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.
| 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 breathes the quietude of the Yorkshire countryside, a gentle scattering of homes under a broad sky. It lies 7.3 km south of Tadcaster (from Tadcaster: bearing 175°T, OS grid SE 491 361), and is situated south of Scarthingwell village. The land here, a patient canvas of green fields, rolls with a subtle grace, each furrow of the plough catching the light in a slightly different hue. One might imagine the murmur of ancient cartwheels on the lanes, a sound lost now but held in the very air. Though not a place of grand pronouncements, Barkston Ash possesses a certain steadfastness, a character shaped by the seasons and the quiet work of its inhabitants. The distant hum of traffic from larger routes serves only to accentuate the peaceful stillness that settles over the village as twilight deepens.
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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 | June 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. |