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Knaresborough

Knaresborough is a picturesque market town in , England, four miles east of . The town is bounded to the west by the deep gorge of the River Nidd, with a railway viaduct vaulting over.
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  • Type: Town with 14,700 residents
  • Description: town in North Yorkshire, England
  • Also known as: “Knaresborough, North Yorkshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Knaresborough Castle and Mother Shipton’s Cave.

Photo: redvers, CC BY 2.0.
is a ruined fortress overlooking the in the town of Knaresborough, , England.

Forest
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Mother Shipton's Cave is at Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, England, near the . 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.

Railway station
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is a Grade II listed station serving the town of Knaresborough in , . It is located on the Harrogate Line 16.75 miles west of and is operated by Northern Trains, who provide all passenger train services.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Calcutt and Starbeck.

Village
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in the county of , England. Until 1974 it was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Harrogate, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

Suburb
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is a village and suburb of in , England. The population of Ward taken at the 2011 census was 6,226. It has many facilities, including , which serves the Harrogate Line.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in the county of , England. It is situated 2 miles north of Knaresborough. is situated 2½ miles north of Knaresborough.

Knaresborough

Latitude
54.0079° or 54° 0′ 29″ north
Longitude
-1.4668° or 1° 28′ 1″ west
Population
14,700
Elevation
253 feet (77 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB KNA
Open location code
9C6W2G5M+57
Open­Street­Map ID
node 53970285
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2645163
Wiki­data ID
Q535902
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Knaresborough” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Knaresborough”
  • Basque: “Knaresborough”
  • Bengali: “নারেসবরো”
  • Cebuano: “Knaresborough”
  • Chinese: “納爾斯伯勒”
  • Chinese: “纳尔斯伯勒”
  • Czech: “Knaresborough”
  • Dutch: “Knaresborough”
  • Finnish: “Knaresborough”
  • French: “Knaresborough”
  • German: “Knaresborough”
  • Gujarati: “નારેસબરો”
  • Irish: “Knaresborough”
  • Italian: “Knaresborough”
  • Japanese: “ナレスバラ”
  • Japanese: “ナレスボロ”
  • Kannada: “ನಾರ್ಸ್ಬರೋ”
  • Korean: “나스보로”
  • Ladin: “Knaresborough”
  • Lithuanian: “Nersboras”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Knaresborough”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Knaresborough”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Chenaresburg”
  • Persian: “نارسبورو”
  • Polish: “Knaresborough”
  • Portuguese: “Knaresborough”
  • Romanian: “Knaresborough”
  • Russian: “Нейрсборо”
  • Russian: “Нерсборо”
  • Slovak: “Knaresborough”
  • South Azerbaijani: “نارسبورو”
  • Spanish: “Knaresborough”
  • Swedish: “Knaresborough”
  • Tamil: “கினரேஷபாரூக்ஹ்”
  • Telugu: “నారెస్ బోరో”
  • Turkish: “Knaresborough”
  • Urdu: “کناریسبورو”
  • Volapük: “Knaresborough”
  • Welsh: “Knaresborough”
  • “Knaresborough”

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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 “Knaresborough”. Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.