West Scrafton Colliery

West Scrafton Colliery is a mine in West Scrafton, Richmondshire District, England. West Scrafton Colliery is situated nearby to the waterfall Great Force, as well as near the peak Great Roova Crags.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Botolph’s Church, Horsehouse and Foresters Arms.

St Botolph’s Church, Horsehouse

Church

Photo: Anthony Harrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Botolph's Church is an Anglican church in Horsehouse, a village in Coverdale in North Yorkshire, in England. The first chapel in the village was built in about 1530, and was served by the canons of Coverham Abbey. St Botolph’s Church, Horsehouse is situated 2 miles west of West Scrafton Colliery.

Foresters Arms

Pub

Photo: Steve Partridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Foresters Arms is a historic pub on Village Street in Carlton, a village in Coverdale, North Yorkshire, England. The building was constructed in the 17th century, as a single-roomed farmhouse. Foresters Arms is situated 2 miles north of West Scrafton Colliery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Swineside and Gammersgill.

Swineside

Hamlet

Swineside is a hamlet in the parish of Carlton Highdale, in Coverdale, North Yorkshire, England. The hamlet is in the Yorkshire Dales, and is located on the right bank of the River Cover, in a side dale of Wensleydale.

Gammersgill

Hamlet

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Gammersgill is a hamlet in Coverdale in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England. It is about 7 miles south-west of Leyburn. The toponym is of Old Norse origin, from Gamall, a personal name, and skali 'hut', so means 'hut of a man named Gamel'.

Carlton

Village

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Carlton is a village in the civil parish of Carlton Town in the county of North Yorkshire, England. According to the 2011 Census it had a population of 232. Carlton is situated 2 miles northwest of West Scrafton Colliery.

West Scrafton Colliery

Type: Mine
Categories: historic site and industry
Location: West Scrafton, Richmondshire District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.23335° or 54° 14′ 0″ north

Longitude

-1.88369° or 1° 53′ 1″ west

Open location code

9C6W64M8+8G

OpenStreetMap ID

node 9507559776

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=mine

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