Visitor attractions and information - Settle
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Skipton Castle, Skipton, North Yorkshire BD23
1AW Tel: 01756 792442 Skipton Castle is a well preserved medieval
castle, at the gateway to the Yorkshire Dales. Atmospheric Dungeon.
Watch Tower. www.skiptoncastle.co.uk. About 13 miles east of Settle. |
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Embsay
& Bolton Abbey Steam Railway, Bolton Abbey Station, Skipton,
North Yorkshire, BD23 6AF Tel: 01756 710614 Your journey takes
you through picturesque Yorkshire Dales scenery, between Embsay
station, built in 1888, and the new award-winning station at
Bolton Abbey. Bolton Abbey station is the ideal stopping off
point for a pleasant one and a half mile walk to the ruins of
the 12th Century priory.
About 15 miles east of Settle. |
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Bolton Priory, and the Church of St. Mary
and St. Cuthbert, are located in the village of Bolton Abbey.
The priory is a ruined Augustinian monastery on the banks of
the River Wharfe. It is a renowned beauty spot forming part of
the Duke of Devonshire's country estate, which also includes
the riverside walk through the woods to the Strid, a notorious
stretch of water where the River Wharfe is forced into a deep
thundering channel. www.boltonabbey.com. About 15 miles east of Settle. |
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Malham
Tarn, Settle, North Yorkshire BD24 9PT Malham is a high moorland
landscape with a dramatic limestone scenery of cliffs, crags,
scars and 'limestone pavements'. The National Trust owns a large
area of land, including the Tarn, which is managed as a National
Nature Reserve for wildlife. About 7 miles northeast of Settle. |
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