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Church Fenton

Church Fenton is a village and civil parish in the North Yorkshire district of North Yorkshire, England.

Church Fenton
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The place

Church Fenton is a village and civil parish in the North Yorkshire district of North Yorkshire, England. It is about 16 miles (26 km) east of Leeds, about 6 miles (10 km) south-east from Tadcaster and 3 miles (5 km) north from Sherburn in Elmet. Neighbouring villages include Barkston Ash, Cawood and Ulleskelf. The former RAF Church Fenton is located immediately north-east, which is now known as Leeds East Airport.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Church Fenton

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.

  1. 01
    Holy Trinity Church, Barkston Ash

    Holy Trinity Church is an Anglican church in Barkston Ash, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. Until the mid 19th century, the village did not have a place of worship, but instead fell into the parish of All Saints' Church, Sherburn in Elmet.

    2.3 km · church in Barkston Ash, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Church of St Mary the Virgin

    St Mary the Virgin's Church is the parish church of Church Fenton, a village south of Tadcaster in North Yorkshire, in England.

    200 m · Grade I listed church in Church Fenton, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    The Church of the Immaculate Conception, Scarthingwell

    The Church of the Immaculate Conception is a historic church in Scarthingwell, in North Yorkshire, in England. The church was constructed in 1854 to a design by John Bownas and William Atkinson.

    2.1 km · Catholic Church in Saxton with Scarthingwell, Selby, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    The Old Vicarage

    The Old Vicarage is a historic building in Church Fenton, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. A vicarage was first endowed in Church Fenton in 1240.

    300 m · clergy house in Church Fenton, Selby, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Church of All Saints

    All Saints' Church is the parish church of Saxton, North Yorkshire, a village in England. The church was built in the 11th century, initially serving as a chapel of ease in the parish of All Saints' Church, Sherburn in Elmet.

    3.7 km · historic church in Saxton with Scarthingwell, Selby, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Church Fenton

Airports
Leeds Bradford (LBA), 29 km · Manchester (MAN), 88 km · East Midlands (EMA), 111 km
Stations
Sherburn-in-Elmet railway station, 3.3 km · Church Fenton railway station, 400 m · Ulleskelf railway station, 3.1 km
  • Manchester, Greater Manchester → Church Fenton
    77 km · quickest by road, 1h 56m · £9–12
  • Nottingham, Leicestershire → Church Fenton
    97 km · quickest by road, 2h 6m · £10–13
  • Liverpool → Church Fenton
    125 km · quickest by road, 2h 37m · £13–17
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Church Fenton

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 Church Fenton. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Go nextFor day trips use the bus or Park & Ride.

From Wikivoyage: Tadcaster, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    318 km
  2. 02
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    349 km
  3. 03
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    351 km
  4. 04
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    376 km
  5. 05
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    379 km

If you know how people move in Church Fenton – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Church Fenton

Church Fenton is 22 km from Leeds, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Towtonvillage in North Yorkshire, England, UK3.8 km
  • Sherburn in Elmetvillage in North Yorkshire, England, UK3.3 km
  • Bigginvillage and civil parish in the Selby district of North Yorkshire, England3.6 km
  • Ulleskelfvillage in North Yorkshire, England, UK3.3 km
  • Barkston Ashvillage in North Yorkshire, England, UK2.3 km
  • Little Fentonvillage and civil parish in Selby, North Yorkshire, England2.1 km