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.
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- Town with about 15,400 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 370 feet (110 metres)
- Description: town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, UK
- Also known as“Skipton-in-Craven”“Skipton, North Yorkshire”
Places of Interest
Discover Skipton railway station and Plaza Cinema.
Skipton railway station
Skipton railway station is a Grade II listed station…
Plaza Cinema
The Plaza Cinema is a traditional cinema located in Skipton, North Yorkshire, England.
Skipton Town Hall
Skipton Town Hall is the town hall of Skipton, North Yorkshire.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Embsay and Carleton-in-Craven.
Embsay
Embsay is a village in the county of North Yorkshire, England.
Carleton-in-Craven
Carleton-in-Craven is a small village and civil parish…
Bradley, North Yorkshire
Bradley is a village in North Yorkshire, England.
Skipton
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Latitude
53.9619° or 53° 57′ 43″ north
Longitude
-2.016° or 2° 0′ 58″ west
UN/LOCODE
GB SKI
Open location code
9C5VXX6M+PH
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = town
Satellite Map
See this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Skipton” goes by many names.
SkiptonAsturian
SkiptonBasque
স্কীপ্টনBengali
SkiptonCatalan
SkiptonCebuano
斯基普頓Chinese
斯基普顿Chinese
SkiptonDanish
SkiptonDutch
SkiptonEsperanto
SkiptonFinnish
સ્કિપટનGujarati
סקיפטוןHebrew
SkiptonIrish
SkiptonItalian
スキップトンJapanese
ಸ್ಕಿಪ್ಟನ್Kannada
스킵턴Korean
SkiptonasLithuanian
SkiptonNorwegian Bokmål
SkiptonNorwegian Nynorsk
اسکیپتونPersian
SkiptonPolish
SkiptonRomanian
СкиптонRussian
SkiptonSilesian
اسکیپتونSouth Azerbaijani
SkiptonSwedish
ஸ்கிப்டன்Tamil
స్కిప్ టన్Telugu
SkiptonTurkish
اسکپٹنUrdu
سکپٹنUrdu
SkiptonVolapük
SkiptonWelsh
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Skipton”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Middle Town and Mill Fields.
“I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.”
North Yorkshire: Highlights
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