Wharram Percy
Wharram Percy is a deserted medieval village and former civil parish near Wharram-le-Street, now in the parish of Wharram, on the western edge of the chalk Wolds of North Yorkshire, England.
Wharram Percy is a deserted medieval village and former civil parish near Wharram-le-Street, now in the parish of Wharram, on the western edge of the chalk Wolds of North Yorkshire, England. Although the site seems to have been settled since prehistory, the village appears to have been most active from the 10th to the 12th centuries.
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Worth seeing in and around Wharram Percy
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 Saint Nicholas
St Nicholas' Church is the parish church of North Grimston, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The church was built in the 12th century.
3.9 km · church in Ryedale, UK · Wikipedia - 02Church of Saint Mary
St Mary's Church is the parish church of Thixendale, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. Thixendale long lay in the parish of St Martin's Church, Wharram Percy.
3.6 km · church in Thixendale, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Church of Saint Martin
St Martin's Church is a ruined church in Wharram Percy, a deserted village in North Yorkshire, in England. A timber church was built in Wharram Percy in the mid or late 10th century, and in the mid 11th century, it was rebuilt in stone.
100 m · church in Wharram Percy, Ryedale, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Wharram Percy
- Airports
- Leeds Bradford (LBA), 67 km · Newcastle (NCL), 126 km · Manchester (MAN), 132 km
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Wharram Percy64 km · quickest by road, 1h 53m · £8–11
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Wharram Percy117 km · quickest by road, 2h 38m · £14–18
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Wharram Percy121 km · quickest by road, 2h 39m · £14–19
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No local-transport research exists yet for Wharram Percy
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 Wharram Percy. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Wharram Percy
Wharram Percy is 43 km from Kingston upon Hull, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Thixendalevillage and civil parish in North Yorkshire, UK3.5 km
- Wharram-le-Streetvillage in North Yorkshire, England, UK1.7 km
- Dugglebyvillage in North Yorkshire, England, UK3.4 km
- Wharramcivil parish in Ryedale, North Yorkshire, England700 m
- North Grimstonvillage in North Yorkshire, England, UK3.8 km
- Burdalehamlet in North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom2.4 km