Aberford
Aberford is a village and civil parish on the eastern outskirts of the City of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England.

Aberford is a village and civil parish on the eastern outskirts of the City of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. It had a population of 1,059 at the 2001 census, increasing to 1,180 at the 2011 Census. It is situated 10 miles (15.5 km) east, north east of Leeds and west of the A1(M) motorway.
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Worth seeing in and around Aberford
5 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Parish Church of St Ricarius Or St Riquier
The Church of St Ricarius, Aberford, West Yorkshire, England, is an active Anglican parish church in the archdeaconry of York and the Diocese of Leeds. It is commonly stated that the dedication refers to the French saint St Richarius or Riquier who is supposed to have visited Aberford in 630.
200 m · church building in Aberford, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Lotherton Hall
Lotherton Hall is a country house near Aberford in West Yorkshire, England. It is a short distance from the A1 motorway, 200 miles equidistant from London and Edinburgh.
2.1 km · country house in West Yorkshire, England · Wikipedia - 03St Mary's Chapel, Lead
St Mary's Church, Lead, is a redundant Anglican chapel standing in an isolated position in fields in the civil parish of Lead, some 0.75 miles to the west of the village of Saxton, North Yorkshire, England. Though technically a chapel, it is generally referred to as a church.
3.1 km · church in Lead, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Church of All Saints
All Saints' Church in Barwick-in-Elmet, West Yorkshire, England is an active Anglican parish church in the archdeaconry of Leeds and the Diocese of Leeds.
3.3 km · church in Barwick-in-Elmet, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Parlington Hall
Parlington Hall was the seat of the Gascoigne family, Aberford near Leeds in West Yorkshire, England.
1.7 km · country house in West Yorkshire, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Aberford
- Airports
- Leeds Bradford (LBA), 21 km · Manchester (MAN), 82 km · East Midlands (EMA), 111 km
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Aberford70 km · quickest by road, 1h 40m · £8–11
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Aberford98 km · quickest by road, 2h 6m · £10–14
- Liverpool → Aberford117 km · quickest by road, 2h 22m · £12–16
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No local-transport research exists yet for Aberford
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Aberford. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextFor day trips use the bus or Park & Ride.
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Next door to Aberford
Aberford is 14 km from Leeds, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Parlingtonsettlement and civil parish in West Yorkshire, United Kingdom1.7 km
- Sturton Grangecivil parish in West Yorkshire, United Kingdom3.8 km
- Barwick in Elmetvillage in West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom3.4 km
- Lotherton cum Aberfordcivil parish in West Yorkshire, United Kingdom700 m
- Leadvillage and civil parish in Selby, North Yorkshire, England3.4 km
- Barwick-in-Elmet Castlefortification in the village of Barwick-in-Elmet, West Yorkshire, England, UK3.4 km