Traditional county: North Yorkshire · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
Explore Barkston Ash, North Yorkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Barkston Ash map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Barkston Ash, North Yorkshire, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
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| Place | Barkston Ash |
| Traditional County | North Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.819119 |
| Longitude | -1.254233 |
| Place Type | Village |
Barkston Ash retains a quiet dignity amidst the flat, fertile stretches of North Yorkshire, where the horizon feels wide and unencumbered by the clutter of modern industry. It lies 4.6 miles south of Tadcaster (from Tadcaster: bearing 175°T, OS grid SE 491 361), and is situated south of Scarthingwell village. The landscape here is defined by a subtle, rhythmic fall of the earth, leading the eye toward the damp, reed-lined margins of Bishop Dike as it snakes through the lower meadows. To the north-west, the modest elevation of Windmill Hill offers a vantage point from which the morning mist often clings to the fields like a heavy, woollen blanket. History lingers in the local topography, evidenced by the earthworks of Saxton Castle, where the ruins of a motte and bailey speak of a more turbulent past now softened by encroaching greenery. Barkston Ash itself remains a place of steady, agricultural character, where the light in late afternoon catches the stone of older buildings with a pale, amber clarity. The local economy and daily life have long been anchored to this productive soil, far removed from the clamour of larger urban centres. Even the modern traveller feels the persistent, grounded weight of the land here, a quality that renders the passage of time almost imperceptible.
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Explore Barkston Ash, North Yorkshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 53.819119, -1.254233. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | August 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |