Lofthouse
Lofthouse is a small village in Nidderdale in the county of North Yorkshire, England about a mile south of Middlesmoor. It is the principal settlement in the civil parish of Fountains Earth.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Joe Regan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 197 residents
- Description: village in North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Lofthouse-in-Nidderdale” and “Lofthouse, North Yorkshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include How Stean Gorge and Church of St Chad.
How Stean Gorge
How Stean Gorge is a limestone gorge in Nidderdale in North Yorkshire, England. It forms a unit of the Upper Nidderdale Site of Special Scientific Interest.Church of St Chad
Church
Photo: David Rogers, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St Chad is a grade II listed structure in the village of Middlesmoor, in Upper Nidderdale, North Yorkshire, England. The church was built in 1866 to replace an earlier chapel on the site, and prior to a burial ground being consecrated, funerals and burials had to take place at Kirkby Malzeard, under which ecclesiastical parish the church fell under.
St Mary’s Church, Ramsgill
Church
Photo: Skizzwizz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Mary's Church is an Anglican church in Ramsgill, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. St Mary’s Church, Ramsgill is situated 2 miles southeast of Lofthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Middlesmoor and Stean.
Middlesmoor
Hamlet
Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Middlesmoor is a small hill village at the head of Nidderdale in the county of North Yorkshire, England. Middlesmoor is the principal settlement in the civil parish of Stonebeck Up, historically a township in the ancient parish of Kirkby Malzeard.
Stean
Hamlet
Photo: Paul Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stean is a small village in upper Nidderdale in North Yorkshire, England. It is 8 miles north of Pateley Bridge. The village is located on Stean Beck, a tributary of the River Nidd.
Ramsgill
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ramsgill is a small village in Nidderdale, North Yorkshire, England, about 2 miles south-east of Lofthouse, located near Gouthwaite Reservoir. It is chiefly known for the Yorke Arms, formerly a Michelin-starred restaurant on the village green which takes its name from the lords of the manor, the Yorke family, who once lived in nearby Gouthwaite Hall. Ramsgill is situated 2 miles southeast of Lofthouse.
Lofthouse
- Category: locality
- Location: Fountains Earth, Harrogate District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.15715° or 54° 9′ 26″ northLongitude
-1.84552° or 1° 50′ 44″ westPopulation
197Elevation
518 feet (158 metres)Open location code
9C6W5543+VQOpenStreetMap ID
node 29077196OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2643775Wikidata ID
Q637891
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Polish—“Lofthouse” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Lofthouse, North Yorkshire”
- French: “Lofthouse”
- Irish: “Lofthouse”
- Polish: “Lofthouse”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Lofthouse”. Photo: Joe Regan, CC BY-SA 2.0.