Ballowfields Nature Reserve

Ballowfields Nature Reserve is a parking area in Thornton Rust, Richmondshire District, England. Ballowfields Nature Reserve is situated nearby to the nature reserve Ballowfields LNR, as well as near the deciduous forest Haw Bank Wood.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Aysgarth Falls and Castle Dykes Henge.

Aysgarth Falls

Waterfall

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Aysgarth Falls are a triple flight of waterfalls, surrounded by woodland and farmland, carved out by the River Ure over an almost one-mile stretch on its descent to mid-Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales of England, near the village Aysgarth. Aysgarth Falls is situated 1½ miles southeast of Ballowfields Nature Reserve.

Castle Dykes Henge

Archaeological site

Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Castle Dykes Henge is a Class I Neolithic henge earthwork in the Yorkshire Dales National Park in North Yorkshire, England, situated between the villages of Aysgarth and Thornton Rust. Castle Dykes Henge is situated 1½ miles south of Ballowfields Nature Reserve.

Carperby Market Cross

Cross

Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Carperby Market Cross is a historic structure in Carperby, a village in Wensleydale, in England. Carperby was granted a market charter in 1305, but it is believed that it ceased to hold markets around 1587, when nearby Aysgarth assumed greater importance. Carperby Market Cross is situated 1¼ miles east of Ballowfields Nature Reserve.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Woodhall and Thornton Rust.

Woodhall

Hamlet

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Woodhall is a small hamlet in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, England. It is about 2 miles away from Askrigg and 3 miles north west of Aysgarth. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Richmondshire, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

Thornton Rust

Hamlet

Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Thornton Rust is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It lies in the Yorkshire Dales about 2 miles west of Aysgarth, high on the south bank of the River Ure in Wensleydale.