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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Mark Brown North of England correspondent

North Yorkshire landmark has ‘finest view’ – but did it also have a Nazi spy?

View from Sutton Bank down towards green countryside
Sutton Bank is the highest point in the Hambleton Hills and is renowned for its views over bucolic countryside. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

Today, Sutton Bank is as peaceful and tranquil a spot as you might find anywhere, offering visitors what has been called “England’s finest view”. But could it also have an untold history involving rich German aristocrats and a Nazi spy?

A three-year archaeology project has begun to investigate the many histories of the landmark, near Thirsk in North Yorkshire.

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