Scalla Moor Plantation

Places of Interest

Pickering Castle

Castle

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Pickering Castle is a motte-and-bailey fortification in Pickering, North Yorkshire, England. The original castle was made of timber, and the later stone castle was a temporary prison for Richard II in 1399.

Church of St Hilda, Ellerburn

Church

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The Church of St Hilda, Ellerburn, is an Anglican church in North Yorkshire, England. The church is located in the hamlet of Ellerburn, to the north of Thornton-le-Dale, and is an ancient structure that dates back to Saxon times and has been renovated twice, extensively in 1904.

Beck Isle Museum

Museum

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The Beck Isle Museum of Rural Life is a social history museum in Pickering, North Yorkshire, England. The museum features period business displays including the shops of a barber, blacksmith, chemist, cobbler, cooper, printer, gentleman's draper, dairy, and hardware store.

Places in the Area

Pickering

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Pickering is a market and agricultural town in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, with the North York Moors rising behind. The town slumped from 1965 when it lost its railway, but this helped preserve its historic centre.

Thornton-le-Dale

Village

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Thornton-le-Dale is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, about 3 miles east of Pickering on the edge of the North York Moors National Park.

Middleton

Village

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Middleton is a small village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the A170 road to the west of Pickering. St Andrew's Church, Middleton is Grade I listed.

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