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Tadcaster

Tadcaster is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, 15 miles (24 km) north-east of Leeds and 10 miles (16 km) south-west of York.

Tadcaster
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The place

Tadcaster is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, 15 miles (24 km) north-east of Leeds and 10 miles (16 km) south-west of York.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Tadcaster

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
    Thorp Arch Bridge

    Thorp Arch Bridge is a stone arch bridge opened in 1770 across the River Wharfe linking the West Yorkshire villages of Boston Spa on the southbank and Thorp Arch on the north.

    5.9 km · bridge in Thorp Arch, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    All Saints' Church, Thorp Arch, West Yorkshire

    All Saints' Church in Thorp Arch, West Yorkshire, England is an active Anglican parish church in the Archdeaconry of York and the Diocese of York.

    5.5 km · church in Thorp Arch, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    St Paul's

    St Paul's Church is an Anglican church in Colton, North Yorkshire, a village in England. Until the end of the 19th century, Anglicans in Colton worshipped at All Saints' Church, Bolton Percy.

    5.7 km · church in Colton, North Yorkshire · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Church of All Saints

    All Saints' Church is the parish church of Bolton Percy, in North Yorkshire in England. There was a church in Bolton Percy at the time of the Domesday Book.

    5.1 km · historic church in Bolton Percy, Selby, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    St John the Baptist Church, Healaugh

    St John the Baptist Church is the parish church of Healaugh, a village west of York and north of Tadcaster in North Yorkshire, in England. The church was originally dedicated to Saint Helen.

    4.6 km · church in Healaugh, Selby, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Church of St James

    St James' Church is the parish church of Bilbrough, a village between York and Tadcaster in North Yorkshire, in England. A church was built on the site in the 12th century, initially as a chapel in the parish of Askham Richard.

    5.3 km · church building in Bilbrough, Selby, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Grimston Park

    Grimston Park is a grade II* listed Georgian country house in Grimston, North Yorkshire, England, some 1.7 miles south of Tadcaster. Since being owned by the Fielden family, it has been converted into a number of luxury homes.

    2.6 km · country house in Grimston, North Yorkshire, UK · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Boston House

    Boston Hall is a Grade II listed neo-classical house in Boston Spa, West Yorkshire, England.

    5.7 km · house in Boston Spa, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Spa Lane Methodist Church

    Boston Spa Methodist Church is an active Methodist Church of Great Britain church in Boston Spa, West Yorkshire, England. The church is Grade II listed, having been designated so on 30 April 1982.

    5.7 km · church building in Boston Spa, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    St Edward King and Confessor Catholic Church, Clifford

    Saint Edward King and Confessor Church is a Roman Catholic church in Clifford, West Yorkshire, England. The church is the largest in Clifford and its tall tower is the most prominent structure in the area.

    5.6 km · Catholic church in Leeds, UK · 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.

See

What Wikivoyage says to see

Town centre is undistinguished 19th / 20th century low-rise.

  1. 01
    St Mary's Church

    This medieval church was renovated in the late 19th century, but preserved its Gothic appearance.

From Wikivoyage: Tadcaster, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Do

Things to do

Tadcaster Leisure Hub has a gym and fitness classes. It’s on Station Rd. Tadcaster Community Swimming Pool is at 32 Westgate. Football: Tadcaster Albion play soccer in the amateur leagues. Their i2i Stadium is on Ings Lane on the west riverbank. Golf: Tadcaster GC is five miles south near Church Fenton. White tees 6631 yards, par 72. Pike Hills GC is in Copmanthorpe on the edge of York.

From Wikivoyage: Tadcaster, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Eat

Where to eat

Everything Good Goes, 2 Westgate. Mon-Sat 5-10PM. A pizzeria. Sapori di Napoli, 16 Westgate. Tue-Sat 5:30-9:30PM.

From Wikivoyage: Tadcaster, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Go there

Getting to Tadcaster

Airports
Leeds Bradford (LBA), 26 km · Manchester (MAN), 90 km · East Midlands (EMA), 117 km
Stations
Ulleskelf railway station, 4.7 km
  • Manchester, Greater Manchester → Tadcaster
    78 km · quickest by road, 1h 50m · £9–12
  • Nottingham, Leicestershire → Tadcaster
    104 km · quickest by road, 2h 12m · £11–15
  • Liverpool → Tadcaster
    125 km · quickest by road, 2h 31m · £13–17
  • From anywhere
    The planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Tadcaster

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 Tadcaster. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Go nextFor day trips use the bus or Park & Ride.

From Wikivoyage: Tadcaster, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    312 km
  2. 02
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    344 km
  3. 03
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    356 km
  4. 04
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    373 km
  5. 05
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    379 km

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

Around it

Next door to Tadcaster

Tadcaster is 21 km from Leeds, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Towtonvillage in North Yorkshire, England, UK3.9 km
  • Boston Spavillage in West Yorkshire, England, UK5.9 km
  • Thorp Archvillage and civil parish in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK5.8 km
  • Cliffordvillage and civil parish in West Yorkshire, England5.9 km
  • Ulleskelfvillage in North Yorkshire, England, UK4.7 km
  • Bramhamvillage in West Yorkshire, UK5.9 km