Traditional county: North Yorkshire · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
Explore Gayles, North Yorkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Gayles 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 Gayles, 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 | Gayles |
| Traditional County | North Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.461784 |
| Longitude | -1.809311 |
| Place Type | Village |
Gayles reveals itself as a quiet gathering of stone dwellings perched upon the high, windswept limestone plateaus of North Yorkshire. It lies 4.9 miles north-west of Richmond (from Richmond: bearing 324°T, OS grid NZ 124 073), and is situated south-east of Dalton village. The land here possesses a stark clarity, where the horizon stretches wide and the light catches the pale, weathered masonry of the houses with a cool, northern brilliance. To the west, the ancient earthworks of the Castle Steads Slight Univallate Hillfort remain as a lingering memory of iron-age industry, marking the high ground where the wind hums through the long grasses. The surrounding pastures fall away toward the east, where the hidden course of Priest Gill carves a modest, verdant passage through the limestone bedrock. Gayles maintains a character defined by this openness, far removed from the bustle of the valley floors, where the sky claims a larger share of the day than the earth below. The air carries a crisp, mineral edge, sharpened by the proximity of the high moors that rise to the north and west. Here, the rhythm of existence is governed by the shifting clouds and the changing seasons that brush across the fields in muted shades of grey and ochre.
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Explore Gayles, 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: 54.461784, -1.809311. 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. |