Pits Hill Plantation

Pits Hill Plantation is a forest in Otterburn, Craven District, England. Pits Hill Plantation is situated nearby to the hamlet Otterburn, as well as near the village Hellifield.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hellifield railway station and St Aidan’s Church, Hellifield.

Hellifield railway station

Railway station

Photo: David Ingham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hellifield is a junction railway station on the Bentham Line, which runs between Leeds and Morecambe via Skipton, as well as being the northern terminus of the Ribble Valley line.

St Aidan’s Church, Hellifield

Church

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St Aidan's Church is the parish church of Hellifield, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. Until the 20th century, Hellifield was in the parish of St Mary's Church, Long Preston.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Otterburn and Coniston Cold.

Otterburn is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is at OS Grid Reference SD8857, near Airton, Calton and the A65. The village is 9 miles north west of Skipton and 1.9 miles east of Hellifield.

Coniston Cold

Village

Photo: Kate Jewell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Coniston Cold is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. The village lies 7 miles north-west of Skipton along the A65. It was historically part of the Staincliffe Wapentake of the West Riding of Yorkshire.

Airton

Village

Photo: Andrewh, Public domain.

Airton is a small village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, situated 10 miles north-west of Skipton. The village had a population of 175 according to the 2001 Census, 228 at the 2011 Census, decreasing to 227 at the 2021 Census.