Priest Bank
Priest Bank is a nature reserve in Bainbridge, Richmondshire District, England. Priest Bank is situated nearby to the locality Bainbridge High Pasture, as well as near Hawes End.Places of Interest
Highlights include Virosidum and Fors Abbey.
Virosidum
Archaeological site
Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Virosidum was a Roman fort and settlement situated near to the modern town of Bainbridge, North Yorkshire, England. The site is a Scheduled monument.
Fors Abbey
Archaeological site
Fors Abbey was an abbey in Low Abbotside, Askrigg, North Yorkshire, England. It was built in 1145 for the Savigniac order and converted to the Cistercian order in 1147.
Bainbridge Quaker Meeting House
Church
Photo: David Pickersgill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bainbridge Quaker Meeting House is a historic building in Bainbridge, North Yorkshire, in England. The first Quaker meetings in Bainbridge were at the house of Anne Coward.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hawes and Yorkshire Dales.
Hawes
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hawes is a village in North Yorkshire, with Gayle its southwest extension; in 2021 their population was 800. It's in Wensleydale, one of the Yorkshire Dales, and is best known for making Wensleydale cheese.
Yorkshire Dales
Photo: gruban, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Yorkshire Dales are a scenic area of limestone hills and valleys in North Yorkshire in the north of England. Much of the area falls within the Yorkshire Dales National Park, which extends into neighbouring Cumbria and Lancashire.
Askrigg
Village
Photo: Steve Partridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Askrigg is a small village and civil parish in Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, part of the county of North Yorkshire, England. The village and its parish are located in Upper Wensleydale, 12 miles west of Leyburn, and 5 miles east of Hawes.
Priest Bank
- Type: Nature reserve
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Bainbridge, Richmondshire District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.2988° or 54° 17′ 56″ northLongitude
-2.1275° or 2° 7′ 39″ westOperator
Make it WildOpen location code
9C6V7VXF+G2OpenStreetMap ID
way 1427722137OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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