Hampsthwaite
Hampsthwaite is a large village and civil parish in Nidderdale in the county of North Yorkshire, England.

Hampsthwaite is a large village and civil parish in Nidderdale in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It lies on the south bank of the River Nidd 5 miles (8 km) north west of Harrogate. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 1,083.
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Worth seeing in and around Hampsthwaite
10 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.
- 01Ripley Castle
Ripley Castle is a Grade I listed 14th-century country house in Ripley, North Yorkshire, England, 3 miles north of Harrogate. The castle has been the seat of the Ingilby baronets for centuries.
3 km · Grade I listed castle in Ripley, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 02Church of All Saints, Ripley
All Saints' Church is the parish church of Ripley, North Yorkshire, a village in England.
3 km · church in North Yorkshire, UK · Wikipedia - 03Market Cross
Ripley Market Cross, also known as the Village Cross, is a historic structure in Ripley, North Yorkshire, a village in England. Ripley was granted a market charter in 1357, to hold a market every Monday.
3.1 km · market cross in Ripley, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Star Cottage Star House
The Boar's Head is a historic pub in Ripley, North Yorkshire, a village in England. The building was constructed in the early 19th century, as coaching inn named "The Star", with stables to the rear.
3.1 km · house in Ripley, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Burnt Yates School
Burnt Yates School was a primary school in the village of Burnt Yates, in North Yorkshire, in England. The school was founded in 1760.
2.7 km · school building in Clint cum Hamlets, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Church of St James the Apostle
St James' Church is the parish church of Birstwith, a village in North Yorkshire in England. The church was commissioned by John Frederick Greenwood, a local mill owner.
2.1 km · church building in Birstwith, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Church of St Thomas the Apostle, Killinghall
The Church of St Thomas the Apostle, Killinghall, is an Anglican parish church in Killinghall, North Yorkshire, England. It was designed in 1879 by William Swinden Barber when the parish of Ripley was split to create the additional parish of Killinghall, and a new building was required to accommodate a growing congregation.
2.6 km · church in North Yorkshire, England · Wikipedia - 08Church of St Thomas A Becket
St Thomas a Becket's Church is the parish church of Hampsthwaite, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. Numerous Saxon and Norman graveslabs have been found in the vicinity of the church, suggesting there was an early church building here.
300 m · church building in Hampsthwaite, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Hampsthwaite Bridge Over River Nidd
Hampsthwaite Bridge is a historic structure in Hampsthwaite, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. A bridge over the River Nidd in Hampsthwaite was first recorded in 1527.
500 m · bridge in Hampsthwaite, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10St Andrew's
St Andrew's Church is an Anglican church in Burnt Yates, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. Burnt Yates was historically in the parish of All Saints' Church, Ripley.
2.6 km · church in Burnt Yates, North Yorkshire · Wikipedia
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Getting to Hampsthwaite
- Airports
- Leeds Bradford (LBA), 18 km · Manchester (MAN), 87 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 112 km
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Hampsthwaite73 km · quickest by road, 2h 10m · £9–12
- Liverpool → Hampsthwaite113 km · quickest by road, 2h 47m · £13–17
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Hampsthwaite106 km · quickest by road, 2h 18m · £11–15
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No local-transport research exists yet for Hampsthwaite
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 Hampsthwaite. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inP&O Ferries sail overnight to Hull from Rotterdam in the Netherlands.
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Next door to Hampsthwaite
Hampsthwaite is 26 km from Leeds, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Ripleyvillage and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, UK3.2 km
- Killinghallvillage in North Yorkshire, England, UK2.8 km
- Birstwithvillage in North Yorkshire, England, UK2.2 km
- Felliscliffecivil parish in North Yorkshire, England3.4 km
- Clint cum Hamletscivil parish in North Yorkshire, England2.5 km
- Burnt Yatesvillage in North Yorkshire, England, UK2.6 km