Swainthornes Wood
Swainthornes Wood is a forest in Plompton, Harrogate District, England. Swainthornes Wood is situated nearby to the locality Aketon, as well as near the village Spofforth.Places of Interest
Highlights include Spofforth Castle and All Saints’ Church, Spofforth, North Yorkshire.
Spofforth Castle
Castle
Photo: TJBlackwell, CC BY 3.0.
Spofforth Castle in the village of Spofforth, North Yorkshire, England was a fortified manor house, ruined during the English Civil War and now run by English Heritage as a tourist attraction.
All Saints’ Church, Spofforth, North Yorkshire
Church
All Saints Church is an Anglican church in the parish of Spofforth and Kirk Deighton in North Yorkshire, England.
St Joseph and St James’ Church, Follifoot
Church
Photo: Mtaylor848, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Joseph and St James' Church is an Anglican church in Follifoot, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The church was commissioned by Joseph Radcliffe and the Reverend James Tripp, originally as a chapel of ease to All Saints' Church, Spofforth.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Knaresborough and Wetherby.
Knaresborough
Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Knaresborough is a picturesque market town in North Yorkshire. It's four miles east of Harrogate, and bounded to the west by the deep gorge of the River Nidd. In 2024 the population was 16,500.
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.
Sicklinghall
Village
Photo: Mtaylor848, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sicklinghall is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England that is situated between the town of Wetherby and the village of Kirkby Overblow.
Swainthornes Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: Plompton, Harrogate District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.968° or 53° 58′ 5″ northLongitude
-1.4431° or 1° 26′ 35″ westOpen location code
9C5WXH94+6QOpenStreetMap ID
way 779656480OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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