Knaresborough

Knaresborough is a picturesque market town in . It's four miles east of , and bounded to the west by the deep gorge of the River Nidd. In 2024 the population was 16,500.
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Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Town with 14,700 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 253 feet (77 metres)
  • …is also known as “Knaresborough, North Yorkshire”
  • Description: town in North Yorkshire, England

Places of Interest

Highlights include Knaresborough Castle and Mother Shipton’s Cave.
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is a ruined fortress overlooking…
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Mother Shipton's Cave is at Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, England, near the .
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is a Grade II listed…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Calcutt and Farnham.
Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in the county of , England.
Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish in the county of , England. is situated 2½ miles north of Knaresborough.
Mel Stubbs, Public domain.
is a village and suburb of in , England.

Knaresborough

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Latitude
54.0079° or 54° 0′ 29″ north
Longitude
-1.4668° or 1° 28′ 1″ west
UN/LOCODE
GB KNA
Open location code
9C6W2G5M+57
Open­Street­Map ID
node 53970285
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2645163
Wiki­data ID
Q535902

Satellite Map

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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: “نیئرزبورو”
  • Volapük: “Knaresborough”
  • Welsh: “Knaresborough”

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