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Thorlby North Yorkshire Map

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

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

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This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Thorlby, 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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PlaceThorlby
Traditional CountyNorth Yorkshire
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude53.971285
Longitude-2.054266
Place TypeHamlet

About Thorlby

Thorlby maintains a deliberate, quiet composure amidst the limestone folds of North Yorkshire. It lies 1.7 miles west-north-west of Skipton (from Skipton: bearing 297°T, OS grid SD 965 528). The landscape here is defined by the sharp, abrupt rise of Hoober Hill, which casts a long, cooling shadow over the northern boundary of the hamlet during the waning hours of the afternoon. A few paces to the southeast, the slopes of Langer Hill offer a vantage point where the prevailing winds scour the grass, keeping the air remarkably thin and clear. Thorlby occupies a narrow corridor of land where the transition from the rugged Pennine fringes to the softer, cultivated pastures of the valley floor becomes most apparent. Below the limestone crust, the seasonal pulse of Woomber Beck dictates the moisture of the soil, ensuring the vegetation remains a deep, insistent green even when the sky turns brittle and grey. The architecture acknowledges this terrain, favouring local gritstone that has weathered into a muted, silvered grey over the decades. Life in Thorlby avoids the clamour of the nearby market town, preferring the steady, predictable turning of the seasons to the intrusion of modern urgency.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Hoober Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.2 mi, 180° S
  • Langer Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.2 mi, 128° SE
  • Woomber Beck (River) — 0.7 mi, 314° NW
  • The Mart Theatre (Theatre) — 0.8 mi, 140° SE
  • Aireville Park (Park) — 1.2 mi, 123° ESE
  • Gallow Syke (River) — 1.3 mi, 140° SE
  • Park Hill Earthwork (Scheduled Monument) — 1.5 mi, 101° E
  • Roman Villa At Kirk Sink (Scheduled Monument) — 1.6 mi, 286° WNW · 2 ha
  • Canal trips (Attraction) — 1.6 mi, 117° ESE
  • Skipton Boat Trips (Attraction) — 1.6 mi, 118° ESE
  • Fred Trueman (Public Artwork) — 1.6 mi, 117° ESE
  • Skipton Little Theatre (Theatre) — 1.6 mi, 124° SE
  • Round Dam (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.7 mi, 095° E
  • Broughton Hall (Historic Park or Garden) — 1.7 mi, 221° SW · 87 ha
  • Craven Museum (Museum) — 1.7 mi, 112° ESE
  • Sandy Beck Bar (Historic Ruins) — 1.9 mi, 017° NNE
  • Middle Green (Park) — 2.0 mi, 292° WNW
  • Crookrise Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 2.1 mi, 033° NNE
  • High Wood Bowl Barrow (Scheduled Monument) — 2.1 mi, 341° NNW
  • Great Wood Lathe (Historic Ruins) — 2.3 mi, 124° ESE
  • Whinny Gill Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.4 mi, 117° ESE
  • Embsay Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.4 mi, 063° ENE
  • Stonycliff Bottom (Valley) — 2.6 mi, 059° ENE
  • Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway (Attraction) — 2.6 mi, 083° E
  • Clints Quarry Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.9 mi, 003° N
  • Tithe Laithe Lumb (Waterfall) — 3.6 mi, 138° SE
  • Holy Well Bridge Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 3.9 mi, 086° E · 2 ha
  • Cracoe War Memorial (Monument) — 4.1 mi, 025° NNE
  • Jubillee Tower (Monument) — 4.3 mi, 144° SE
  • Billy Bob's Parlour (Attraction) — 4.6 mi, 079° E

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About This Thorlby Map Page

Explore Thorlby, 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: 53.971285, -2.054266. 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.