Thornton Common

Thornton Common is a locality in Thornton, East Yorkshire, England. Thornton Common is situated nearby to the locality Bownams, as well as near Hall Garth.

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.

Pocklington Canal Walbut Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Peter Church, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pocklington Canal Walbut Bridge is situated 2 miles southeast of Thornton Common.

Church of St Catherine

Church

Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of St Catherine is situated 2 miles northeast of Thornton Common.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Melbourne and Storwood.

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 southwest of Thornton Common.

Elvington

Village

Photo: Acombmate2114, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Elvington is a village and civil parish in the City of York, lying approximately 7 miles south-east of York, England, on the B1228 York-Howden road. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 1,212, it increased to 1,239 at the 2011 Census. Elvington is situated 3½ miles west of Thornton Common.

Thornton Common

Type: Locality
Location: Thornton, East Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.90917° or 53° 54′ 33″ north

Longitude

-0.85593° or 0° 51′ 21″ west

Open location code

9C5XW45V+MJ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3395310028

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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