Scarcroft
Scarcroft is a village and civil parish 6 miles (10 km) north east of Leeds city centre in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, West Yorkshire, England.

Scarcroft is a village and civil parish 6 miles (10 km) north east of Leeds city centre in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, West Yorkshire, England. The village lies on the main A58 road between Leeds and Wetherby. It had a population of 1,153 increasing to 1,194 at the 2011 Census.
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Worth seeing in and around Scarcroft
3 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.
- 01Church of All Hallows
All Hallows Church in Bardsey, West Yorkshire, England is an active Anglican parish church in the archdeaconry of Leeds and the Diocese of Leeds. The Bardsey Millennium Tapestry, created by many people from the village, is hung at the west end of the north wall of the church.
1.8 km · church in Bardsey, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Roundhay Park
Roundhay Park in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, is a large urban park situated on the north-east edge of the city, bordered by the suburb of Roundhay to the west, Oakwood to the south and the A6120 outer ring road to the north. It covers more than 700 acres of parkland, lakes, woodland and gardens which are owned by decree of Charles Frederick Thackray and the Nicholson family by the People of the City of Leeds, it is not owned by Leeds City Council but they manage it for the citizens of Leeds.
3.9 km · park in Roundhay, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03St. Peter's Church, Thorner
St Peter's Church in Thorner, West Yorkshire, England is an active Anglican parish church in the archdeaconry of Leeds and the Diocese of Leeds. The church is part of Elmete Trinity Benefice, which consists of the parishes of All Saints, Barwick in Elmet, St Philip's, Scholes and St Peter's, Thorner.
1.9 km · church in Thorner, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Scarcroft
- Airports
- Leeds Bradford (LBA), 14 km · Manchester (MAN), 79 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 110 km
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Scarcroft67 km · quickest by road, 1h 43m · £7–10
- Liverpool → Scarcroft113 km · quickest by road, 2h 25m · £11–15
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Scarcroft103 km · quickest by road, 2h 20m · £12–15
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No local-transport research exists yet for Scarcroft
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 Scarcroft. 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 Scarcroft
Scarcroft is 10 km from Leeds, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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- Bardseyvillage in West Yorkshire, UK2 km
- Bardsey cum Rigtoncivil parish in West Yorkshire, England1.8 km
- Wothersomevillage in West Yorkshire, England, UK3.8 km