Traditional county: North Yorkshire · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
Explore Cawton, North Yorkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Cawton 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.
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| Place | Cawton |
| Traditional County | North Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.182267 |
| Longitude | -1.015376 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Cawton remains a quiet anchor of stone and pasture within the North Yorkshire landscape. It lies 4.8 miles south-south-east of Helmsley (from Helmsley: bearing 157°T, OS grid SE 643 767), and is situated west-north-west of Hovingham village. The terrain here rises in modest swells, where the morning light catches the limestone walls of traditional farmsteads with a sharp, pale clarity. To the south, the dense canopy of Hovingham High Wood gathers the shadows of the afternoon, providing a dark contrast to the open, arable fields that define the immediate horizon. Westward, the ground slopes toward the quiet presence of Scar Wood, where the trees hold the silence of the valley floor. Cawton maintains a rhythm dictated by the turning of the soil and the slow, seasonal migration of livestock across the surrounding paddocks. Ancient earthworks, such as the nearby scheduled monument of the round barrow, suggest a long history of human occupation that preceded the current agricultural order. The air here tastes of damp earth and distant woodsmoke, grounding the hamlet in a stark, unadorned reality.
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Explore Cawton, 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: 54.182267, -1.015376. 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. |