Scarcroft, United Kingdom
Scarcroft is a town of 1,194 people in England, United Kingdom.
Why visit Scarcroft
Townapedia lists 9 museums and landmarks, 7 parks and trails, 8 places to eat, 4 places to stay and 5 attractions in and around town.
Highlights include Collingham Bridge, Bramham Park, Dalton Parlours Roman villa and Iron Age settlement and Roundhay Park.
Weather in Scarcroft
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About Scarcroft
Scarcroft is a village and civil parish 6 miles (10 km) north east of Leeds city centre in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, West Yorkshire, England. The village lies on the main A58 road between Leeds and Wetherby. It had a population of 1,153 increasing to 1,194 at the 2011 Census.
From the Wikipedia article Scarcroft (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photos of Scarcroft
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Things to do5
Collingham Bridge
Bridge · 3.2 mi
Bridge in Collingham, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
Museums and landmarks9
Bramham Park
Museum · 2.9 mi
Grade I listed historic house museum in Bramham cum Oglethorpe, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
Dalton Parlours Roman villa and Iron Age settlement
Monument and historic site · 3.2 mi
Archaeological site in Collingham, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
Parks, trails and playgrounds7
Roundhay Park
Park · 2.4 mi
Park in Roundhay, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
Tropical World
Park · 2.9 mi
Butterfly house and animal attraction in England
Restaurants and cafes8
Where to stay4
Churches and places of worship9
Schools, colleges and libraries4
Map of Scarcroft
46 places. The map loads OpenStreetMap tiles when you open it.
Getting there and nearby towns
Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 9 miles away.
- Thorner 1 mi southeast, about 2 min by car
- Chapel Allerton 4 mi southwest, about 7 min by car
- Wetherby 5 mi northeast, about 8 min by car
- Leeds 6 mi southwest, about 10 min by car
- Garforth 6 mi southeast, about 9 min by car
- Spofforth 6 mi north, about 10 min by car
- Thorp Arch 6 mi northeast, about 10 min by car
- Kippax 8 mi southeast, about 12 min by car
- Horsforth 8 mi west, about 13 min by car
- Harrogate 9 mi north, about 15 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
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- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- Mapillary (see each image): photos
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website, landmarks and historic places
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Bracken Fox, Scarcroft, Flickr user: Tim Green aka atouch, CC BY 2.0
- Tropical World, Frombowen, CC BY-SA 4.0
- St Andrews Roundhay LS8 1DU, Chemical Engineer, Public domain
- Seacroft parish church, User:Gunnar Larsson, CC BY-SA 3.0
- St Peter Church and Yard, Thorner, Tim Green, CC BY 2.0
- Bingleyarms, Mtaylor848 ( talk ), CC BY-SA 3.0
- Shadwell72Library, Chemical Engineer, Public domain
- Shadwell12StPaul, Chemical Engineer, Public domain
- Dalton parlours mosaic, York Museums Trust, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Milestone (Collingham 3 1-2) (3710968156), Tim Green from Bradford, CC BY 2.0
- Milestone, Milner Lane, Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Bramham Park Chapel, Paul Brooker, CC BY-SA 2.0
- The Castle, Roundhay Park, Stevekraken, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, lamaar639, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, mapz4lolz, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, laye, CC BY-SA 4.0
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