Upper Poppleton
Upper Poppleton is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of the City of York in North Yorkshire, England.
Upper Poppleton is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of the City of York in North Yorkshire, England. It is situated by the west bank of the River Ouse adjacent to Nether Poppleton, and west of York close to the A59 from York to Harrogate. The village is served by Poppleton railway station on the Harrogate Line. According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 1,961, increasing to 1,997 at the 2011 Census. Before 1996, it was part of the Borough of Harrogate.
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Worth seeing in and around Upper Poppleton
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.
- 01Clifton Park Ground
Clifton Park Ground is a cricket ground in York, North Yorkshire. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1971, when the Yorkshire Second XI played the Lancashire Second XI in the Minor Counties Championship.
3.2 km · Cricket ground in York · Wikipedia - 02St Everilda's Church, Nether Poppleton
St Everilda's Church lies in Nether Poppleton, a village immediately north-west of York, in England.
1.2 km · church in York, UK · Wikipedia - 03St Giles' Church, Skelton
St Giles' Church is the parish church of Skelton, a village in the rural northern part of the City of York. The church lies at the northern end of the village green.
2.7 km · church in York, UK · Wikipedia - 04Skelton Manor
Skelton Manor is a historic house in the village of Skelton, in the rural northern part of the City of York, in England. The house lies north of St Giles' Church.
2.8 km · manor house in Skelton, York, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Church of St Philip and St James
St Philip and St James' Church is a parish church in Clifton, a suburb of inner northern York, England. Until the mid-19th century, Clifton fell mostly within the parish of St Olave's Church, and also a detached part of the parish of St Michael le Belfrey.
3.8 km · church building in York, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Church of the Holy Redeemer
The Holy Redeemer Church lies on Boroughbridge Road, in the Acomb area of York, in England. The first church here was a simple brick building, completed in 1938.
2.4 km · church building in York, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07The White House
The White House is a Grade II listed former public house on Water End in Clifton, a suburb of York, England. Built in the early 19th century, by 1830 it was known as the Green Tree, and by 1836 as the Sycamore Inn.
3.7 km · Grade II listed building in York, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Our Lady's Church
Our Lady's Church is a Catholic parish church in Acomb, a suburb of York, in England. The first Catholic services in Acomb were held in the local high school, in 1941.
3.7 km · church in Acomb, North Yorkshire, England · Wikipedia - 09Red House School Chapel
The Red House is a historic building in Moor Monkton, north-west of York in England.
4 km · chapel in Moor Monkton, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Acomb House And Railings And Gates Attached To Front
Acomb House is a historic building on Front Street in the Acomb suburb of York, England. Its site is believed to have been previously occupied by an earlier house belonging to the Blanshard family, described in 1733 as ancient.
3.3 km · Historic building in York, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Upper Poppleton
- Airports
- Leeds Bradford (LBA), 36 km · Manchester (MAN), 102 km · Newcastle (NCL), 123 km
- Stations
- Poppleton railway station, 600 m
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Upper Poppleton90 km · quickest by road, 2h 4m · £10–14
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Upper Poppleton115 km · quickest by road, 2h 23m · £12–17
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Upper Poppleton114 km · quickest by road, 2h 27m · £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 Upper Poppleton
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 Upper Poppleton. 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 Upper Poppleton
Upper Poppleton is 33 km from Leeds, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Nether Poppletonvillage and civil parish in the unitary authority of the City of York in North Yorkshire, England1.2 km
- Rawcliffevillage and civil parish in the unitary authority of the City of York in North Yorkshire, England2.6 km
- Overtonvillage and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, UK1.6 km
- Hessayvillage in North Yorkshire, England, UK3.3 km
- Rufforthvillage in North Yorkshire, England, UK3.8 km
- Skeltonvillage and civil parish in York, North Yorkshire, England, UK2.4 km