Skipton

Skipton is a market town in , 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 , so it's a popular day-trip destination.
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  • 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: Skipton railway station and Plaza Cinema.

Railway station
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is a Grade II listed station…

Movie theater
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The is a traditional cinema located in Skipton, , England.

Town hall
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is the town hall of Skipton, .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Embsay and Carleton-in-Craven.

Village
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is a village in the county of , .

Village
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is a small village and civil parish…

Locality
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Bradley is a village in , England.

Skipton

Latitude
53.9619° or 53° 57′ 43″ north
Longitude
-2.016° or 2° 0′ 58″ west
Population
14,600
Elevation
371 feet (113 metres)
UN/LOCODE
GB SKI
Open location code
9C5VXX6M+PH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 21663920
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2637702
Wiki­data ID
Q516131
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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”
  • Danish: “Skipton”
  • 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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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Middle Town and Mill Fields.

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