Old Wives Wood

Old Wives Wood is a forest in , , . Old Wives Wood is situated nearby to the village , as well as near the locality .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Collingham and Linton Cricket Club Ground and St Oswald’s Church, Collingham.

Pitch
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Collingham and Linton Cricket Club is a cricket ground in . The first recorded match on the ground was in 1896. In 1986 the club hosted the first Women's Test between England women and India women.

Church
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St Oswald's Church is an active Anglican church in , , England. It is in the Harrogate deanery and Diocese of Leeds. The church is on the edge of the village on Wetherby Road.

Bridge
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a road bridge that spans the Collingham Beck, a tributary of the on Harewood Road in , , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wetherby and Collingham.

Photo: Mtaylor848, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a market town in , best known for its racecourse. It's 13 miles northeast of , 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.

Village
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is a village and civil parish 2 miles south-west of in , England. It is in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough. The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census was 2,991.

Village
Photo: Charlesdrakew, Public domain.
is a village, civil parish, former manor and ecclesiastical parish, in , England, today in the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds. The civil parish population at the 2011 census was 3,734.

Old Wives Wood

Latitude
53.9172° or 53° 55′ 2″ north
Longitude
-1.4452° or 1° 26′ 43″ west
Open location code
9C5WWH83+VW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 896823232
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­wood
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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Wood Hall Carmelite Monastery and Old Wives Wood.

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