What is recorded here
Worton Scar is shown as a cliff on the public map of North Yorkshire. The saved point is the map point or the centre of its mapped shape.
Worton Scar is a sea cliff composed primarily of Carboniferous limestone, formed around 340–320 million years ago through the accumulation of marine sediments. The cliff is notable for its exposure of geological strata and its role in the coastal landscape of North Yorkshire.
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Places near here
Victorian postbox, WortonOld post box · 600 yd
Worton HallListed building · 643 yd
Brough ScarWood · 814 yd
Bainbridge Roman fort and annexeScheduled monument · 1585 yd
Thornton ScarWood · 1.0 mi
River Bain waterfallWaterfall · 1.0 mi
AddlebroughMountain / peak · 1.0 mi
Cup marked boulder, AddlebroughAncient stone or rock art · 1.0 mi
Bracken HillMountain / peak · 1.2 mi
Mill Gill ForceWaterfall · 1.3 mi
Thornton Rust InstituteVisitor information · 1.4 mi
A sculpture in the form of a weather vane on the A684 west of Bainbridge, WensleydalePublic sculpture · 1.5 miOther information
Photo: Andrew Whale · CC BY-SA 2.0