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Dunkeswick

Dunkeswick is a hamlet in the civil parish of Kirkby Overblow, in North Yorkshire, England, just north of the River Wharfe, off the A61, about 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Harewood and 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Kirkby Overblow.

The place

Dunkeswick is a hamlet in the civil parish of Kirkby Overblow, in North Yorkshire, England, just north of the River Wharfe, off the A61, about 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Harewood and 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Kirkby Overblow.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Dunkeswick

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
    Harewood House

    Harewood House is a country house in Harewood, West Yorkshire, England. Designed by architects John Carr and Robert Adam, it was built between 1759 and 1771, for Edwin Lascelles, 1st Baron Harewood, a wealthy West Indian plantation and slave owner.

    2.3 km · Grade I listed historic house museum and Zoo in Harewood, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Harewood Castle

    Harewood Castle is a 14th-century stone hall house and courtyard fortress, located on the Harewood Estate, Harewood, in West Yorkshire, England. Harewood Castle is a grade I listed building.

    1.8 km · Grade I listed castle in Harewood, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Rougemont Castle

    Rougemont Castle in the manor of Harewood, in the parish of Weeton, North Yorkshire, England, is a ruined ringwork castle, now largely hidden within a small woodland within the grounds of Hawthorne House Farm, south east of the village of Weeton, above the north bank of the River Wharfe, where the river turns in a right-angle at its confluence with Weeton Beck. No above-ground structure survives but the earthwork features remain visible of building platforms, ditch system, outer enclosure and fish ponds.

    1.4 km · castle in Kirkby Overblow, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    All Saints' Church, Harewood

    All Saints' Church is a 15th-century redundant church in the park of Harewood House, the seat of the Lascelles Earls of Harewood, near the village of Harewood, West Yorkshire, England. The building is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

    2 km · church in Leeds, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Harewood Bridge

    Harewood Bridge is a historic bridge across the River Wharfe, connecting North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire, in England. The bridge was constructed in 1729, replacing an older structure.

    900 m · bridge in Harewood, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Church of All Saints

    All Saints' Church is the parish church of Kirkby Overblow, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The oldest part of the church is the north doorway, which is probably 11th century, while the north transept is 14th century.

    2.8 km · church building in Kirkby Overblow, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Church of St Barnabas

    St Barnabas' Church is the parish church of Weeton, North Yorkshire, a village in England. The church was built between 1851 and 1852, to an Early English Gothic design by George Gilbert Scott.

    2.5 km · church in Weeton, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Dunkeswick

Airports
Leeds Bradford (LBA), 10 km · Manchester (MAN), 80 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 108 km
Stations
Weeton railway station, 3.3 km
  • Manchester, Greater Manchester → Dunkeswick
    67 km · quickest by road, 1h 51m · £8–10
  • Liverpool → Dunkeswick
    111 km · quickest by road, 2h 33m · £12–16
  • Nottingham, Leicestershire → Dunkeswick
    110 km · quickest by road, 2h 29m · £12–16
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Dunkeswick

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

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inP&O Ferries sail overnight to Hull from Rotterdam in the Netherlands.

From Wikivoyage: Yorkshire, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-08.

The nearest places where the work is done
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    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    296 km
  2. 02
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    329 km
  3. 03
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    357 km
  4. 04
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    359 km
  5. 05
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    371 km

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Around it

Next door to Dunkeswick

Dunkeswick is 13 km from Leeds, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Harewoodvillage and civil parish in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England2.4 km
  • Arthingtonvillage in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK3.7 km
  • Kirkby Overblowvillage in North Yorkshire, England, UK2.8 km
  • Weetonvillage and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England2.4 km
  • North Rigtonvillage in North Yorkshire, England, UK3.7 km
  • Kearby with Netherbycivil parish in North Yorkshire, UK2.9 km