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Draughton, North Yorkshire

Draughton is a village and civil parish east of Skipton in North Yorkshire, England.

Draughton, North Yorkshire
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The place

Draughton is a village and civil parish east of Skipton in North Yorkshire, England. In 2015, the population of the parish was 270. The boundaries of the parish extend beyond the village proper: eastwards they go to the River Wharfe, including ancient woodland. The village dates back to the time of the Domesday book and has several listed buildings. The civil parish lies next to both Yorkshire Dales National Park and to the Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The ground the parish sits on includes mudstone and limestone.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Draughton, North Yorkshire

7 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
    Bolton Abbey Hall

    Bolton Abbey Hall is a historic building in Bolton Abbey, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The building was originally the gatehouse of Bolton Priory.

    3.8 km · house in Bolton Abbey, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Manor House

    Embsay Manor House is a historic building in Embsay, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The house was constructed in 1636, for Thomas Alcock.

    3.6 km · historic building in Embsay with Eastby, Craven, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    The Old Rectory

    The Old Rectory is a historic building in Bolton Abbey, a village in North Yorkshire, England. The building was originally constructed in the 15th century, as the infirmary of Bolton Priory.

    3.9 km · building in Bolton Abbey, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    The Great Tythe Barn

    The Tithe Barn is a historic building in the village of Bolton Abbey, in North Yorkshire in England. The building was probably constructed in the 16th century, as the tithe barn of Bolton Priory.

    3.6 km · architectural structure in Bolton Abbey, Craven, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Church of Saint Mary the Virgin

    St Mary's Church is an Anglican church in Embsay with Eastby, a parish in North Yorkshire, in England. Embsay Priory was founded in 1120.

    3.2 km · church building in Embsay with Eastby, Craven, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Chelker Reservoir

    Chelker Reservoir is a man-made lake in North Yorkshire, England. It lies in the parish of Draughton, immediately north of the A65 road, between Skipton and the village of Addingham.

    2 km · reservoir in North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway

    The Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway is a heritage railway in North Yorkshire, England, formed in 1979 and opened in 1981. The preserved railway was part of the former Midland Railway route from Skipton to Ilkley which was closed down by British Railways in 1965 over 15 years before the reopening of part of the line.

    3.3 km · heritage railway in North Yorkshire, England · 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.

Go there

Getting to Draughton, North Yorkshire

Airports
Leeds Bradford (LBA), 22 km · Manchester (MAN), 72 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 92 km
Stations
Bolton Abbey railway station, 2.4 km · Embsay railway station, 3.3 km · Holywell Halt, 1.5 km
  • Manchester, Greater Manchester → Draughton, North Yorkshire
    57 km · quickest by road, 1h 42m · £7–9
  • Liverpool → Draughton, North Yorkshire
    92 km · quickest by road, 2h 19m · £10–14
  • Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Draughton, North Yorkshire
    114 km · quickest by road, 2h 24m · £14–18
  • From anywhere
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Draughton, North Yorkshire

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 Draughton, North Yorkshire. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inOn Sunday May-Sep it connects with a minibus to Buckden and Hawes.

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

The nearest places where the work is done
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    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    272 km
  2. 02
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    306 km
  3. 03
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    333 km
  4. 04
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    361 km
  5. 05
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    367 km

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

Around it

Next door to Draughton, North Yorkshire

Draughton, North Yorkshire is 23 km from Bradford, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Halton Eastvillage in North Yorkshire, England, UK1.6 km
  • Beamsleyvillage in North Yorkshire, England, UK3.9 km
  • Bolton Abbeyvillage and civil parish in Craven, North Yorkshire, England.3.7 km
  • Embsayvillage in North Yorkshire, England, UK3 km
  • Embsay with Eastbycivil parish in North Yorkshire, England, UK2.9 km
  • Bolton Bridgehamlet in North Yorkshire, England3.2 km