Diamond Plantation

Diamond Plantation is a forest in Folkton, Scarborough District, England. Diamond Plantation is situated nearby to the locality Flixton Brow, as well as near Flixton Ings.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Star Carr and RRH Staxton Wold.

Star Carr

Archaeological site

Photo: Wikimedia, FAL.

Star Carr is a Mesolithic archaeological site in North Yorkshire, England. It is around five miles south of Scarborough. It is generally regarded as the most important and informative Mesolithic site in Great Britain.

RRH Staxton Wold

Military installation

Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Remote Radar Head Staxton Wold or RRH Staxton Wold is an air defence radar station operated by the Royal Air Force, located near Scarborough in North Yorkshire, England.

St John’s Church, Folkton

Church

Photo: Nigelcoates, CC BY-SA 3.0.

St John's Church is the parish church of Folkton, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The church was built in the mid 12th century, from which time the north doorway and part of the chancel arch survive.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fordon and Flixton.

Fordon

Hamlet

Photo: Stephen Horncastle, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Fordon is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Wold Newton, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, near the border with North Yorkshire.

Flixton

Village

Photo: Phil Catterall, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Flixton is a village in North Yorkshire, England, on the edge of the Yorkshire Wolds. Until 1974 the village lay in the East Riding of Yorkshire. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Scarborough; it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

Staxton

Village

Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Staxton is a village in North Yorkshire, England, part of the civil parish of Willerby, and situated approximately 8.2 miles from Scarborough town centre.

Diamond Plantation

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

54.1964° or 54° 11′ 47″ north

Longitude

-0.4181° or 0° 25′ 5″ west

Open location code

9C6X5HWJ+HQ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 314896257

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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