Wheldrake
Wheldrake is a village and civil parish located 7 miles (11 km) south-east of York in the unitary authority of the City of York, which is in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England.
Wheldrake is a village and civil parish located 7 miles (11 km) south-east of York in the unitary authority of the City of York, which is in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 1,909, increasing to 2,107 at the 2011 census.
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Worth seeing in and around Wheldrake
7 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.
- 01Yorkshire Air Museum and Allied Air Forces Memorial
The Yorkshire Air Museum & Allied Air Forces Memorial is an aviation museum in Elvington, York, England, on the site of the former RAF Elvington airfield, a Second World War RAF Bomber Command station. The museum was founded, and first opened to the public, in the mid 1980s.
3.2 km · aviation museum in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 02Sutton Bridge
Sutton Bridge is a historic bridge in Yorkshire, in England. The bridge crosses the River Derwent, linking Elvington in the City of York with Sutton-upon-Derwent in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
3.5 km · bridge between Sutton upon Derwent and Elvington, Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Church of Saint Michael and All Angels
The Church of St Michael and All Angels is an Anglican church in the village of Sutton upon Derwent in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The oldest parts of the church date back to the 12th century and the church is now a grade I listed building.
3.3 km · church in Sutton upon Derwent, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04St Helen's Church, Thorganby
St Helen's Church is the parish church of Thorganby, a village in the county of North Yorkshire, in England. A church in Thorganby was first recorded in 1228, but by 1312 it was regarded as only a chapel in the parish of Aughton.
3.3 km · Grade I listed church in Thorganby, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05St Helen's Church, Wheldrake
St Helen's Church is the parish church in Wheldrake, a village in the rural south-eastern part of the City of York, in England. The oldest part of the church is the tower, which dates from the 14th century, but was rebuilt in the 15th century, with larger stones.
100 m · church in Wheldrake, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Thorganby Hall
Thorganby Hall is a historic building in Thorganby, North Yorkshire, a village in England. The house was first recorded in 1772, but probably had a long history as the manor house, owned by the Annesley family.
3.4 km · house in Thorganby, Selby, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Church of St.Mary
St Mary's Church is the parish church of East Cottingwith, a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, in England. The church was probably completed in 1786, replacing an earlier chapel.
3.1 km · church building in Cottingwith, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Wheldrake
- Airports
- Leeds Bradford (LBA), 46 km · Manchester (MAN), 106 km · East Midlands (EMA), 121 km
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Wheldrake40 km · quickest by road, 1h 1m · £5–6
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Wheldrake96 km · quickest by road, 2h 13m · £11–15
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Wheldrake106 km · quickest by road, 2h 29m · £12–16
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No local-transport research exists yet for Wheldrake
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 Wheldrake. 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 Wheldrake
Wheldrake is 40 km from Leeds, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Sutton upon Derwentvillage in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK3.1 km
- Elvingtonvillage and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, UK2.4 km
- Thorganbyvillage and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, UK3 km
- East Cottingwithvillage in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK3.3 km
- Storwoodvillage in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom2.9 km