Leyburn
Leyburn is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, sitting above the northern bank of the River Ure in Wensleydale. Historically in the North Riding of Yorkshire, the name was derived from 'Ley' or 'Le', and 'burn', meaning clearing by the stream.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Anthony Harrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Town with 2,180 residents
- Description: market town and civil parish in the district of Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, England
- Also known as: “Leyburn, North Yorkshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Black Swan Hotel and Leyburn War Memorial.
Sandpiper Inn
Restaurant
Photo: Michael Dibb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Sandpiper Inn is a historic pub in Leyburn, a town in North Yorkshire in England. The inn was built in the late 17th century. The building was grade II listed in 1986.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wensley and Middleham.
Wensley
Village
Photo: Roger Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wensley is a small village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It consists of a few homes and holiday cottage, an inn, a pub and a historic church.
Middleham
Town
Photo: Joe Regan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Middleham is a market town and civil parish in the district and county of North Yorkshire, England. It lies in Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales, on the south side of the valley, upstream from the confluence of the River Ure and River Cover. Middleham is situated 2 miles southeast of Leyburn.
Coverham
Village
Coverham is a village in Coverdale in the Yorkshire Dales in North Yorkshire, England. It lies 2 miles west of the town of Middleham. Coverham is situated 2½ miles south of Leyburn.
Leyburn
- Categories: civil parish, market town, and locality
- Location: Leyburn, Richmondshire District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.30981° or 54° 18′ 35″ northLongitude
-1.82957° or 1° 49′ 47″ westPopulation
2,180Elevation
653 feet (199 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB LEYOpen location code
9C6W855C+W5OpenStreetMap ID
node 23202502OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Western Panjabi—“Leyburn” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Leyburn”
- Basque: “Leyburn”
- Cebuano: “Leyburn”
- Chinese: “莱伯恩”
- Chinese: “萊伯恩”
- Dutch: “Leyburn”
- French: “Leyburn”
- Hebrew: “לייברן”
- Irish: “Leyburn”
- Italian: “Leyburn”
- Ladin: “Leyburn”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Leyburn”
- Persian: “لیبورن، یورکشر شمالی”
- Polish: “Leyburn”
- Russian: “Лейберн”
- South Azerbaijani: “لیبورن، قوزئی یورکشر”
- Spanish: “Leyburn”
- Swedish: “Leyburn”
- Turkish: “Leyburn”
- Volapük: “Leyburn”
- Welsh: “Leyburn”
- Western Panjabi: “لےبرن”
- “Leyburn”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Golden Lion Hotel And Railings and Leyburn Post Office.
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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 “Leyburn”. Photo: Anthony Harrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.