Grassington
Grassington is a small town in Wharfedale in North Yorkshire, set in the limestone scenery of the Yorkshire Dales. You come here to browse in the cobbled market square and to hike the hills.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Dr Neil Clifton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Immanuel Giel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Town with 1,790 residents
- Description: market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Grassington, North Yorkshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Grassington Hub and Community Library and St Michael’s Church, Linton.
St Michael’s Church, Linton
Church
St Michael's Church is the parish church of Linton, North Yorkshire, a village in England. The oldest part of the church is the 12th-century north arcade, while the chancel arch and south arcade are 13th century.
Grassington Methodist Church
Church
Photo: Bill Harrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Grassington Methodist Church is a historic church in Grassington, a town in North Yorkshire, in England. John Wesley preached in Grassington in 1780 and 1782.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Threshfield and Hebden.
Threshfield
Village
Photo: Joe Regan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Threshfield is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. A population of 968 was recorded at the 2011 census. It borders Grassington, Linton Falls, and Skirethorns.
Hebden
Village
Photo: Alethe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hebden is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England, and one of four villages in the ecclesiastical parish of Linton. It lies near Grimwith Reservoir and Grassington, in Wharfedale in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
Burnsall
Village
Photo: Alethe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Burnsall is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the River Wharfe in Wharfedale, and is in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Burnsall is situated 2½ miles southeast of Grassington.
Grassington
- Categories: market town, civil parish, and locality
- Location: Craven District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.0722° or 54° 4′ 20″ northLongitude
-1.9975° or 1° 59′ 51″ westPopulation
1,790Elevation
663 feet (202 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB GZTOpen location code
9C6W32C2+VXOpenStreetMap ID
node 26454436OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Grassington” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Grassington”
- Dutch: “Grassington”
- French: “Grassington”
- Irish: “Grassington”
- Italian: “Grassington”
- Ladin: “Grassington”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Grassington”
- Norwegian: “Grassington”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Gærsingtūn”
- Polish: “Grassington”
- Spanish: “Grassington”
- Swedish: “Grassington”
- Turkish: “Grassington”
- Welsh: “Grassington”
- “Grassington”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Grassington”. Photo: Immanuel Giel, CC BY-SA 4.0.