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Golden Hill Pit

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Golden Hill Pit is one of 230 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in North Yorkshire. At 0.01 km², it is one of the smaller SSSIs in the county. Other SSSIs nearby include Fairy Call Beck, Haugh and Gundale Slacks and Newtondale. The nearest railway station is Malton, about 13 km to the south-east.

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Photo of Nunnington Hall, a Grade II registered house & garden near Harome in the Howardian Hills, North Yorkshire, northern England.

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

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Photo of Farndale, a Site of Special Scientific Interest near Rosedale Abbey in the North York Moors, North Yorkshire, northern England.Highlight

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Moorland valley of wild spring daffodils.

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