West Scrafton North Yorkshire Map

About West Scrafton

West Scrafton, a quiet hamlet, breathes the very air of the Yorkshire Dales. It lies 6.8 km south-west of Middleham (from Middleham: bearing 233°T, OS grid SE 072 836), and is situated south-east of Carlton village. The landscape around West Scrafton unfolds with a gentle, almost hesitant beauty, where fields of ancient stone walls trace the contours of the land under a sky that often shifts from soft grey to a startling, luminous blue. Sheep graze placidly, their woolly forms like scattered clouds against the verdant slopes, a timeless tableau that has remained largely unchanged for centuries. The houses of West Scrafton, built of the local warm-toned stone, seem to have grown organically from the earth, their slate roofs catching the diffused light. A sense of quiet industry pervades the air, a subtle echo of generations who have worked this rich, if sometimes unforgiving, soil.

About This West Scrafton Map Page

Explore West Scrafton, 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: 54.248296, -1.889638. 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.