Wigglesworth

Wigglesworth is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was 379. It is on the road between Long Preston to the east and Slaidburn to the west.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Long Preston railway station and Long Preston Village Hall.

Long Preston railway station

Railway station

Photo: Chris Eccleston, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Long Preston is a railway station on the Bentham Line, which runs between Leeds and Morecambe via Skipton. The station, situated 37+1⁄2 miles north-west of Leeds, serves the village of Long Preston in North Yorkshire. Long Preston railway station is situated 2 miles east of Wigglesworth.

Long Preston Village Hall

Community center

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Long Preston Village Hall is a community center, which is situated 2 miles northeast of Wigglesworth.

St Mary’s Church, Long Preston

Church

Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Mary's Church is the parish church of Long Preston, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. There was a church in Long Preston at the time of the Domesday Book, but the current church was probably built in the late 14th century. St Mary’s Church, Long Preston is situated 2½ miles east of Wigglesworth.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tosside and Swinden.

Tosside

Village

Photo: Graeme Mitchell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Tosside is a small village on the modern border of North Yorkshire and Lancashire in Northern England. It lies within the Forest of Bowland, and is between the villages of Slaidburn in Lancashire and Wigglesworth in North Yorkshire.

Swinden

Hamlet

Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Swinden is a village in the civil parish of Hellifield, in North Yorkshire, England. It is near Halton West and Nappa and about 7 miles north of Barnoldswick. Swinden is situated 4 miles east of Wigglesworth.

Wigglesworth

Type: Locality
Location: Craven District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.0071° or 54° 0′ 26″ north

Longitude

-2.3046° or 2° 18′ 17″ west

Elevation

558 feet (170 metres)

Open location code

9C6V2M4W+R5

GeoNames ID

7300721

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