North York Moors
North York Moors are a scenic upland area in North Yorkshire. They form a quadrilateral roughly 70 miles / 120 km on a side, bounded to the west by the Vale of York, to the south by the Vale of Pickering and to the east by the sea.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Randy Mere Reservoir and Egton railway station.
Randy Mere Reservoir
Reservoir
Randy Mere Reservoir, is a freshwater reservoir owned and operated by Yorkshire Water, near Beck Hole, in North Yorkshire, England. The reservoir was built in the 1880s by Whitby Water Company and holds about 62,000 cubic metres of water.
Egton railway station
Railway station
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Egton is a railway station on the Esk Valley Line, which runs between Middlesbrough and Whitby via Nunthorpe. The station, situated 7 miles 66 chains west of Whitby, serves the villages of Egton and Egton Bridge in North Yorkshire, England.
Egton Manor
Manor estate
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Egton Manor is an historic country house near the village of Egton Bridge, on the banks of the River Esk in the North Yorkshire Moors. The Grade II listed building was built in 1869 by the Foster family, whose descendants still live there today.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Goathland and Grosmont.
Goathland
Village
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Goathland is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, it is in the North York Moors national park due north of Pickering, off the A169 to Whitby.
Grosmont
Village
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Grosmont is a village and civil parish situated in Eskdale in the North York Moors National Park, within the boundaries of the county of North Yorkshire, England.
Egton Bridge
Village
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Egton Bridge is a village in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It lies within the North York Moors National Park, on the River Esk, between the villages of Glaisdale and Grosmont, about six miles south-west of Whitby, and on the route of the Esk Valley Walk.
North York Moors
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 541 feet
- Description: moorland area in North Yorkshire, England, part of a National Park
- Categories: region and landform
- Location: Scarborough District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“North York Moors” goes by many names.
- Basque: “North York Moors”
- Cebuano: “North York Moors”
- Chinese: “北約克沼澤國家公園”
- Chinese: “北約克荒原”
- Cornish: “Park Kenedhlek Halow Evrek North”
- Czech: “North York Moors”
- Danish: “North York Moors”
- Dutch: “Nationaal park North York Moors”
- Dutch: “North York Moors”
- Estonian: “North York Moors”
- Estonian: “North York Moorsi rahvuspark”
- Estonian: “North Yorkshire Moors”
- Finnish: “North York Moors”
- French: “North York Moors”
- French: “parc national des North York Moors”
- French: “Parc national des North York Moors”
- Galician: “North York Moors”
- Galician: “North Yorkshire Moors”
- German: “North York Moors”
- Icelandic: “North York Moors-þjóðgarðurinn”
- Irish: “Móinteáin Yorkshire Thuaidh”
- Italian: “North York Moors”
- Japanese: “ノース・ヨーク・ムーア”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “North York Moors”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “North York Moors”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “North Yorkshire Moors”
- Norwegian: “North York Moors”
- Persian: “خلنگزارهای یورک شمالی”
- Polish: “North York Moors”
- Polish: “Park Narodowy North York Moors”
- Portuguese: “North York Moors”
- Quechua: “North York Moors mama llaqta parki”
- Russian: “Норт-Йорк-Мурс”
- Slovak: “North York Moors”
- Slovak: “North Yorkshire Moors”
- Spanish: “North York Moors”
- Spanish: “North Yorkshire Moors”
- Swedish: “North York Moors”
- Turkish: “North York Moors”
- Venetian: “North York Moors”
- Vietnamese: “Vườn quốc gia North York Moors”
- Welsh: “Gweunydd Gogledd Efrog”
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