Brearton
Brearton is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England, situated about 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Knaresborough.

Brearton is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England, situated about 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Knaresborough. The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book and its name derives from the Old English Brer-Tun, which means the town where the briars grew.
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Worth seeing in and around Brearton
10 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.
- 01Church of St Michael
St Michael's Church is an Anglican church in Copgrove, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. A church was recorded in Copgrove in the Domesday Book, and it is possible that the lowest courses of sandstone in the south nave wall may survive from this building.
3.3 km · church in Copgrove, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Church of St Oswald
St Oswald's Church is the parish church of Farnham, North Yorkshire, a village in England. The church was originally built in the 12th century, from which period much of the chancel survives.
2.6 km · church in Farnham, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Brearton Chapel
St John's Church is an Anglican church in Brearton, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The building was commissioned by Thomas Duncombe in 1836, and designed by James Pigott Pritchett.
100 m · chapel in Brearton, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Church of St Leonard
St Leonard's Church is the parish church of Burton Leonard, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The first church in Burton Leonard was constructed in 1242, and it was rebuilt in 1782.
2.9 km · church building in Burton Leonard, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Church of St Wilfrid
St Wilfrid's Church is the parish church of South Stainley, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. A church was built in South Stainley in the Mediaeval period.
2.7 km · church building in South Stainley with Cayton, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Nidd Hall
Nidd Hall was a 19th-century country house, now a hotel, in the village of Nidd, North Yorkshire, England. It is a Grade II listed building.
2 km · country house hotel in Nidd, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Bilton Hall
Bilton Hall is a Grade II listed large country house near Harrogate, North Yorkshire. It was historically the home of the prominent Stockdale family, of which three Knaresborough MPs were members.
3.8 km · English country house in Knaresborough, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Nidd Viaduct Over River Nidd
The Nidd Viaduct, also known as the Bilton Viaduct, is a former railway bridge in Bilton, a village in North Yorkshire, northern England. It crosses the River Nidd and its gorge.
3 km · railway viaduct in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Farnham Mires
Farnham Mires is a Site of Special Scientific Interest, or SSSI, to the west of the village of Farnham, North Yorkshire, England. It consists of a spring-fed marshy fen or mire with reeds and sedge, and drier calcareous grassland containing a diverse range of flora.
1.7 km · site of Special Scientific Interest in North Yorkshire, England · Wikipedia - 10Church of St Paul And St Margaret
St Paul and St Margaret's Church is the parish church of Nidd, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. There was a church in Nidd in the mediaeval period, and in 1848 it was described as "a very ancient structure".
2.1 km · church building in Nidd, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Brearton
- Airports
- Leeds Bradford (LBA), 22 km · Manchester (MAN), 92 km · Newcastle (NCL), 111 km
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Brearton79 km · quickest by road, 2h 18m · £10–13
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Brearton103 km · quickest by road, 2h 9m · £11–15
- Liverpool → Brearton120 km · quickest by road, 2h 34m · £14–18
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No local-transport research exists yet for Brearton
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 Brearton. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inP&O Ferries sail overnight to Hull from Rotterdam in the Netherlands.
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Next door to Brearton
Brearton is 28 km from Leeds, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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- Ripleyvillage and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, UK3.8 km
- Farnhamvillage and civil parish in North Yorkshire, UK2.9 km
- Burton Leonardvillage and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, UK2.9 km
- Scrivenvillage in North Yorkshire, UK3.7 km
- Niddvillage in North Yorkshire, England, UK900 m