Heslington
Heslington is a suburban village and civil parish within the City of York district, in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England, south-east of the centre of York.

Heslington is a suburban village and civil parish within the City of York district, in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England, south-east of the centre of York. Before 1974, it was a village in the Derwent Rural District, which was part of the East Riding of Yorkshire. From 1974 to 1996, it was part of the Selby district, before becoming part of the new City of York unitary authority area.
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Worth seeing in and around Heslington
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.
- 01University of York
The University of York is a collegiate public research university in York, England. Established in 1963, the university has expanded to more than thirty departments and centres, covering a wide range of subjects.
600 m · university in York, North Yorkshire, England · Wikipedia - 02York Minster
York Minster, formally the Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of St Peter in York, is an Anglican cathedral in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England. The minster is the seat of the archbishop of York, the second-highest office of the Church of England, and is the mother church for the diocese of York and the province of York.
3.2 km · cathedral of York, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03York Castle
York Castle is a fortified complex in the city of York, England. It consists of a sequence of castles, prisons, law courts and other buildings, which were built over the last nine centuries on the north-west side of the River Foss.
2.7 km · castle in York, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04National Railway Museum
The National Railway Museum is a museum in York, England, forming part of the Science Museum Group. The museum tells the story of rail transport in Britain and its impact on society.
3.9 km · National rail transport museum in York, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 05Eboracum
Eboracum was a fort and later a city in the Roman province of Britannia. In its prime it was the largest town in northern Britannia and a provincial capital.
3.1 km · archaeological site and Roman provincial capital on the site of York, England · Wikipedia - 06Yorkshire Museum
The Yorkshire Museum is a museum in York, England. It was opened in 1830, and has five permanent collections, covering biology, geology, archaeology, numismatics and astronomy.
3.4 km · Museum in York, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 07Anglican Diocese of York
The Diocese of York is an administrative division of the Church of England, part of the Province of York. It covers the city of York, the eastern part of North Yorkshire, and most of the East Riding of Yorkshire.
3.2 km · administrative division of the Church of England · Wikipedia - 08York Art Gallery
York Art Gallery is a public art gallery on Exhibition Square in York, England, with a collection of paintings from 14th-century to contemporary, prints, watercolours, drawings, and ceramics. It closed for major redevelopment in 2013, reopening in summer of 2015.
3.5 km · Art gallery in York, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 09Jorvik Viking Centre
Jorvik Viking Centre is a museum and visitor attraction in York, England, containing lifelike mannequins and life-size dioramas depicting Viking life in the city. Visitors are taken through the dioramas in 'time capsule' carriages equipped with speakers.
2.8 km · museum in York, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 10York Castle Museum
The York Castle Museum is a museum located in York, North Yorkshire, England, on the site of York Castle, which was originally built by William the Conqueror in 1068. The museum itself was founded by John L. Kirk in 1938, and is housed in prison buildings which were built on the site of the castle in the 18th century, the debtors' prison and the female prison.
2.6 km · museum of social and military history in York, England · Wikipedia
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Getting to Heslington
- Airports
- Leeds Bradford (LBA), 41 km · Manchester (MAN), 105 km · East Midlands (EMA), 125 km
- Stations
- York railway station, 3.6 km
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Heslington37 km · quickest by road, 57 min · £4.5–6
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Heslington94 km · quickest by road, 2h 9m · £10–14
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Heslington111 km · quickest by road, 2h 31m · £13–17
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Heslington
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 Heslington. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inApproach from Leeds using the A64, and from Hull (for ferries from Rotterdam) by the A1079.
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Next door to Heslington
Heslington is 37 km from Leeds, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Yorkcity in North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom2.7 km
- Fulfordvillage in North Yorkshire, England, UK2.1 km
- Osbaldwickvillage and civil parish in North Yorkshire, United Kingdom1.6 km
- Murtonvillage and civil parish in York, North Yorkshire, England, UK3.2 km
- Heworthsuburb of York, North Yorkshire, England2.9 km
- Middlethorpehamlet in the City of York, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom3.3 km