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Towthorpe North Yorkshire Map

Traditional county: North Yorkshire · Unitary authority: York · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber

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

How to Use This Towthorpe, North Yorkshire Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Towthorpe, 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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PlaceTowthorpe
Traditional CountyNorth Yorkshire
Unitary AuthorityYork
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude54.020195
Longitude-1.045307
Place TypeVillage

About Towthorpe

Towthorpe emerges from the flat, industrious horizon of North Yorkshire as a collection of quiet lanes and open fields. It lies 1.1 miles east-north-east of Haxby (from Haxby: bearing 75°T, OS grid SE 626 586), and is situated north-north-east of Earswick village. The sky here feels vast and unburdened, pressing down upon the heavy, dark earth that has long defined the agricultural character of the region. A short distance away, the quiet verdancy of Strensall Park offers a reprieve from the rhythmic machinery of local farming, where the light shifts across the grass with a pale, wintry sharpness. History lingers in the periphery, marked by the faint, utilitarian shadows of the foundations of a WW2 POW camp that once held Italian prisoners. These traces of the past are slowly reclaimed by the encroaching hedgerows, grounding Towthorpe in a landscape that remembers more than it reveals. Winter evenings bring a particular stillness, where the silhouette of the land against the dusk seems to sharpen into something essential and stark. Towthorpe remains a place of subtle transitions, where the modern pace of life yields to the persistent, ancient gravity of the soil.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Strensall Park (Park) — 0.2 mi, 068° ENE
  • Earswick Community Garden (Park) — 1.0 mi, 210° SSW
  • Foundations of WW2 POW camp (for Italians) (Historic Ruins) — 1.0 mi, 042° NE
  • Fern Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.2 mi, 083° E
  • Wyre Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.4 mi, 264° W
  • Harem Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.5 mi, 099° E
  • Chaloner Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.5 mi, 305° NW
  • Goland Dike (River) — 1.6 mi, 336° NNW
  • Sow Dike (River) — 1.6 mi, 168° SSE
  • Kidney Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.7 mi, 069° ENE
  • Strensall Common Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.8 mi, 055° NE · 573 ha
  • Piglet's Adventure Farm Park (Theme Park) — 1.8 mi, 088° E
  • Hart (Public Artwork) — 2.1 mi, 214° SW
  • Web Adventure Park (Theme Park) — 2.4 mi, 229° SW
  • Roman Camp On Huntington South Moor, 300M East Of Huntington Grange (Scheduled Monument) — 2.5 mi, 187° S
  • Craven's Motorcycle Museum (Museum) — 2.5 mi, 147° SSE
  • Vue York (Cinema) — 3.1 mi, 228° SW
  • Averhams Plantation (Forest / Woodland) — 3.3 mi, 068° ENE
  • Breezy Knees Gardens (Attraction) — 3.3 mi, 116° ESE
  • Vale of York (Valley) — 3.4 mi, 141° SE
  • Joseph Rowntree Theatre (Theatre) — 3.4 mi, 201° SSW
  • Upstage Centre Youth Theatre (Theatre) — 4.1 mi, 198° SSW
  • Robin Hood Tower (Attraction) — 4.1 mi, 201° SSW
  • York Minster Cathedral Precinct: Including Bootham Bar And The Length Of City Walls Extending Round The Precinct Up To Monk Bar (Scheduled Monument) — 4.2 mi, 200° SSW · 8 ha
  • Jewbury Medieval Jewish Cemetery (Scheduled Monument) — 4.2 mi, 196° SSW
  • Yorkshire Museum of Farming (Museum) — 4.2 mi, 161° SSE
  • St Leonard's Church (Historic Ruins) — 4.2 mi, 091° E
  • Saint William's College (Attraction) — 4.2 mi, 200° SSW
  • Treasurer's House (Attraction) — 4.2 mi, 200° SSW
  • Clifton Ings And Rawcliffe Meadows Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 4.3 mi, 219° SW · 56 ha

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About This Towthorpe Map Page

Explore Towthorpe, 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: 54.020195, -1.045307. 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.