Major’s Whin
Major’s Whin is a forest in Stokesley, Hambleton, England. Major’s Whin is situated nearby to the town Stokesley, as well as near the locality Seamer Hill.Places of Interest
Highlights include St Martin’s Church, Seamer, Hambleton and St Peter and St Paul’s Church, Stokesley.
St Martin’s Church, Seamer, Hambleton
Church
Photo: Philip Barker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Martin's Church is the parish church of Seamer, a village near Stokesley in North Yorkshire, in England. There was a Mediaeval church in Seamer, but it was entirely rebuilt in 1822, in a neo-Gothic style, with only some masonry in the north wall and one window surviving from the original building.
St Peter and St Paul’s Church, Stokesley
Church
Photo: Graham Hogg, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Peter and St Paul's Church is the parish church of Stokesley, a town in North Yorkshire, in England. The church was built in the mid-14th century, from which period the chancel and tower survive.
Stokesley School
School
Stokesley School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Stokesley, North Yorkshire, England. It was established in 1959 as secondary modern school but became a comprehensive in the 1970s.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cleveland and Stokesley.
Cleveland
Photo: Mattbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cleveland was a county in North East England between 1974 and 1996, straddling the River Tees. It was then abolished and its towns re-assigned. Towns to the south of the River Tees were re-assigned to North Yorkshire.
Stokesley
Town
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stokesley is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It lies within the historic county boundaries of the North Riding of Yorkshire, on the River Leven.
Great Ayton
Village
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Great Ayton is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. The River Leven flows through the village, which lies just north of the North York Moors. According to the 2021 Census, the parish has a population of 4,346.
Major’s Whin
- Type: Forest
- Location: Stokesley, Hambleton, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.4764° or 54° 28′ 35″ northLongitude
-1.2053° or 1° 12′ 19″ westOpen location code
9C6WFQGV+GVOpenStreetMap ID
way 537409886OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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