Loftus

Worth seeing in and around Loftus

4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Kilton Castle

   Kilton Castle is a ruined castle overlooking the valley of Kilton Beck, near to the village of Kilton in the historic county of the North Riding of Yorkshire in England. The castle was built in the 12th century and was described as being in a ruinous state by the 14th century, with it being totally abandoned by the 16th century.

   1.5 km · castle in North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Street House Anglo-Saxon cemetery

   The Street House Anglo-Saxon cemetery is an Anglo-Saxon burial ground, dating to the second half of the 7th century AD, that was discovered at Street House Farm near Loftus, in the unitary authority of Redcar and Cleveland, England. Monuments dating back as far as 3300 BC are located in the vicinity of the cemetery, which was discovered after aerial photography revealed the existence of an Iron Age rectangular enclosure.

   2.5 km · cemetery in North Yorkshire, England · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Kilton Viaduct

   Kilton Viaduct was a railway viaduct that straddled Kilton Beck, near to Loftus, in North Yorkshire, England. The viaduct was opened to traffic in 1867, however in 1911, with the viaduct suffering subsidence from the nearby ironstone mining, the whole structure was encased in waste material from the mines creating an embankment which re-opened fully to traffic in 1913.

   600 m · viaduct in Yorkshire, England · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Town Hall

   Loftus Town Hall is a municipal building in Water Lane in Loftus, North Yorkshire, England. The structure, which accommodates the offices and meeting place of Loftus Town Council, is a grade II listed building.

   600 m · town hall in Loftus, Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Newcastle (NCL), 74 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 91 km · Manchester (MAN), 162 km

• Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Loftus

  65 km · quickest by road, 1h 47m · £8–11
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  94 km · quickest by road, 2h 24m · £12–17
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  148 km · quickest by road, 3h 6m · £18–25
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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Loftus. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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