Whixley
Whixley is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is near the A1 motorway and 10 miles 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 363 residents
- Description: village in North Yorkshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Whixley, North Yorkshire”
Photo: Martyn Gorman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of the Ascension and Cattal railway station.
Church of the Ascension
Church
Photo: Martyn Gorman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Cattal railway station
Railway station
Photo: David Rogers, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cattal is a railway station on the Harrogate Line, which runs between Leeds and York via Harrogate. The station, situated 10+1⁄2 miles west of York, serves the village of Cattal in North Yorkshire, England.
Allerton Castle
Manor estate
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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. Allerton Castle is situated 2 miles west of Whixley.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hopperton and Allerton Mauleverer.
Hopperton
Hamlet
Photo: David Rogers, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hopperton is a village in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is part of the Allerton Mauleverer with Hopperton parish. The village is situated close to the A59, the A1 and the A168. Cattal railway station is situated just under two miles from the village with services to Leeds, York and Harrogate. Hopperton is situated 1½ miles southwest of Whixley.
Allerton Mauleverer
Hamlet
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Allerton Mauleverer is a village in North Yorkshire, England. It is part of the Allerton Mauleverer with Hopperton parish. The parish lies just 5 miles east of the town of Knaresborough. Allerton Mauleverer is situated 1½ miles west of Whixley.
Little Ouseburn
Village
Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Little Ouseburn is a small village and civil parish in the county and unitary authority area of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated near the A1 motorway and 6 miles south-east of Boroughbridge. Little Ouseburn is situated 2 miles north of Whixley.
Whixley
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Whixley, Harrogate District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.01535° or 54° 0′ 55″ northLongitude
-1.32306° or 1° 19′ 23″ westPopulation
363Elevation
154 feet (47 metres)Open location code
9C6W2M8G+4QOpenStreetMap ID
node 245482230OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2633995Wikidata ID
Q7996985
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