Sutton Bank

Sutton Bank

Sutton Bank (or "Roulston Scar" to give its precise name) is in the county of North Yorkshire in England. It is a high point on the Hambleton Hills and the North Yorkshire Moors with extensive views over the Vale of York and the Vale of Mowbray. The hill is the site of one of the most important prehistoric monuments in the region: a massive hillfort built in the Iron Age, around 400 BC.

Because it faces the prevailing westerly winds, Sutton Bank has been used for ridge soaring since the early 1930s for the sport of gliding. The [http://www.ygc.co.uk/ Yorkshire Gliding Club] is based at the top of the hill.

At the foot of Sutton Bank lies the village of Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe, at 27 letters long, it has the longest placename in England.

The A170 road runs down the bank and vehicles have to keep in low gear whist travelling up the bank.


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