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Claxton North Yorkshire Map

Traditional county: North Yorkshire · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber

Explore Claxton, North Yorkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Claxton 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.

Interactive Map of Claxton, North Yorkshire

How to Use This Claxton, North Yorkshire Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Claxton, 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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PlaceClaxton
Traditional CountyNorth Yorkshire
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude54.032837
Longitude-0.944753
Place TypeVillage

About Claxton

Claxton commands a quiet authority over the flat, fertile stretches of North Yorkshire, where the sky seems to press down with a vast and heavy clarity. It lies 5.3 miles east-north-east of Haxby (from Haxby: bearing 77°T, OS grid SE 692 601), and is situated north of Sand Hutton village. Fields of oilseed rape and winter wheat stretch away from the houses, their seasonal hues bleeding into the horizon with a startling, painterly precision. To the west, the dark, rhythmic density of Averhams Plantation breaks the monotony of the arable land, offering a cool shadow against the relentless light of the plains. A short distance to the east, the modest rise of Mill Hill provides a subtle vantage point from which the entire grid of the landscape becomes legible. Claxton retains an atmosphere of deliberate enclosure, where the air holds the faint, metallic scent of damp earth and distant machinery. The architecture here is functional and stark, reflecting a history tied firmly to the management of the surrounding soil. Even the light, catching the edges of the hedgerows, feels sharpened by the proximity of the North Sea winds that sweep across this exposed corner of the county.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Mill Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.5 mi, 070° ENE
  • Silver Jubilee 1977 (Monument) — 0.9 mi, 154° SSE
  • Averhams Plantation (Forest / Woodland) — 1.0 mi, 289° WNW
  • St Leonard'S Church And Cross Base Adjacent To St Mary'S Church (Scheduled Monument) — 1.0 mi, 167° SSE
  • St Leonard's Church (Historic Ruins) — 1.0 mi, 170° S
  • Weed Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.2 mi, 185° S
  • The Green (Park) — 1.5 mi, 041° NE
  • Scrogs Bottoms (Valley) — 1.5 mi, 179° S
  • Bossall Hall Medieval Moated Site (Scheduled Monument) — 1.6 mi, 079° E · 2 ha
  • Foss Drain (River) — 2.0 mi, 222° SW
  • Buttercrambe Moor Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 2.1 mi, 150° SSE
  • Piglet's Adventure Farm Park (Theme Park) — 2.4 mi, 251° WSW
  • Kidney Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.5 mi, 264° W
  • Braisthwaites Beck (River) — 2.5 mi, 056° NE
  • Strensall Common Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.6 mi, 273° W · 573 ha
  • Breezy Knees Gardens (Attraction) — 2.6 mi, 206° SSW
  • Aldby Park (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 2.7 mi, 115° ESE · 42 ha
  • No Mans Friend (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.0 mi, 140° SE
  • The Shallows (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.1 mi, 155° SSE
  • Howsham Hall (Historic Park or Garden) — 3.2 mi, 059° ENE · 45 ha
  • Foston Medieval Settlement And Moated Monastic Grange (Scheduled Monument) — 3.2 mi, 008° N · 26 ha
  • Foundations of WW2 POW camp (for Italians) (Historic Ruins) — 3.4 mi, 268° W
  • Battle Of Stamford Bridge 1066 (Registered Battlefield) — 3.6 mi, 151° SSE · 75 ha
  • Alexander (Public Artwork) — 3.7 mi, 332° NNW
  • Sheriff Hutton Park (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 3.8 mi, 332° NNW · 52 ha
  • Strensall Park (Park) — 4.0 mi, 258° WSW
  • Catton Heritage Museum (Museum) — 4.0 mi, 169° S
  • Craven's Motorcycle Museum (Museum) — 4.0 mi, 222° SW
  • Monument to 7th Earl of Carlisle (Monument) — 4.5 mi, 019° NNE
  • Sheriff Hutton Castle (Castle) — 4.5 mi, 327° NNW

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About This Claxton Map Page

Explore Claxton, 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: 54.032837, -0.944753. 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 builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.