Eccup
Eccup is a village in the parish of Alwoodley and north of the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
Eccup is a village in the parish of Alwoodley and north of the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is just north of Alwoodley and east of Bramhope and Golden Acre Park. Eccup is at the north-west edge of Eccup Reservoir. On 1 April 1926 Eccup became a civil parish, being formed from part of Adel cum Eccup, on 1 April 1928 the parish was abolished and merged with Leeds.
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Worth seeing in and around Eccup
8 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.
3.4 km · Grade I listed historic house museum and Zoo in Harewood, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 02Church of St John the Baptist
The Grade I listed, mainly Norman Church of Saint John the Baptist in Adel, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England has been described by Nicholas Pevsner as 'one of the best and most complete Norman churches in Yorkshire'. It is most notable for its magnificent south doorway with surrounding carvings, and highly carved Norman chancel arch.
2.4 km · church in Leeds, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03All 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.
3.8 km · church in Leeds, UK · Wikipedia - 04Creskeld Hall
Creskeld Hall is a grade II listed Country House located in Arthington, near Otley, West Yorkshire, England.
3.4 km · house in Arthington, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Eccup Reservoir
Eccup Reservoir is a reservoir in Alwoodley, a suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, near the village of Eccup. It was first constructed in 1843, and expanded to its present size in 1897.
1.6 km · reservoir in West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Golden Acre Park
Golden Acre Park is a public park in Bramhope, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, administered by Leeds City Council. It is on the A660 Otley Road and covers an area of 179 acres.
1.8 km · park in Leeds, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 07Ethel Preston memorial
The Ethel Preston memorial, also known as Ethel at the Gate, is a grade II listed grave monument from 1913 in Lawnswood Cemetery, Leeds, England.
3.8 km · memorial in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Tinshill BT Tower
The Tinshill BT Tower is a 60.96 metres tall telecommunication tower located on the east side of Otley Old Road in the north of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is in an elevated part of Leeds, with its base 192 metres above sea level.
3.9 km · telecommunication tower in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England · Wikipedia
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Getting to Eccup
- Airports
- Leeds Bradford (LBA), 6 km · Manchester (MAN), 75 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 104 km
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Eccup63 km · quickest by road, 1h 46m · £7–10
- Liverpool → Eccup107 km · quickest by road, 2h 28m · £11–15
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Eccup106 km · quickest by road, 2h 32m · £11–15
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No local-transport research exists yet for Eccup
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 Eccup. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFerries sail overnight from Rotterdam (Netherlands) to Kingston upon Hull.
- Get inHull is an hour by train or car from Leeds, and the ferry port is 3 miles east of Hull city centre: buses run from there to the railway station.
- Go nextLeeds is a major transport hub, so many outlying attractions can be done as day trips.
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Next door to Eccup
Eccup is 9 km from Leeds, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Bramhopevillage in West Yorkshire, England, UK3 km
- Alwoodleysuburb of Leeds and civil parish in West Yorkshire, England2.8 km
- Arthingtonvillage in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK2.8 km
- Adelvillage in Leeds, West Yorkshire3.3 km
- Weardleyvillage in West Yorkshire, England, UK3.5 km
- Cookridgesuburb of north-west Leeds, in West Yorkshire, England, UK3.9 km