Colt Park Wood

Colt Park Wood is a deciduous forest in Grinton, Richmondshire District, England. Colt Park Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Cogden Hall, as well as near the village Grinton.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Swaledale Museum and Grinton Smelt Mill.

Swaledale Museum

Museum

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Swaledale Museum is a local museum in the village of Reeth, near Richmond in North Yorkshire, England. It covers rural history including life and work in the local area of Swaledale and Arkengarthdale within the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

Grinton Smelt Mill

Archaeological site

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Grinton Smelt Mill is a ruined lead mining and processing site on Cogden Moor, south of Grinton in Swaledale, North Yorkshire, England. The site was built in its present form c. 1820 for the specific purpose of processing lead won by hushing and hydraulic mining.

Church of St Andrew

Church

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The Church of St Andrew, Grinton, is the parish church for the village of Grinton in North Yorkshire, England. The grade I listed structure has also been called The Cathedral of the Dales, and as the only parish church in Upper Swaledale, it was at the end of the Swaledale Corpse Way, where those who had died in the upper valley, were brought for burial.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Reeth and Marrick.

Reeth

Village

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Reeth is a village 11 miles west of Richmond in North Yorkshire, England, in the civil parish of Reeth, Fremington and Healaugh. Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, it is the principal settlement of upper Swaledale.

Marrick

Village

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Marrick is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England, situated in lower Swaledale in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, the village is approximately 9 miles west of Richmond.