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Westow

Westow is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England.

Westow
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The place

Westow is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. Westow is situated in the lee of Spy Hill, bordering the Howardian Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, 3 miles (4.8 km) from the A64 road linking Leeds to the East Coast, 5 miles (8 km) west of the town of Malton, and 15 miles (24 km) east of the city of York.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Westow

10 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
    Howsham Hall

    Howsham Hall is a 28,336 square feet grade I listed Jacobean stately home in Howsham, North Yorkshire, England. It is built in two storeys of limestone ashlar to a U-shaped plan with a 7-bay frontage.

    2.9 km · Grade I listed English country house in Ryedale, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Kirkham Priory

    The ruins of Kirkham Priory are situated on the banks of the River Derwent, at Kirkham, North Yorkshire, England. The Augustinian priory was founded in the 1120s by Walter l'Espec, lord of nearby Helmsley, who also built Rievaulx Abbey.

    1.9 km · Grade I listed heritage site in Ryedale, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Church of All Saints

    All Saints' Church is the parish church of Burythorpe, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The church sits on top of a hill, west of the village, with views in all directions.

    3.4 km · church building in Burythorpe, Ryedale, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    The Venerable Bede

    The Church of the Venerable Bede is an Anglican church in Leavening, North Yorkshire, a village in England. The building was constructed in 1850, as the village school.

    3.7 km · church in Leavening, North Yorkshire · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Church of Saint John

    St John's Church is an Anglican church in Howsham, North Yorkshire, a village in England. Until the mid 19th century, Howsham was in the parish of St Peter and St Paul's Church, Scrayingham.

    2.9 km · church in Ryedale, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Church of St Michael

    St Michael's Church is the parish church of Crambe, North Yorkshire, a village in England. The earliest parts of the current church date from the late 11th century, and consist of part of the north and south walls of the nave, along with the chancel arch.

    2.1 km · Grade I listed church in Crambe, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Church of St Mary, Westow

    St Mary's Church, also known as Church of St Mary of the Moor or St Mary ad mora is a church located in the village of Westow, North Yorkshire, England. The church dates back to Norman times but was almost entirely rebuilt in the 1860s, at a cost of £1,400, with only the Norman tower remaining.

    900 m · church in Westow, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Howsham Bridge

    Howsham Bridge is a historic bridge across the River Derwent in North Yorkshire, in England. A bridge on the road from Howsham to Barton-le-Willows was recorded by John Leland, but by 1612 it was reported as being in poor repair.

    3.5 km · bridge in Howsham, Ryedale, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Hutton Hall

    Hutton Hall is a historic building in Huttons Ambo, a parish in North Yorkshire, in England. The hall was built in about 1820, on the site of an earlier building, at the west end of the hamlet of High Hutton.

    3.2 km · house in Huttons Ambo, Ryedale, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Church of St Margaret

    St Margaret's Church is an Anglican church in Huttons Ambo, a parish in North Yorkshire, in England. A small church was built in the High Hutton area of the parish in the mediaeval period, with a chapel of ease in Low Hutton.

    3.2 km · church building in Huttons Ambo, Ryedale, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Westow

Airports
Leeds Bradford (LBA), 58 km · Newcastle (NCL), 120 km · Manchester (MAN), 124 km
Stations
Howsham railway station, 2.4 km
  • Leeds, West Yorkshire → Westow
    55 km · quickest by road, 1h 20m · £6–9
  • Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Westow
    111 km · quickest by road, 2h 41m · £13–17
  • Manchester, Greater Manchester → Westow
    113 km · quickest by road, 2h 32m · £13–17
  • From anywhere
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Westow

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 Westow. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    321 km
  2. 02
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    352 km
  3. 03
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    378 km
  4. 04
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    381 km
  5. 05
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    394 km

If you know how people move in Westow – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Westow

Westow is 50 km from Kingston upon Hull, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

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  • Howshamvillage and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, UK2.9 km
  • Crambevillage and civil parish in North Yorkshire, United Kingdom2.1 km
  • Leaveningvillage and civil parish in North Yorkshire, UK3.7 km
  • Whitwell-on-the-Hillvillage and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, UK3.1 km
  • Huttons Ambovillage and civil parish in North Yorkshire, United Kingdom2.5 km