Barwick-in-Elmet
Barwick-in-Elmet is a village in civil parish of Barwick in Elmet and Scholes, in the Leeds district, in West Yorkshire, England, 7 miles (11 km) east of Leeds city centre.
Barwick-in-Elmet is a village in civil parish of Barwick in Elmet and Scholes, in the Leeds district, in West Yorkshire, England, 7 miles (11 km) east of Leeds city centre. It is one of many places in the area to be explicitly associated with the ancient Brythonic Kingdom of Elfed, the others being Scholes-in-Elmet and Sherburn-in-Elmet, while other Medieval records also show the "-in-Elmet" suffix was once used for other nearby settlements like Clifford, Micklefield, Sutton, Kirkby Wharfe, Burton Salmon and Saxton, though the current modern names dropped the suffix.
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Worth seeing in and around Barwick-in-Elmet
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.
3.3 km · church building in Aberford, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Church 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.
100 m · church in Barwick-in-Elmet, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03St. Peter's Church, Thorner
St Peter's Church in Thorner, West Yorkshire, England is an active Anglican parish church in the archdeaconry of Leeds and the Diocese of Leeds. The church is part of Elmete Trinity Benefice, which consists of the parishes of All Saints, Barwick in Elmet, St Philip's, Scholes and St Peter's, Thorner.
3.7 km · church in Thorner, UK · Wikipedia - 04Crawshaw Woods (Shippen House Farm) Bridge, Hul4/20
Crawshaw Woods Bridge is a Grade II listed cast iron overbridge which spans the Leeds to Selby railway line between Cross Gates and Garforth railway stations. It is notable for being the oldest railway-associated iron bridge still in daily use on an operational railway.
3.4 km · bridge in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Parlington Hall
Parlington Hall was the seat of the Gascoigne family, Aberford near Leeds in West Yorkshire, England.
2.7 km · country house in West Yorkshire, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Barwick-in-Elmet
- Airports
- Leeds Bradford (LBA), 18 km · Manchester (MAN), 79 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 111 km
- Stations
- Garforth railway station, 3.9 km · Thorpe Park railway station, 3.6 km
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Barwick-in-Elmet68 km · quickest by road, 1h 42m · £8–11
- Liverpool → Barwick-in-Elmet114 km · quickest by road, 2h 23m · £12–16
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Barwick-in-Elmet99 km · quickest by road, 2h 11m · £11–14
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No local-transport research exists yet for Barwick-in-Elmet
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 Barwick-in-Elmet. 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 Barwick-in-Elmet
Barwick-in-Elmet is 11 km from Leeds, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Aberfordvillage and civil parish in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England3.4 km
- Thornervillage and civil parish in West Yorkshire, England3.8 km
- Parlingtonsettlement and civil parish in West Yorkshire, United Kingdom2.7 km
- Barwick in Elmet and Scholescivil parish in City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England1.1 km
- Lotherton cum Aberfordcivil parish in West Yorkshire, United Kingdom3.7 km
- Arthursdalevillage in West Yorkshire, England, UK2.6 km