Thornton Scar
Thornton Scar is a forest in Thornton Rust, Richmondshire District, England. Thornton Scar is situated nearby to the hamlet Thornton Rust, as well as near Cubeck.Places of Interest
Highlights include Addlebrough and St Oswald’s Church.
Addlebrough
Peak
Addlebrough is a fell in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, England. It is 481 m high. Bronze Age inhabitants built homes and enclosures on the fell's southern slopes.
St Oswald’s Church
Church
Photo: Chris06, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Oswald's Church is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Askrigg, North Yorkshire.
Castle Dykes Henge
Archaeological site
Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Castle Dykes Henge is a Class I Neolithic henge earthwork in the Yorkshire Dales National Park in North Yorkshire, England, situated between the villages of Aysgarth and Thornton Rust.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yorkshire Dales and Askrigg.
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
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.
Bainbridge
Village
Photo: Geoff Keeble, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bainbridge is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 480. The village is situated in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, near the confluence of the River Bain with the River Ure.
Thornton Scar
Latitude
54.2989° or 54° 17′ 56″ northLongitude
-2.0528° or 2° 3′ 10″ westOpen location code
9C6V7WXW+HVOpenStreetMap ID
way 185994656OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Thornton Rust and Cubeck.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Chris’s Pasture SSSI and Worton Scar.
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