Traditional county: North Yorkshire · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
Explore Thornton-le-Clay, North Yorkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Thornton-le-Clay 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.
| Place | Thornton-le-Clay |
| Traditional County | North Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.077311 |
| Longitude | -0.954111 |
| Place Type | Village |
The quietude of Thornton-le-Clay unfolds with a gentle grace upon the North Yorkshire landscape. It lies 10.3 km north-east of Haxby (from Haxby: bearing 48°T, OS grid SE 685 651), and is situated west of Foston village. The very air in Thornton-le-Clay seems to hold a particular luminosity, a soft diffusion that catches the edges of the ancient farmsteads and the unassuming church spire. Here, the land stretches out in broad, arable sweeps, a testament to generations who have coaxed sustenance from its soil, the faint scent of turned earth a constant, subtle perfume. The village green, a humble expanse of well-trod turf, offers a quiet stage for the passing of days, where the slow cadence of rural life is observed with an unhurried dignity. Thornton-le-Clay carries a simple, enduring beauty, a place where the sky feels vast and the horizon promises nothing but more of the same peaceful unfolding.
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Explore Thornton-le-Clay, 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: 54.077311, -0.954111. 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 | June 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. |