Towthorpe Plantation

Towthorpe Plantation is a forest in Wharram, Ryedale District, England. Towthorpe Plantation is situated nearby to the locality Towthorpe Wold, as well as near Toadhole.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Duggleby Howe and Eleanor Cross.

Duggleby Howe

Archaeological site

Photo: Paul Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Duggleby Howe is one of the largest round barrows in Britain, located on the southern side of the Great Wold Valley in the county of North Yorkshire, and is one of four such monuments in this area, known collectively as the Great barrows of East Yorkshire.

Eleanor Cross

Monument

Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.

A replica Eleanor Cross was erected in Sledmere, East Riding of Yorkshire, in 1896–98. The tall stone structure was constructed by the Sykes family of Sledmere.

Wagoners’ Memorial

Monument

Photo: Poliphilo, CC0.

The Wagoners' Memorial is a war memorial in Sledmere, in the East Riding of Yorkshire in England. The unusual squat columnar memorial was designed by Sir Mark Sykes, 6th Baronet and built in 1919–20.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fimber and Kirby Grindalythe.

Fimber

Village

Photo: Alison Stamp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Fimber is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 8 miles north-west of Driffield town centre and 3 miles south-west of the village of Sledmere.

Kirby Grindalythe

Village

Photo: Nigelcoates, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kirby Grindalythe is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is situated about 8 miles south-east of Malton. The village lies in the Great Wold Valley and the course of the winterbourne stream the Gypsey Race passes through it.

Wharram Percy

Locality

Photo: Nyh, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wharram Percy is a deserted medieval village and former civil parish near Wharram-le-Street, now in the parish of Wharram, on the western edge of the chalk Wolds of North Yorkshire, England.

Towthorpe Plantation

Type: Forest
Location: Wharram, Ryedale District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.0653° or 54° 3′ 55″ north

Longitude

-0.6484° or 0° 38′ 54″ west

Open location code

9C6X3982+4J

OpenStreetMap ID

way 304667624

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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