Fairburn
Fairburn is a locality in Selby District, North Yorkshire, England. Fairburn is situated nearby to the village Ledsham, as well as near New Fryston.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fairburn Ings RSPB reserve and Church of All Saints, Ledsham.
Fairburn Ings RSPB reserve
Nature reserve
Photo: David Pickersgill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fairburn Ings Nature Reserve is a protected area in West Yorkshire, England, noted for its avian biodiversity. The reserve has recorded around 280 bird species, remarkable for an inland site in the United Kingdom.
Church of All Saints, Ledsham
Church
Photo: David Pickersgill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of All Saints is an Anglican building in the village of Ledsham, West Yorkshire, England, some 10 miles east of Leeds. Parts of the church are originally from the Anglo-Saxon period, which has been the basis of the claim that it is the oldest church still standing within West Yorkshire, and one of the county's oldest buildings.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pontefract and Castleford.
Pontefract
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Pontefract is a market town in West Yorkshire. It's one of the "Five Towns" east of the city of Wakefield, and a commuter town for Leeds. in 2021 its population was 40,000.
Castleford
Town
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Castleford is a town within the City of Wakefield district, West Yorkshire, England. It had a population of 45,106 at a 2021 population estimate. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, to the north of the town centre the River Calder joins the River Aire and the Aire and Calder Navigation. Castleford is situated 3 miles southwest of Fairburn.
Knottingley
Town
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Knottingley is a town in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England on the River Aire and the old A1 road before it was bypassed as the A1. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it has a population of 13,503, increasing to 13,710 for the City of Wakefield ward at the 2011 Census. Knottingley is situated 3½ miles southeast of Fairburn.
Fairburn
- Type: Locality
- Location: Selby District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.7488° or 53° 44′ 56″ northLongitude
-1.2904° or 1° 17′ 25″ westElevation
151 feet (46 metres)Open location code
9C5WPPX5+GVGeoNames ID
7300839
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