Why visit Danby
Townapedia lists 3 museums and landmarks, 5 places to eat, 3 places to stay and 1 attraction in and around town.
Highlights include Danby Lodge National Park Centre and Danby Castle.
Weather in Danby
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About Danby
Danby is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. According to the 2011 UK census, Danby parish had a population of 1,411, a reduction on the 2001 UK census figure of 1,515. The statistician Karl Pearson spent a lot of time there.
From the Wikipedia article Danby, North Yorkshire (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Things to do1
Museums and landmarks3
Danby Lodge National Park Centre
Monument and historic site · 0.6 mi
Lodge Lane, Whitby
Mar 01-Nov 03 10:00-17:00; Nov 04-Jan 05 Mo-Sa 10:30-16:00; Dec 24-25 off
Restaurants and cafes5
Where to stay3
Churches and places of worship7
Shopping1
Gas and EV charging1
Schools, colleges and libraries2
Map of Danby
23 places. The map loads OpenStreetMap tiles when you open it.
Getting there and nearby towns
Teesside International Airport (MME) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 21 miles away.
- Lingdale 5 mi north, about 9 min by car
- Boosbeck 6 mi northwest, about 10 min by car
- Skinningrove 7 mi north, about 11 min by car
- Guisborough 8 mi northwest, about 12 min by car
- Ingleby Greenhow 8 mi west, about 13 min by car
- Redcar 12 mi northwest, about 19 min by car
- Whitby 12 mi east, about 19 min by car
- Middlesbrough 15 mi northwest, about 24 min by car
- Thornaby-on-Tees 16 mi west, about 26 min by car
- Stockton-on-Tees 18 mi northwest, about 29 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- Mapillary (see each image): photos
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website, landmarks and historic places
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Danby Village, North Yorkshire, Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Danby railway station AB1, Adambro, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Danby railway station AB3, Adambro, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Danby railway station AB2, Adambro, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Danby Church of St Hilda from East, Simon Armstrong, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Danby Castle 1, Simon Armstrong, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Street-level photo, southglos, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, gness, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, southglos, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, southglos, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, southglos, CC BY-SA 4.0
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