Botton Head

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Botton Head is one of 230 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in North Yorkshire. It lies inside the North York Moors National Park. Other SSSIs nearby include Broughton Bank and Farndale. For arrivals by rail, Battersby Station is about 5.2 km to the north.

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Photo along the Coast to Coast, a 190-mile National Trail running from St Bees to Robin Hood's Bay, England.

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