Banks Wood
Banks Wood is a forest in Draughton, Craven District, England. Banks Wood is situated nearby to the locality Draughton Bottom, as well as near the village Halton East.Places of Interest
Highlights include Chelker Reservoir and Bolton Abbey railway station.
Chelker Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: Lynne Kirton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chelker Reservoir is a man-made lake in North Yorkshire, England. It lies in the parish of Draughton, immediately north of the A65 road, between Skipton and the village of Addingham.
Bolton Abbey railway station
Railway station
Photo: Ian Russell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bolton Abbey railway station is on the Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway. It serves Bolton Abbey, although it is closer to Bolton Bridge, in North Yorkshire, England and several countryside walking routes.
Bolton Priory
Photo: Ian Greig, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bolton Priory, whose full title is The Priory Church of St Mary and St Cuthbert, Bolton Abbey, is a Grade I listed parish church of the Church of England in the village of Bolton Abbey, within the Yorkshire Dales National Park in North Yorkshire, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Skipton and Embsay.
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.
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.
Addingham
Village
Photo: David Rogers, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Addingham is a village and civil parish in the City of Bradford in West Yorkshire, England. It is situated near the A65, 6 miles south-east of Skipton, 3 miles west of Ilkley, 12 miles north-west of Bradford and around 20 miles north-west of Leeds.
Banks Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: Draughton, Craven District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.9726° or 53° 58′ 21″ northLongitude
-1.9344° or 1° 56′ 4″ westOpen location code
9C5WX3F8+26OpenStreetMap ID
way 1353270837OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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