Whixley
Whixley is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England.

Whixley is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is near the A1(M) motorway and 10 miles (16 km) west of York. The ancient village of Whixley lies on Rudgate, the old Roman road along which the Roman “Hispania” Legion would have marched to nearby Isurium (Aldborough).
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Worth seeing in and around Whixley
9 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.
- 01Allerton Castle
Allerton Castle, also known as Allerton Park, is a Grade I listed nineteenth-century Gothic or Victorian Gothic house at Allerton Mauleverer in North Yorkshire, England. It was rebuilt by architect George Martin, of Baker Street, London in 1843–1853.
3 km · Grade I listed country house in Allerton Mauleverer, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02St John the Baptist church, Kirk Hammerton
St John the Baptist Church, Kirk Hammerton is a Grade I listed Church of England church located in the village of Kirk Hammerton, North Yorkshire, England. It is notable for its complete, mid tenth century Anglo-Saxon tower, and parts of the 9th century church which now form the south aisle of the present church, the remainder of which dates from later periods.
3.2 km · Grade I listed church in Kirk Hammerton, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03St Martin's Church, Allerton Mauleverer
St Martin's Church is a historic Anglican church in the village of Allerton Mauleverer, North Yorkshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of The Churches Conservation Trust.
2.8 km · church in Allerton Mauleverer with Hopperton, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Holy Trinity Church, Little Ouseburn
Holy Trinity Church stands to the northeast of the village of Little Ouseburn, North Yorkshire, England. It is an Anglican parish church in the deanery of Ripon, the archdeaconry of Richmond, and the Diocese of Leeds.
3.4 km · church in Little Ouseburn, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Church of the Ascension
The Church of the Ascension is an Anglican church in the village of Whixley, North Yorkshire, England. Whilst the Domesday Book entry for Whixley mentions the presence of a church, the main fabric of the existing church dates to the 14th century.
500 m · church in Whixley, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 06Chapel Of St Thomas
St Thomas' Church is an Anglican church in Green Hammerton, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The church was designed by George Gilbert Scott as a chapel of ease to the Church of the Ascension, Whixley and was completed in 1876.
2 km · chapel in Green Hammerton, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Whixley Hall
Whixley Hall is a historic building on West Lane in Whixley, a village in North Yorkshire, England. The house may have been built in 1654; there is a datestone with this date, but it has been moved.
500 m · house in Whixley, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Moat Hall
Moat Hall is a historic building in Little Ouseburn, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The house was originally timber framed, and was constructed in or before the 17th century.
3.2 km · house in Little Ouseburn, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09St Mary the Virgin's Church, Great Ouseburn
St Mary the Virgin's Church is in the village of Great Ouseburn, North Yorkshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Ripon, the archdeaconry of Richmond, and the Diocese of Leeds.
3.9 km · church in Great Ouseburn, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Whixley
- Airports
- Leeds Bradford (LBA), 28 km · Manchester (MAN), 97 km · Newcastle (NCL), 116 km
- Stations
- Cattal railway station, 2 km · Hammerton railway station, 3.3 km
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Whixley85 km · quickest by road, 2h 7m · £10–14
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Whixley108 km · quickest by road, 2h 12m · £11–15
- Liverpool → Whixley128 km · quickest by road, 2h 25m · £15–19
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No local-transport research exists yet for Whixley
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 Whixley. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Whixley
Whixley is 28 km from Leeds, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Kirk Hammertonvillage in North Yorkshire, England, UK3.1 km
- Green Hammertonvillage in North Yorkshire, England, UK1.8 km
- Great Ouseburnvillage in North Yorkshire, England, UK3.9 km
- Cattalvillage in North Yorkshire, England, UK3.4 km
- Little Ouseburnvillage in North Yorkshire, England, UK2.1 km
- Allerton Mauleverer with Hoppertoncivil parish in North Yorkshire, UK2.5 km