Rawdon is a village and civil parish in the metropolitan borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, about seven miles north‑west of the city centre and tucked between Yeadon, Guiseley and Horsforth. It sits on rising ground dominated by the distinctive Rawdon Billing, a sandstone hill and popular local landmark with wide views across the Aire valley towards Leeds and the Pennines; the settlement has medieval roots and expanded through the 18th and 19th centuries with residential and light industrial development.
Today Rawdon feels like an affluent commuter village with good road links to Leeds and Bradford and is close to Leeds Bradford Airport. It retains a village high street, pubs, independent shops, schools and a conservation character of stone cottages and greenbelt countryside, with an active community life rather than heavy commercial activity.
Postcode districts covering Rawdon
Most populated places nearby
- Leeds 6 miles9.6 km
- Bradford 5.3 miles8.5 km
- Burnley 23.6 miles38 km
- Huddersfield 14.2 miles22.9 km
- Wakefield 13.2 miles21.3 km
- Harrogate 11.5 miles18.6 km
- Halifax 11.3 miles18.2 km
- Barnsley 21.3 miles34.3 km
- Castleford 15.9 miles25.6 km
- Morley 7.1 miles11.5 km
- Dewsbury 10.8 miles17.4 km
- Batley 8.5 miles13.6 km
Neighbouring places
- Calverley Built-up area 1.3 miles2.1 km
- Horsforth Parish 1.3 miles2.1 km
- Yeadon Built-up area 1.6 miles2.5 km
- Idle and Thackley Ward 1.9 miles3 km
- Calverley & Farsley Ward 2.1 miles3.3 km
- Bramley & Stanningley Ward 2.5 miles4 km
- Eccleshill Ward 2.5 miles4.1 km
- Guiseley Built-up area 2.6 miles4.3 km
- Guiseley & Rawdon Ward 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Otley & Yeadon Ward 3 miles4.8 km
- Pudsey Built-up area 3.1 miles4.9 km
- Wrose Parish 3.2 miles5.1 km
Example postcodes in Rawdon
LS18 4FX, LS18 4FH, LS19 6JH, LS19 6AF, LS18 4FD, LS19 6JG, LS19 6LS, LS19 6LE, LS19 6BD … See all
Transport links
- Leeds Bradford International Airport 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Doncaster Sheffield Airport 37.2 miles59.8 km
- Horsforth Railway Station 1.9 miles3 km
- Guiseley Railway Station 2.7 miles4.3 km
- Leeds Bradford Airport Bus Station 1.9 miles3 km
Hotels near Rawdon Ad
- The Calverley Arms by Innkeeper's Collection 4 1.3 miles2.1 km
- Dakota Leeds 5 6.1 miles9.9 km
- The Corn Mill Lodge Hotel 3 3.8 miles6.1 km
- Hyatt House Leeds 4 6.3 miles10.1 km
- The Met Hotel Leeds 4 6.1 miles9.8 km
- The Abbey Lodge Hotel 4.4 miles7.1 km
- Haley's Hotel & Restaurant 3 4.5 miles7.3 km
- Doubletree by Hilton Hotel Leeds City Centre 4 6.3 miles10.1 km
- Weetwood Hall Estate 4 3.5 miles5.6 km
- Hinsley Hall 3 4.7 miles7.5 km
Schools in Rawdon
- Benton Park School Secondary
- Rawdon Littlemoor Primary School Primary
- Rawdon St Peter's C of E Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Esholt Priory Historic site 1.7 miles2.7 km
- Daffy Wood Forest 2.3 miles3.8 km
- Spring Wood Forest 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Clayton Wood Forest 2.7 miles4.3 km
- Gotts Park Mansion Country house 4.1 miles6.6 km
- Valley Parade Stadium 4.4 miles7 km
- National Media Museum Museum 4.9 miles7.9 km
- The University of Bradford University 5.2 miles8.4 km
- Trinity Leeds Shopping centre 6.2 miles10 km
- Elland Road Stadium 6.3 miles10.1 km
- Saw Wood Forest 10.5 miles16.9 km
- Kirklees Priory Historic site 10.6 miles17.1 km