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Broughton Bank

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Broughton Bank is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in North Yorkshire, covering 0.05 km². The county has 230 Sites of Special Scientific Interest; this is one. It lies inside the North York Moors National Park.

For arrivals by rail, Battersby Station is about 4.1 km to the north-east. For more of the same, Botton Head and Tripsdale are close by.

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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.Highlight

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

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