Plompton
Plompton is a hamlet and civil parish south of Harrogate in North Yorkshire, England. It is close to the A661. Plompton Hall is a Grade II* listed building designed by the architect John Carr and built about 1760.- Type: Locality with 102 residents
- Description: village in North Yorkshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Plompton, North Yorkshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Knaresborough Castle and Mother Shipton’s Cave.
Knaresborough Castle
Knaresborough Castle is a ruined fortress overlooking the River Nidd in the town of Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, England.
Mother Shipton’s Cave
Forest
Mother Shipton's Cave is at Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, England, near the River Nidd. Nearby is a petrifying well, also known as a dropping well. The latter is the oldest tourist attraction to charge a fee in England, and has been operated since 1630.
Spofforth Castle
Castle
Photo: TJBlackwell, CC BY 3.0.
Spofforth Castle in the village of Spofforth, North Yorkshire, England was a fortified manor house, ruined during the English Civil War and now run by English Heritage as a tourist attraction.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Knaresborough and Harrogate.
Knaresborough
Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Knaresborough is a picturesque market town in North Yorkshire. It's four miles east of Harrogate, and bounded to the west by the deep gorge of the River Nidd. In 2024 the population was 16,500.
Harrogate
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Harrogate is an attractive Regency / Victorian spa town in North Yorkshire, with fine public gardens, and on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales. Its spa hotels have morphed into conference and "wellness" centres, and it's well stocked with good eating places, including the famous Betty's Tea Rooms.
Bilton
Suburb
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Bilton is a suburb of Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, situated to the north-east of the town centre. Bilton is situated 3½ miles northwest of Plompton.
Plompton
- Categories: village and civil parish
- Location: Harrogate District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Turkish—“Plompton” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Пломптон”
- Cebuano: “Plompton”
- Dutch: “Plompton”
- French: “Plompton”
- Irish: “Plompton”
- Ladin: “Plompton”
- Polish: “Plompton”
- Swedish: “Plompton”
- Turkish: “Plompton”
- “Plompton”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Plumpton Rocks and Knaresborough railway station.
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