Heads
Heads is a peak in Danby, Scarborough District, England and has an elevation of 1,010 feet. Heads is situated nearby to the locality Fairy Cross Plain, as well as near Little Fryup Head.Places of Interest
Highlights include Danby Castle and Danby railway station.
Danby Castle
Castle
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Danby Castle is a historic building in Danby, North Yorkshire, a village in England. The castle was first recorded in 1242, but it was in ruins by 1336, according to local tradition due to a fire and the reuse of its stone in constructing St Hilda's Church, Danby.
Danby railway station
Railway station
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Danby is a railway station on the Esk Valley Line, which runs between Middlesbrough and Whitby via Nunthorpe. The station, situated 15 miles 9 chains west of Whitby, serves the villages of Ainthorpe and Danby, North Yorkshire, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Botton and Houlsyke.
Botton
Village
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Botton is a small village within the North York Moors National Park in North Yorkshire, England which is mainly a Camphill Community for people with learning disabilities.
Houlsyke
Hamlet
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Houlsyke is a hamlet in the Glaisdale civil parish, in North Yorkshire, England. It is situated between Danby and Lealholm.It is not a large village or town. There is no separate official population figure published for Houlsyke in national census records.
Ainthorpe
Village
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Ainthorpe is a village in the civil parish of Danby in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated within the North York Moors National Park in the Esk Valley, a quarter of a mile south of Danby and 12 miles west of Whitby.
Heads
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,010 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: Danby, Scarborough District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.43758° or 54° 26′ 15″ northLongitude
-0.88678° or 0° 53′ 12″ westElevation
1,010 feet (308 metres)Open location code
9C6XC4Q7+27OpenStreetMap ID
node 11196481369OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakGeoNames ID
12610145
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