Flaxby

Flaxby is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is close to the A1 motorway and 2 miles east of Knaresborough. Flaxby was once part of the wapentake of Claro.

Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Hamlet with 156 residents
Description: village in North Yorkshire, England, UK
Also known as: “Flaxby, North Yorkshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Allerton Castle and St Mary’s Church.

Allerton Castle

Manor estate

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Allerton Castle, also known as Allerton Park, is a Grade I listed nineteenth-century Gothic or Victorian Gothic house at Allerton Mauleverer in North Yorkshire, England.

St Mary's Church is the parish church of Goldsborough, a village near Harrogate in North Yorkshire, in England. The church appears to have first been built in the 12th century, from which period survive the south door and perhaps some walling at the ends of the nave.

Allerton Waste Recovery Park

Power station

Photo: The joy of all things, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Allerton Waste Recovery Park is a waste recovery and incineration site located on a former quarry at Allerton Mauleverer, near Knaresborough, England. It is operated by AmeyCespa on behalf of North Yorkshire Council and City of York Council, the site is capable of handling 320,000 tonnes of household waste per year.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Coneythorpe and Clareton.

Coneythorpe

Hamlet

Photo: manonabike, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Coneythorpe is a village in the civil parish of Coneythorpe and Clareton, in North Yorkshire, England. It is situated less than 1 mile west from the A1 motorway.

Clareton

Hamlet

Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Clareton is a hamlet in the civil parish of Coneythorpe and Clareton, in North Yorkshire, England. Since 24 March 1888 it has shared a civil parish with the neighbouring village of Coneythorpe, to the southwest.