Visit Scawton Places

Welcome to Visit Scawton Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Scawton

  

Scawton Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Scawton

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Scawton history

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Scawton was listed in the Domesday Book as belonging to Count Robert of Mortain. The name means farm in the hollow, where the word Skál means hollow. The land sits atop Hambleton Oolite, a white to grey fine ooidal limestone used for building houses and drystone walls in the area.

You can visit Scawton places with Walkfo Scawton to hear history at Scawton’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Scawton has 12 places to visit in our interactive Scawton map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Scawton, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Scawton places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Scawton & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 12 audio facts unique to Scawton places in an interactive Scawton map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Scawton Places Map
12 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Scawton historic spots	Scawton tourist destinations	Scawton plaques	Scawton geographic features
Walkfo Scawton tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Scawton

  

Best Scawton places to visit

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Scawton has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Scawton’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Scawton’s information audio spots:

Ryedale Windypits The Ryedale Windypits are archaeologically significant natural underground features within the North York Moors National Park. This series of fissures in the Hambleton Hills, near Helmsley is located on the Western slope above the River Rye.

Rievaulx Terrace Rievaulx Terrace is a site in the North York Moors National Park, in North Yorkshire, England. The site is a grass-covered terrace following a serpentine course across a wooded escarpment overlooking the ruins of the abbey. At either end of the terrace stand two mid-18th century follies: small Palladian temples.

Rievaulx Abbey Rievaulx Abbey was one of the great abbeys in England until it was seized under Henry VIII of England in 1538. The wider site was awarded Scheduled Ancient Monument status in 1915. The abbey was brought into the care of the Ministry of Works in 1917.

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Visit Scawton plaques