Simonstone
Simonstone is a hamlet near Hawes and Hardraw Force within the Yorkshire Dales in North Yorkshire, England. The name is first recorded in 1301 as deriving from Sigemund's Rock.Photo: David Pickersgill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: hamlet near Hawes and Hardraw Force within the Yorkshire Dales in North Yorkshire, England
- Also known as: “Simonstone, North Yorkshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hardraw Force and Dales Countryside Museum.
Hardraw Force
Waterfall
Photo: Wehha, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hardraw Force is a waterfall on Hardraw Beck in Hardraw Scar, a wooded ravine just outside the hamlet of Hardraw, 0.9 miles north of the town of Hawes, Wensleydale, in the Yorkshire Dales.
Dales Countryside Museum
Museum
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Dales Countryside Museum is a local museum which also functions as a visitor centre for the Yorkshire Dales National Park in Northern England. Run by the National Park Authority, it tells the story of the people who have lived and worked in the Yorkshire Dales for over a 1,000 years.
Stone House, Hawes
Hotel
Photo: Andrewrabbott, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Stone House is a Grade II listed building near Hawes, North Yorkshire, England, in the civil parish of High Abbotside.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hardraw and Sedbusk.
Hardraw
Hamlet
Photo: Wehha, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hardraw is a hamlet near Hawes within the Yorkshire Dales in North Yorkshire, England. The nearby Hardraw Force waterfall takes its name from it. The name of the hamlet is first recorded in 1606 as Hardrawe, and derives from Old English Herde and raw, which means the shepherd's houses.
Sedbusk
Hamlet
Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sedbusk is a hamlet near Hawes and Hardraw Force within the Yorkshire Dales in North Yorkshire, England. The Village is 1 mile north of the town of Hawes across the River Ure.
Appersett
Village
Photo: Cacolantern, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Appersett is a hamlet in the Yorkshire Dales in the county of North Yorkshire, England one mile west of Hawes. It lies on the A684 road and an unclassified road runs alongside Widdale Beck to connect with the B6255 road between Hawes and Ingleton.
Simonstone
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: High Abbotside, Richmondshire District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.31998° or 54° 19′ 12″ northLongitude
-2.1999° or 2° 11′ 60″ westOpen location code
9C6V8R92+X2OpenStreetMap ID
node 3772140467OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletWikidata ID
Q9337078
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Polish—“Simonstone” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Simonstone, North Yorkshire”
- Irish: “Simonstone”
- Polish: “Simonstone (North Yorkshire)”
- Polish: “Simonstone”
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Highlights include Heritage Centre and St Mary and St John, Hardraw.
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