Smiler’s Gorse

Smiler’s Gorse is a forest in North Deighton, Harrogate District, England. Smiler’s Gorse is situated nearby to the hamlet North Deighton, as well as near Walshford.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kirk Deighton SSSI and All Saints’ Church, Kirk Deighton.

Kirk Deighton SSSI

Protected area

Kirk Deighton SSSI is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Alton's Field, Kirk Deighton, North Yorkshire, England. This site has been recognised as having one of the largest known breeding populations of great crested newts in the United Kingdom.

All Saints’ Church, Kirk Deighton

Church

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

All Saints Church is an Anglican church in the parish of Spofforth and Kirk Deighton in North Yorkshire, England. The church dates from the 11th century and is Grade I listed.

St Michael’s Church

Church

Photo: Jonathan Thacker, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Michael's Church is a redundant church in the village of Cowthorpe, North Yorkshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wetherby and Cowthorpe.

Wetherby

Photo: Mtaylor848, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wetherby is a market town in West Yorkshire, best known for its racecourse. It's 13 miles northeast of Leeds, so it's a commuter town and part of that metropolis, as West Yorkshire is no longer a unit of governance. In 2021 its population was 11,700.

Cowthorpe

Hamlet

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Cowthorpe is a village in the civil parish of Tockwith, in North Yorkshire, England. It is situated 3 miles north of Wetherby, 10 miles east of Harrogate, 7 miles from Knaresborough and 13.5 miles from York.

Spofforth

Village

Spofforth is a village in the civil parish of Spofforth with Stockeld, in North Yorkshire, England. It is about 3 miles north-west of Wetherby and 5 miles south of Harrogate, on the River Crimple, a tributary of the River Nidd.

Smiler’s Gorse

Type: Forest
Location: North Deighton, Harrogate District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.9653° or 53° 57′ 55″ north

Longitude

-1.3888° or 1° 23′ 20″ west

Open location code

9C5WXJ86+4F

OpenStreetMap ID

way 35094608

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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