old levels

old levels is a mine in Burton-cum-Walden, Richmondshire District, England. old levels is situated nearby to the peak Height of Hazely, as well as near the locality Penhill.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cauldron Falls and Penhill Preceptory.

Cauldron Falls

Waterfall

Cauldron Falls, is a series of waterfalls on Walden Beck in the village of West Burton, North Yorkshire, England. It is known as Cauldron Falls due to the swirls in the plunge pools beneath the cascades of the waterfall. Cauldron Falls is situated 1 mile west of old levels.

Penhill Preceptory

Archaeological site

Photo: Tony Mercer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Penhill Preceptory was a priory on the northern flanks of Penhill in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, England, which functioned from about 1142 to 1308–12. Penhill Preceptory is situated 1¼ miles north of old levels.

Aysgarth Falls

Waterfall

Photo: Wehha, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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 2 miles northwest of old levels.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Penhill and West Burton.

Penhill

Locality

Photo: Poolofthought, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Penhill is a prominent hill, 5.5 miles south west of Leyburn, in the Pennines, North Yorkshire, England. It forms a ridge that commands the southern side of Wensleydale and the northern side of Coverdale.

West Burton

Village

Photo: Peter K Burian, CC BY-SA 4.0.

West Burton is a village in Bishopdale, a side valley of Wensleydale, in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England. It lies 6.2 miles south-west of Leyburn and 22.3 miles west of the county town of Northallerton.

Swinithwaite

Hamlet

Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Swinithwaite is a hamlet in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England. It lies on the A684 road, 2 miles east of Aysgarth. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Richmondshire, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. Swinithwaite is situated 1½ miles north of old levels.

old levels

Type: Mine
Categories: historic site and industry
Location: Burton-cum-Walden, Richmondshire District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.27579° or 54° 16′ 33″ north

Longitude

-1.94414° or 1° 56′ 39″ west

Open location code

9C6W73G4+88

OpenStreetMap ID

node 773527696

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=mine

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