Strensall Common
Strensall Common is 1,430 acres of common land to the east of the village of Strensall, in the City of York, England. The land is recognised as an SSSI and a Special Area of Conservation, with much of it being owned and maintained by the Ministry of Defence, which has a rifle range on its southern edge.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Strensall Bridge and Queen Elizabeth Barracks.
Strensall Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Christopher Hall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Strensall Bridge is situated 1¼ miles west of Strensall Common.
Queen Elizabeth Barracks
Military installation
Photo: Gareth Foster, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Queen Elizabeth Barracks is a British Army installation in Strensall, North Yorkshire, England. It opened in the 1880s, and since 2016, it has been under threat of closure, but was reprieved in 2024. Queen Elizabeth Barracks is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Strensall Common.
Strensall New Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Christopher Hall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Strensall New Bridge is situated 1½ miles west of Strensall Common.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Strensall and Towthorpe.
Strensall
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Strensall is a village in the Strensall with Towthorpe civil parish in the unitary authority of the City of York in North Yorkshire, England, on the River Foss north of York and north-east of Haxby.
Towthorpe
Hamlet
Photo: Stuart and Fiona Jackson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Towthorpe is a hamlet in Strensall with Towthorpe civil parish in the unitary authority of the City of York in North Yorkshire, England. It lies between Huntington and Strensall about 5 miles north of York. Towthorpe is situated 2 miles southwest of Strensall Common.
Flaxton
Village
Photo: Gordon Kneale Brooke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Flaxton is a small village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is close to the A64 between York and Malton. The village lies entirely within a Conservation Area as defined by Planning 1990. Flaxton is situated 2 miles northeast of Strensall Common.
Strensall Common
- Type: Heath
- Description: protected area in North Yorkshire, England
- Categories: common land, Site of Special Scientific Interest, and Special Area of Conservation
- Location: Strensall with Towthorpe, York, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.03535° or 54° 2′ 7″ northLongitude
-1.00897° or 1° 0′ 32″ westOpen location code
9C6W2XPR+4COpenStreetMap ID
way 796675406OpenStreetMap feature
natural=heathWikidata ID
Q123266333
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