Towthorpe Common
Towthorpe Common is a heath in Earswick, York, England. Towthorpe Common is situated nearby to the military installation Army Medical Services Training Centre, as well as near Queen Elizabeth Barracks.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Queen Elizabeth Barracks and 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 2,500 feet northwest of Towthorpe Common.
Strensall Common
Heath
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. Strensall Common is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Towthorpe Common.
Strensall New Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Christopher Hall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Strensall New Bridge is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Towthorpe Common.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Towthorpe and Strensall.
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.
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.
Earswick
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Earswick is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of the City of York in North Yorkshire, England. It lies between Huntington and Strensall about 4 miles north of York.
Towthorpe Common
- Type: Heath
- Location: Earswick, York, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.02263° or 54° 1′ 22″ northLongitude
-1.02788° or 1° 1′ 40″ westOpen location code
9C6W2XFC+3VOpenStreetMap ID
way 813212052OpenStreetMap feature
natural=heath
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