Scutching Close
Scutching Close is a heath in Halton Gill, Craven District, England. Scutching Close is situated nearby to the heath Blaydike Moss, as well as near the peak Cosh Knott.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Plover Hill and Pen-y-ghent.
Plover Hill
Peak
Photo: Tom Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Plover Hill is an area of moorland lying to the north of Pen-y-ghent in the Yorkshire Dales and connected to it by an unbroken area of high ground. Whilst the whole area is now "open access land", the main right-of-way footpaths come directly from the north off Foxup Road and directly from the south from the summit of Pen-y-ghent.
Pen-y-ghent
Peak
Photo: Tim Cook, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pen-y-ghent or Penyghent is a fell in the Yorkshire Dales, England. It is the lowest of Yorkshire's Three Peaks at 2,277 feet; the other two being Ingleborough and Whernside. Pen-y-ghent is situated 2½ miles southwest of Scutching Close.
Giants’ Graves
Archaeological site
Photo: John Illingworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Giants’ Graves is an archaeological site, which is situated 2 miles south of Scutching Close.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Foxup and Beckermonds.
Foxup
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Foxup is a hamlet in the Yorkshire Dales in the county of North Yorkshire, England. The hamlet is near Halton Gill and Litton and is 13 miles north west of Grassington.
Beckermonds
Hamlet
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Beckermonds is a small hamlet in the county of North Yorkshire, England. The hamlet lies at the western end of Langstrothdale, at the confluence of Green Field Beck and Oughtershaw Beck, which join to form the start of the River Wharfe. Beckermonds is situated 2½ miles northeast of Scutching Close.
Hesleden
Hamlet
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hesleden is a hamlet in Littondale in the Yorkshire Dales in England. It lies within the civil parish of Halton Gill in the county of North Yorkshire. Nether Hesleden is 1.1 miles west of Litton, and Upper Hesleden is a further 1.4 miles west, on the road from Halton Gill to Stainforth. Hesleden is situated 2½ miles southeast of Scutching Close.
Scutching Close
- Type: Heath
- Location: Halton Gill, Craven District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.18797° or 54° 11′ 17″ northLongitude
-2.22447° or 2° 13′ 28″ westOpen location code
9C6V5QQG+56OpenStreetMap ID
way 691033369OpenStreetMap feature
natural=heath
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