Scotton, Harrogate
Scotton is a small village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England with a population of 524 in the 2001 census, increasing to 624 at the 2011 Census.
Scotton is a small village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England with a population of 524 in the 2001 census, increasing to 624 at the 2011 Census. It is 3 miles (5 km) north of Harrogate, 1.2 miles (2 km) north west of Knaresborough and is just north of the River Nidd where it flows through Nidd Gorge. However, all the watercourses through the village and the parish flow eastwards via the River Tutt and empty into the River Ure, despite Scotton being very close to the Nidd.
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Worth seeing in and around Scotton, Harrogate
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.
- 01Knaresborough Castle
Knaresborough Castle is a ruined fortress overlooking the River Nidd in the town of Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, England.
3.3 km · ruined fortress in North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Mother Shipton's Cave
Mother Shipton's Cave is at Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, England, near the River Nidd. Nearby is a petrifying well, also known as a dropping well.
2.9 km · cave in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03St Andrew's Church, Starbeck
St Andrew's Church is in High Street, Starbeck, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Harrogate, the archdeaconry of Richmond, and the Diocese of Leeds.
3.1 km · grade II listed church in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Church of Saint John the Baptist, Knaresborough
St John the Baptist Church is a parish church in the Church of England located in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire. It is the largest church in the town.
2.9 km · Grade I listed church in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Nidd Hall
Nidd Hall was a 19th-century country house, now a hotel, in the village of Nidd, North Yorkshire, England. It is a Grade II listed building.
2.9 km · country house hotel in Nidd, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Chapel of Our Lady of the Crag
The early-fifteenth century Chapel of Our Lady of the Crag is located in an old quarry on Abbey Road beside the Nidd Gorge at Knaresborough and is an early 15th-century-chapel cut out of the sandstone of the river gorge cliff face. It is a Marian shrine on the old pilgrim's route to the now demolished Knaresborough Priory and close to the ancient stone quarry that was used for building works at Knaresborough Castle, the parish church and elsewhere.
3.7 km · chapel in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Conyngham Hall
Conyngham Hall is a historic building in Knaresborough, a town in North Yorkshire, in England. Coghill Hall was built in about 1555.
2.5 km · house in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Bilton Hall
Bilton Hall is a Grade II listed large country house near Harrogate, North Yorkshire. It was historically the home of the prominent Stockdale family, of which three Knaresborough MPs were members.
2 km · English country house in Knaresborough, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Church of the Holy Trinity
Holy Trinity Church is an Anglican church in Knaresborough, a town in North Yorkshire, in England. The church was designed by J. Fawcett, in the 14th-century Gothic style.
3.5 km · church building in Knaresborough, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Brearton Chapel
St John's Church is an Anglican church in Brearton, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The building was commissioned by Thomas Duncombe in 1836, and designed by James Pigott Pritchett.
1.8 km · chapel in Brearton, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Scotton, Harrogate
- Airports
- Leeds Bradford (LBA), 21 km · Manchester (MAN), 91 km · Newcastle (NCL), 113 km
- Stations
- Starbeck railway station, 3.2 km · Knaresborough railway station, 3 km
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Scotton, Harrogate78 km · quickest by road, 2h 21m · £9–12
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Scotton, Harrogate105 km · quickest by road, 2h 20m · £11–15
- Liverpool → Scotton, Harrogate119 km · quickest by road, 3h 3m · £13–18
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No local-transport research exists yet for Scotton, Harrogate
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 Scotton, Harrogate. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Scotton, Harrogate
Scotton, Harrogate is 26 km from Leeds, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Knaresboroughtown in North Yorkshire, England3.2 km
- Farnhamvillage and civil parish in North Yorkshire, UK2.9 km
- Breartonvillage in North Yorkshire, England, UK1.9 km
- Killinghallvillage in North Yorkshire, England, UK3.9 km
- Scrivenvillage in North Yorkshire, UK2.4 km
- Niddvillage in North Yorkshire, England, UK2.5 km