Preston Moor
Preston Moor is a locality in Richmondshire District, North Yorkshire, England. Preston Moor is situated nearby to the locality Far Cranehow Bottom, as well as near Lunton Hill.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bolton Castle and Grinton Smelt Mill.
Bolton Castle
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Bolton Castle is a 14th-century castle located in Wensleydale, Yorkshire, England. The nearby village of Castle Bolton takes its name from the castle. The castle is a Grade I listed building and a Scheduled Ancient Monument. Bolton Castle is situated 2½ miles southwest of Preston Moor.
Grinton Smelt Mill
Archaeological site
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Grinton Smelt Mill is a ruined lead mining and processing site on Cogden Moor, south of Grinton in Swaledale, North Yorkshire, England. The site was built in its present form c. 1820 for the specific purpose of processing lead won by hushing and hydraulic mining.
Wensley Quarry
Quarry
Wensley Quarry is an active limestone quarry near to Preston-under-Scar, North Yorkshire, England. Products from the quarry include industrial carbonate, crushed rock aggregate, and agricultural lime. Wensley Quarry is situated 1½ miles south of Preston Moor.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Castle Bolton and Marrick.
Castle Bolton
Hamlet
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Castle Bolton is a village in North Yorkshire, England. It is in Wensleydale, one of the Yorkshire Dales. The village takes its name from Bolton Castle, which overlooks the west end of the village green. Castle Bolton is situated 2½ miles southwest of Preston Moor.
Marrick
Village
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Marrick is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England, situated in lower Swaledale in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, the village is approximately 9 miles west of Richmond. Marrick is situated 2½ miles northeast of Preston Moor.
Fremington
Hamlet
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Fremington is a hamlet in the Yorkshire Dales in North Yorkshire, England. The hamlet is almost joined to Reeth and Grinton. It is split into Low Fremington, which is built along the B6270, and High Fremington, which is a scattering of houses running up towards Fremington Edge. Fremington is situated 3 miles north of Preston Moor.
Preston Moor
Latitude
54.34724° or 54° 20′ 50″ northLongitude
-1.90662° or 1° 54′ 24″ westOpen location code
9C6W83WV+V9OpenStreetMap ID
node 582000969OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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