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.
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.
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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.
- 01Harewood 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 - 02Harewood 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 - 03Rougemont 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 - 04All 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 - 05Harewood 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 - 06Church 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 - 07Church 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 → Dunkeswick67 km · quickest by road, 1h 51m · £8–10
- Liverpool → Dunkeswick111 km · quickest by road, 2h 33m · £12–16
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Dunkeswick110 km · quickest by road, 2h 29m · £12–16
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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.
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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