Bishop Wood

Bishop Wood is a forest in Sherburn in Elmet, Selby District, England. Bishop Wood is situated nearby to the locality Leitherlands, as well as near Jackson’s Gap.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sherburn In Elmet and St Mary’s Church.

Sherburn In Elmet

Aerodrome

Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sherburn-in-Elmet Airfield is located 1.5 nautical miles east of Sherburn in Elmet village and 5.5 NM west of Selby, North Yorkshire, England.

St Mary's Church is the parish church of Hambleton, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. A chantry chapel dedicated to Our Lady was constructed in Hambleton in about 1307, and was last recorded in 1536.

St Francis of Assisi

Church

Photo: Stephen Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Francis of Assisi is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Selby and Sherburn in Elmet.

Selby

Photo: Michael Beckwith, CC BY 2.0.

Selby is a market town in North Yorkshire 14 miles south of York, with a population in 2024 of 20,000. Its main attraction is the abbey, with a stained glass window depicting the original "Stars and Stripes".

Sherburn in Elmet

Town

Photo: John Davidson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sherburn in Elmet is a town and civil parish in the district and county of North Yorkshire, England. It is to the west of Selby and south of Tadcaster.

Cawood

Village

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Cawood is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England that is notable as the location of the Cawood sword. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Cawood belonged to the Liberty of Cawood, Wistow and Otley.

Bishop Wood

Type: Forest
Location: Sherburn in Elmet, Selby District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.7892° or 53° 47′ 21″ north

Longitude

-1.1681° or 1° 10′ 5″ west

Open location code

9C5WQRQJ+MQ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1443293724

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=forest

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