Flixton Ings
Built-up area in North Yorkshire, England
| Coordinates: | 54.201, -0.427 |
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| OS grid ref: | TA 02 79 |
| Dialling code: | 01723 (Scarborough) |
Flixton Ings lies on the low-lying floodplain beside the village of Flixton in North Yorkshire, England. The name "Ings" comes from Old Norse and hints at its character: seasonally inundated water meadows and interlaced drainage channels that soak up winter floods, support wetland plants and attract wading birds against a backdrop of mixed arable and pasture land.
Traditionally managed for hay and summer grazing, the area still plays a quiet but important role in the local rural economy and way of life, while also drawing birdwatchers and walkers who value its open, changeable landscape. Local conservation and farmland management seek to balance biodiversity, flood storage and farming traditions, so the Ings remain both a working landscape and a small but valued nature reserve within the community.
Postcode districts covering Flixton Ings
Most populated places nearby
- Scarborough 3.7 miles5.9 km
- Bridlington 12 miles19.3 km
- Beverley 24.9 miles40 km
- Whitby 21.1 miles34 km
- Driffield 13.5 miles21.7 km
Neighbouring places
- Staxton Built-up area 0.7 miles1.2 km
- Hunmanby & Sherburn Ward 1.4 miles2.3 km
- Folkton Parish 1.4 miles2.3 km
- Willerby Parish 1.5 miles2.4 km
- Ganton Parish 2.5 miles4 km
- Seamer Built-up area 2.7 miles4.4 km
- Cayton Parish 2.8 miles4.6 km
- Eastfield Parish 3.1 miles5.1 km
- Wold Newton Parish 3.5 miles5.6 km
- Scarborough Built-up area 3.7 miles5.9 km
- Lebberston Parish 3.7 miles6 km
- Osgodby Parish 3.8 miles6.1 km
Example postcodes in Flixton Ings
Transport links
- Durham Tees Valley Airport 45.6 miles73.5 km
- Doncaster Sheffield Airport 55 miles88.5 km
- Seamer Railway Station 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Hunmanby Railway Station 4.9 miles7.9 km
Hotels near Flixton Ings Ad
- Orchard Lodge & Wolds Restaurant 5 0.8 miles1.3 km
- The Farrier 5 3 miles4.8 km
- The Outlook Scarborough 4 6.1 miles9.8 km
- Raincliffe Hotel 3 5.2 miles8.4 km
- The Norlands 4 6.3 miles10.1 km
- The Mayfield Seamer 3 2.7 miles4.4 km
- Serenity Guest House 3 5.6 miles9.1 km
- Brialene Holiday Apartments 3 5.2 miles8.4 km
- The Piebald Inn 4.8 miles7.8 km
- Wrea Head Hall 4 7.3 miles11.7 km
Local points of interest
- Star Carr Archaeological site 1 mile1.7 km
- Scarborough Signal Station Historic site 6.2 miles10 km
- Wolds Way Lavender Gardens 10 miles16.1 km
- The Walled Garden Gardens 10.4 miles16.7 km
- North Beach Beach 12.6 miles20.3 km
- Fraisethorpe Beach Beach 13.6 miles21.9 km
- Eden Camp Museum 14.7 miles23.6 km