Whitley

Whitley is a village in North Yorkshire, England, close to the Aire and Calder Navigation and the M62 motorway. The population of the village at the 2001 census was recorded as being 574, which had risen to 1,021 by the time of the 2011 census.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Whitley Bridge railway station and Hensall railway station.

Whitley Bridge railway station

Railway station

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Whitley Bridge railway station serves the villages of Eggborough and Whitley in North Yorkshire, England. It is located on the Pontefract Line and is 20 miles east of Leeds.

Hensall railway station

Railway station

Photo: Gordon Kneale Brooke, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hensall railway station serves the village of Hensall in North Yorkshire, England. It is located on the Pontefract Line and is 22 miles east of Leeds. The line is used regularly by the freight companies GB Railfreight, Freightliner and DB Cargo UK that transport biomass to Drax power station.

St Paul’s Church, Hensall

Church

Photo: Gordon Kneale Brooke, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Paul's Church is the parish church of Hensall, North Yorkshire, a village in England. Until the mid-19th century, Hensall formed part of the parish of St Laurence's Church, Snaith.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Eggborough and Kellington.

Eggborough

Village

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Eggborough is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, close to the county borders with South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and the East Riding.

Kellington

Village

Photo: Simon Dean, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kellington is a small village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England, on the banks of the River Aire. Situated almost equidistant between the towns of Pontefract and Selby, the village dates back to at least the 11th century when it was listed in the Domesday Book. Kellington is situated 2½ miles north of Whitley.

Whitley

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

53.6817° or 53° 40′ 54″ north

Longitude

-1.1501° or 1° 9′ 1″ west

Elevation

36 feet (11 metres)

Open location code

9C5WMRJX+MW

GeoNames ID

7300850

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