Birks
Birks is a forest in Danby, Scarborough District, England. Birks is situated nearby to the locality Danby Low Moor, as well as near Clitherbeck.Places of Interest
Highlights include Danby railway station and Danby Castle.
Danby railway station
Railway station
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Danby is a railway station on the Esk Valley Line, which runs between Middlesbrough and Whitby via Nunthorpe. The station, situated 15 miles 9 chains west of Whitby, serves the villages of Ainthorpe and Danby, North Yorkshire, England.
Danby Castle
Castle
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Danby Castle is a historic building in Danby, North Yorkshire, a village in England. The castle was first recorded in 1242, but it was in ruins by 1336, according to local tradition due to a fire and the reuse of its stone in constructing St Hilda's Church, Danby.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Castleton and Lealholm.
Castleton
Village
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Castleton is a village on the River Esk, part of the civil parish of Danby in the county of North Yorkshire in England, 7.1 miles south-east of Guisborough, in the North York Moors.
Lealholm
Village
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Lealholm is a small village in the Glaisdale civil parish, in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is sited at a crossing point of the River Esk, in Eskdale which is within the North York Moors National Park.
Ainthorpe
Village
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Ainthorpe is a village in the civil parish of Danby in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated within the North York Moors National Park in the Esk Valley, a quarter of a mile south of Danby and 12 miles west of Whitby.
Birks
- Type: Forest
- Location: Danby, Scarborough District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.4723° or 54° 28′ 20″ northLongitude
-0.8925° or 0° 53′ 33″ westOpen location code
9C6XF4C5+W2OpenStreetMap ID
way 117351559OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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