Strensall Training Area

Strensall Training Area is in Strensall with Towthorpe, York, England. Strensall Training Area is situated nearby to the military installation Galtres Bivuac Camp, as well as near the motorhome stopover Moorside Caravan Park.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Strensall Common and Strensall Bridge.

Strensall Common

Heath

Strensall Common is 1,430 acres of common land to the east of the village of Strensall, in the City of York, England. The land is recognised as an SSSI and a Special Area of Conservation, with much of it being owned and maintained by the Ministry of Defence, which has a rifle range on its southern edge. Strensall Common is situated 2,500 feet south of Strensall Training Area.

Strensall Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Christopher Hall, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Strensall Bridge is situated 1 mile west of Strensall Training Area.

Queen Elizabeth Barracks

Military installation

Photo: Gareth Foster, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Queen Elizabeth Barracks is a British Army installation in Strensall, North Yorkshire, England. It opened in the 1880s, and since 2016, it has been under threat of closure, but was reprieved in 2024. Queen Elizabeth Barracks is situated 1½ miles southwest of Strensall Training Area.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Strensall and Flaxton.

Strensall

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Strensall is a village in the Strensall with Towthorpe civil parish in the unitary authority of the City of York in North Yorkshire, England, on the River Foss north of York and north-east of Haxby.

Flaxton

Village

Photo: Gordon Kneale Brooke, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Flaxton is a small village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is close to the A64 between York and Malton. The village lies entirely within a Conservation Area as defined by Planning 1990. Flaxton is situated 2 miles east of Strensall Training Area.

Towthorpe

Hamlet

Photo: Stuart and Fiona Jackson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Towthorpe is a hamlet in Strensall with Towthorpe civil parish in the unitary authority of the City of York in North Yorkshire, England. It lies between Huntington and Strensall about 5 miles north of York. Towthorpe is situated 2 miles southwest of Strensall Training Area.

Strensall Training Area

Type: Sign
Categories: information and tourism
Location: Strensall with Towthorpe, York, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.04208° or 54° 2′ 32″ north

Longitude

-1.01083° or 1° 0′ 39″ west

Open location code

9C6W2XRQ+RM

OpenStreetMap ID

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OpenStreetMap feature

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