Barwick in Elmet and Scholes
Barwick in Elmet and Scholes is a civil parish in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England.

Barwick in Elmet and Scholes is a civil parish in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 5,120, decreasing to 4,902 at the 2011 Census. The parish includes Barwick-in-Elmet and Scholes, situated in the north-eastern part of the borough.
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Worth seeing in and around Barwick in Elmet and Scholes
6 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.
- 01St Mary's Church, Whitkirk
St Mary's Church in Whitkirk, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England is an active Anglican parish church in the archdeaconry of Leeds and the Diocese of Leeds.
3.7 km · church in Whitkirk, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02St. James' Church, Seacroft
The Church of St James in Seacroft, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England is an active Anglican parish church in the archdeaconry of Leeds and the Diocese of Leeds. The church is Grade II listed.
3.1 km · church in Seacroft, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Crawshaw 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.
2.2 km · bridge in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Austhorpe Hall
Austhorpe Hall is a house built in 1694 at Austhorpe, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is a grade II* listed building.
2.9 km · house in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Church 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.
1.6 km · church in Barwick-in-Elmet, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Parlington Hall
Parlington Hall was the seat of the Gascoigne family, Aberford near Leeds in West Yorkshire, England.
3.5 km · country house in West Yorkshire, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Barwick in Elmet and Scholes
- Airports
- Leeds Bradford (LBA), 17 km · Manchester (MAN), 78 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 109 km
- Stations
- Cross Gates railway station, 3.1 km · Garforth railway station, 3.5 km · Thorpe Park railway station, 2.2 km · Seacroft bus station, 3 km
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Barwick in Elmet and Scholes68 km · quickest by road, 1h 51m · £8–11
- Liverpool → Barwick in Elmet and Scholes114 km · quickest by road, 2h 33m · £12–16
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Barwick in Elmet and Scholes100 km · quickest by road, 2h 21m · £11–14
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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 and Scholes. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFerries sail overnight from Rotterdam (Netherlands) to Kingston upon Hull.
- Get inHull is an hour by train or car from Leeds, and the ferry port is 3 miles east of Hull city centre: buses run from there to the railway station.
- Go nextLeeds is a major transport hub, so many outlying attractions can be done as day trips.
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Next door to Barwick in Elmet and Scholes
Barwick in Elmet and Scholes is 9 km from Leeds, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Garforthtown in Leeds, England3.8 km
- Seacroftarea of east Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK3.1 km
- Austhorpecivil parish and suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England3.3 km
- Barwick in Elmetvillage in West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom1.5 km
- Parlingtonsettlement and civil parish in West Yorkshire, United Kingdom3.5 km
- Arthursdalevillage in West Yorkshire, England, UK1.2 km