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Pickering Castle

Photo of Pickering Castle, the earthworks of a former castle in North Yorkshire, northern England.

Pickering Castle

© Richard Croft / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

© Richard Croft / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Pickering Castle

Open to visitorsan English Heritage site — check opening times and admission before you go

Earthworks onlybanks, ditches and platforms — read the ground, not walls

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Pickering Castle preserves the earthworks of a former motte-and-bailey castle in North Yorkshire. It is one of 21 motte-and-bailey castles the Albion Guide lists in the county. The closest station is Malton, 13.2 km to the south.

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Photo of the North York Moors, a National Park in North Yorkshire, northern England.Iconic

North York Moors

National Park near Rosedale Abbey

The largest heather moorland in England, purple in late summer, edged by a fine coast.

1 km NE

Photo of Thornton-le-Dale, a village in the North York Moors, North Yorkshire, northern England.Highlight

Thornton-le-Dale

Village

Often called Yorkshire's prettiest village, centred on a beck, a market cross and the thatched, calendar-famous Beck Isle Cottage.

3.8 km SE · North Yorkshire

Photo of the River Derwent, a 72-mile river running from North York Moors to River Ouse at Barmby, northern England.

River Derwent

River

A slow Yorkshire river curving off the North York Moors round the Vale of Pickering to the Ouse.

7.8 km S · North Yorkshire & East Riding of Yorkshire

Photo of Lastingham, a village in the North York Moors, North Yorkshire, northern England.Highlight

Lastingham

Village

A quiet stone village below the moor whose Norman church keeps one of England's finest crypts, founded on a 7th-century monastery.

9.2 km NW · North Yorkshire

Photo of The Bridestones, a rock formation near Levisham in the North York Moors, North Yorkshire, northern England.Highlight

The Bridestones

Rock formation near Levisham

Weathered sandstone tors rising from heather moor and woodland above Dalby Forest.

10 km NE

Photo of Hutton-le-Hole, a village in the North York Moors, North Yorkshire, northern England.Highlight

Hutton-le-Hole

Village

A picture-postcard moorland village with a long winding green, a beck running through it and the Ryedale Folk Museum.

10.9 km NW · North Yorkshire