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.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Strensall Library and Strensall Bridge.

Strensall Library

Library

Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Strensall Library is situated 1¼ miles west of Strensall Common.

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.

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″ north

Longitude

-1.00897° or 1° 0′ 32″ west

Open location code

9C6W2XPR+4C

OpenStreetMap ID

way 796675406

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=heath

Wikidata ID

Q123266333

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