID
7300811
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