Skipton
Skipton is a market town in North Yorkshire, with a population of 15,000 in 2021. It has a sturdy castle and scenic canal; it's within a short travel time of the Leeds-Bradford conurbation and is on the southern edge of the Yorkshire Dales, so it's a popular day-trip destination.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Immanuel Giel, Public domain.
- Type: Town with 14,600 residents
- Description: town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Skipton-in-Craven” and “Skipton, North Yorkshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Skipton railway station and Plaza Cinema.
Skipton railway station
Railway station
Photo: Steven Duhig, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Skipton railway station is a Grade II listed station which serves the market town of Skipton in North Yorkshire, England. It is a stop on the Airedale Line, which provides access to destinations such as Leeds, Bradford, Carlisle, Lancaster and Morecambe.
Plaza Cinema
Movie theater
Photo: Gpwitteveen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Plaza Cinema is a traditional cinema located in Skipton, North Yorkshire, England. It is the sole survivor of four cinemas that once existed in the town. The Plaza has circle seating and stalls with Pullman seats throughout.
Skipton Town Hall
Town hall
Photo: Onlybyland, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Skipton Town Hall is the town hall of Skipton, North Yorkshire. It is located on the town's High Street and is home to Craven Museum & Gallery as well as a Concert Hall with events and performance programme and Skipton Tourist Information Centre.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Embsay and Bradley, North Yorkshire.
Embsay
Village
Photo: John Winterbottom, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Embsay is a village in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is paired with the neighbouring hamlet of Eastby to form the civil parish of Embsay with Eastby.
Bradley, North Yorkshire
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bradley is a village in North Yorkshire, England. It is situated between Skipton and Keighley, approximately 1⁄2 mile from the A629 and 2 miles from the nearby town of Skipton.
Carleton-in-Craven
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Carleton-in-Craven is a small village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England, and situated just over 1.5 miles south-west from the market town of Skipton.
Skipton
- Categories: civil parish, market town, and locality
- Location: Craven District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.9619° or 53° 57′ 43″ northLongitude
-2.016° or 2° 0′ 58″ westPopulation
14,600Elevation
371 feet (113 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB SKIOpen location code
9C5VXX6M+PHOpenStreetMap ID
node 21663920OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Skipton” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Skipton”
- Basque: “Skipton”
- Bengali: “স্কীপ্টন”
- Catalan: “Skipton”
- Cebuano: “Skipton”
- Chinese: “斯基普頓”
- Chinese: “斯基普顿”
- Dutch: “Skipton”
- Esperanto: “Skipton”
- Finnish: “Skipton”
- French: “Skipton”
- German: “Skipton”
- Gujarati: “સ્કિપટન”
- Hebrew: “סקיפטון”
- Irish: “Skipton”
- Italian: “Skipton”
- Japanese: “スキップトン”
- Kannada: “ಸ್ಕಿಪ್ಟನ್”
- Korean: “스킵턴”
- Lithuanian: “Skiptonas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Skipton”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Skipton”
- Persian: “اسکیپتون”
- Polish: “Skipton”
- Portuguese: “Skipton”
- Romanian: “Skipton”
- Russian: “Скиптон”
- Silesian: “Skipton”
- South Azerbaijani: “اسکیپتون”
- Spanish: “Skipton”
- Swedish: “Skipton”
- Tamil: “ஸ்கிப்டன்”
- Telugu: “స్కిప్ టన్”
- Turkish: “Skipton”
- Urdu: “اسکپٹن”
- Urdu: “سکپٹن”
- Volapük: “Skipton”
- Welsh: “Skipton”
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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 “Skipton”. Photo: Tim Green, CC BY 2.0.