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Hampsthwaite

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

Hampsthwaite
Hampsthwaite · Wikimedia Commons
The place

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.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

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.

  1. 01
    Ripley 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
  2. 02
    Church 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
  3. 03
    Market 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
  4. 04
    Star 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
  5. 05
    Burnt 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
  6. 06
    Church 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
  7. 07
    Church 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
  8. 08
    Church 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
  9. 09
    Hampsthwaite 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
  10. 10
    St 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

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 Hampsthwaite

Airports
Leeds Bradford (LBA), 18 km · Manchester (MAN), 87 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 112 km
  • Manchester, Greater Manchester → Hampsthwaite
    73 km · quickest by road, 2h 10m · £9–12
  • Liverpool → Hampsthwaite
    113 km · quickest by road, 2h 47m · £13–17
  • Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Hampsthwaite
    106 km · quickest by road, 2h 18m · £11–15
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Not yet researched

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.

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
  1. 01
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    285 km
  2. 02
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    317 km
  3. 03
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    345 km
  4. 04
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    371 km
  5. 05
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    378 km

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

Around it

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