Gormire Lake

Gormire Lake is a natural lowland lake that lies at the foot of Whitestone Cliff, a western escarpment of the Hambleton Hills in the North York Moors National Park.

Photo: Scott Rimmer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hood Hill and Holy Trinity Church, Boltby.

Hood Hill

Peak

Hood Hill is a small peak on the western side of the Hambleton Hills in North Yorkshire. The hill is 252 metres high, and is a layer of Coralline Oolite on top of sandstone.

Holy Trinity Church, Boltby

Church

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Holy Trinity Church, Boltby is a parish church in the Church of England in Boltby. Holy Trinity Church, Boltby is situated 2½ miles north of Gormire Lake.

St Mary’s Church, Kilburn

Church

Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Mary's Church is an Anglican church in Kilburn, North Yorkshire, a village in England. The church was originally a chapel of ease to Coxwold, built in the 12th century. St Mary’s Church, Kilburn is situated 2½ miles south of Gormire Lake.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sutton Bank and Thirlby.

Sutton Bank

Locality

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Sutton Bank is a hill in the civil parishes of Cold Kirby and Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe in the English county of North Yorkshire. It is a high point on the Hambleton Hills, with extensive views over the Vale of York and the Vale of Mowbray, and is in the North York Moors National Park.

Thirlby

Village

Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Thirlby is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. With a population of about 120 in 2003, measured at 134 at the 2011 Census, Thirlby is situated approximately 4 miles east of Thirsk.

Cold Kirby

Village

Photo: Bill Griffiths, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cold Kirby is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is in the Hambleton Hills, near Rievaulx Abbey and Sutton Bank, 5 miles west of Helmsley. Cold Kirby is situated 2 miles northeast of Gormire Lake.

Gormire Lake

Type: Body of water
Description: lake in North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Category: lake
Location: Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe, Hambleton, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.24229° or 54° 14′ 32″ north

Longitude

-1.22921° or 1° 13′ 45″ west

Open location code

9C6W6QRC+W8

OpenStreetMap ID

way 19115397

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

Wikidata ID

Q27990777

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