Traditional county: North Yorkshire · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
Explore Saxton, North Yorkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Saxton 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 | Saxton |
| Traditional County | North Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.825377 |
| Longitude | -1.278125 |
| Place Type | Village |
Saxton commands a quiet authority over the rolling limestone landscape of North Yorkshire, where the horizon stretches wide and indifferent to the passing of centuries. It lies 4.1 miles south of Tadcaster (from Tadcaster: bearing 188°T, OS grid SE 476 368), and is situated west of Scarthingwell village. The earth here retains a heavy, solemn memory of the 1461 Battle of Towton, which spilled its grim history across the fields just to the north. Visitors walking the footpath toward the remains of Saxton Castle find only the low, grassy swell of a motte and bailey, where the wind now sings through the hawthorn instead of the clash of steel. To the east, the rounded profile of Windmill Hill rises like a dormant shoulder of the earth, catching the pale, thin sunlight that defines these northern afternoons. The limestone bedrock asserts itself in the ancient stone walls that divide the pastures, their grey surfaces etched with the slow, silver maps of lichen. A sense of enduring stillness governs Saxton, as if the modern world were merely a temporary guest passing through the long, shadows of the countryside.
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Explore Saxton, 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: 53.825377, -1.278125. 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. |