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North Yorkshire

A county or local-authority collection matched to official ONS December 2025 boundaries. The heritage point determines membership; it does not define the site's legal extent.

60official records

6heritage categories

4published access reviews

This collection brings together evidence from official heritage indexes. It is a starting point for reading the landscape, not a complete inventory or a list of visitor attractions. Source names may describe surviving structures, former features or larger complexes. Current condition and permission to visit require separate checks.

The most represented themes here are industrial (22 records), rail heritage (18 records), underground (9 records). Counts reflect the selection method and recording coverage, not the historical prevalence of each structure.

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Rail heritage

Ribblehead Viaduct (Batty Moss)

Near Settle

Researched guide · September 2026

Exterior viewing only

Cold War

Brandsby Royal Observer Corps post

Near York

Researched guide · September 2026

North Yorkshire

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Ribblehead Viaduct (Batty Moss)

Brandsby Royal Observer Corps post

Scalm Park bombing-decoy control building

Goathland Station goods shed

Beacon Hill ringwork siege castle and Royal Observer Corps post

Bowl barrow known as Brown Rigg Howe on Beacon Hill, Danby, together with a searchlight emplacement upon it

World War II bombing decoy, 500m north west of John Cross

World War II bombing decoy control shelter 180m north east of Solomon's House

Section of Cleave Dyke prehistoric boundary on Hambleton Down and World War II bombing decoy shelters north east and north of Garbutt Farm

Tunnel Under Leeds And Liverpool Canal

World War II Radar station 600m east of Bent Rigg Farm

Servants' Tunnels To Ingleborough Hall And Gateway

Jervaulx Cistercian Abbey, site of post-Dissolution grand house and gardens and World War II storage structures

World War II fighter pens and associated defences at former RAF Catterick, 120m south and 340m north east of Oran House

World War II airfield defences at RAF Church Fenton

North York Moors Railway Bridge Number 32

North Portal To Railway Tunnel

Skell Railway Bridge

Cawood Castle and Castle Garth: residence of the medieval Archbishops of York and associated enclosure containing gardens, five fishponds and a quarry pit

Tunnel Approximately 20 Metres West Of The Octagon, With Flanking Wall Attached To South

Railway Bridge Near Hillshaw House

Maiden Bower and Cock Lodge: a motte and bailey castle, moated site, windmill mound and associated linear outwork

Railway Bridge Near The Recreation Ground

Marrick Priory: a Benedictine nunnery and later parish church with fishponds, mill mound, ironworks, longhouse, trackways and an Iron-Age house platform

Railway Viaduct Over The River Nidd

Former Engine Shed

Disused Railway Viaduct over River Wharfe (to north of town)

North York Moors Railway Bridge Number 31 And Attached Abutment Walls

Cup and grooved marked rock in tree line between New Close Quarry and Poppling Well Beck, 280m south west of Whitbeck Manor

Cup and groove marked rock east of New Close Quarry, 300m south west of Whitbeck Manor

West Stonesdale lead mine and ore works

Beldi Hill Low Level lead mine and ore works

Red Scar lead mine and ore works, Gate Up Gill, 350m south east of Tag Bale Hill

Railway Bridge

New Providence lead mine and ore works, 350m south of Moor End, north west of Kettlewell

South Portal Of Railway Tunnel

Nucleated coal mine and coke oven on Fountains Fell

North York Moors Railway Tunnel Approximately 130 Metres Long

Whitby Engine Shed and Engine Stable Cottage

Upper Rudland Rigg colliery, 1030m south west of Foul Pot Bridge

Colliery on Rudland Rigg, 825m north east of Bog House

Sargill ore hearth lead smelt mill, on North Rigg, 340m south east of Sargill Lead Mine

Selby Canal, Brayton Tunnel

William Gill 19th century colliery on Stonesdale Moor

Selby Canal, Lund Tunnel

Bolton Parks Lead Mine and ore works

Selby Canal, Paperhouse Tunnel

Warrening enclosure 1.08km north east of High Paper Mill Farm

Warrening enclosure 975m north east of High Paper Mill Farm

Meal Bank Quarry Hoffmann kiln, quarry and lime works

Lime kiln and associated quarries 330m west of Toft Gate Farm

Lime kiln and associated quarry 75m south of High Scarth Barn

North York Moors Railway Bridge Across The Murk Esk

Railway Bridge

Aqueduct Bridge Number 71 On The Settle And Carlisle Railway Line

Railway Signal Box At Kirkham Abbey Station

The Watermill

Railway Bridge Near The Beeches

North York Moors Railway Bridge number 39

Railway Goods Shed (Former Railway Station)