Haverah Park
Parish in North Yorkshire, England
| Coordinates: | 53.984, -1.624 |
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| OS grid ref: | SE 24 54 |
Haverah Park is a very small, sparsely populated area in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, set among heather moor, drystone walls and rolling dales a few miles west of Harrogate. The landscape is dominated by upland grazing and managed moor, so the local economy is largely agricultural with some grouse-moor management and low-key rural tourism; it’s valued more for walking, wildlife and tranquillity than for shops or services.
The name hints at medieval origins as a parkland or hunting ground, and the area has a quirky modern footnote too: in the late 20th century it hosted the Haverah Park cosmic-ray array operated by university scientists, an unusual piece of scientific history for such a remote spot. Socially it remains a dispersed, close-knit rural community with scattered farms rather than a conventional village.
Postcode districts covering Haverah Park
Most populated places nearby
- Leeds 12.9 miles20.8 km
- Bradford 14.6 miles23.6 km
- York 22 miles35.3 km
- Huddersfield 24.1 miles38.8 km
- Wakefield 21.5 miles34.6 km
- Harrogate 3.3 miles5.4 km
- Halifax 20.3 miles32.7 km
- Castleford 21.3 miles34.3 km
- Morley 16.1 miles26 km
- Dewsbury 20.3 miles32.7 km
- Batley 18 miles29 km
- Keighley 13.9 miles22.3 km
Neighbouring places
- Beckwithshaw Parish 1.8 miles2.9 km
- Felliscliffe Parish 1.9 miles3.1 km
- Killinghall, Hampsthwaite & Saltergate Ward 2.4 miles3.8 km
- Norwood Parish 2.4 miles3.8 km
- Coppice Valley & Duchy Ward 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Harlow & St. Georges Ward 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Hampsthwaite Built-up area 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Stainburn Parish 3 miles4.8 km
- North Rigton Parish 3.3 miles5.3 km
- Valley Gardens & Central Harrogate Ward 3.3 miles5.3 km
- Birstwith Built-up area 3.3 miles5.3 km
- Lindley Parish 3.3 miles5.4 km
Example postcodes in Haverah Park
Transport links
- Leeds Bradford International Airport 8.3 miles13.4 km
- Durham Tees Valley Airport 37.1 miles59.7 km
- Harrogate Railway Station 3.6 miles5.7 km
- Hornbeam Park Railway Station 3.9 miles6.4 km
- Leeds Bradford Airport Bus Station 8.1 miles13 km
Hotels near Haverah Park Ad
- The Pine Marten by Innkeeper's Collection 4 2.3 miles3.7 km
- West Park Hotel 4 3.4 miles5.5 km
- Crowne Plaza Harrogate 4 3.5 miles5.6 km
- The Lodge 4 3.5 miles5.6 km
- The Studley Hotel 4 3.2 miles5.1 km
- Hotel Du Vin & Bistro Harrogate 4 3.4 miles5.5 km
- White Hart Hotel & Apartments 4 3.2 miles5.2 km
- The Inn South Stainley 4 6.6 miles10.6 km
- The Harrogate Inn - the Inn Collection Group 4 3.3 miles5.3 km
- The Yorkshire Hotel 4 3.4 miles5.4 km
Local points of interest
- Fountains Abbey Archaeological site 8.8 miles14.2 km
- Bewerley Hall Estate 9 miles14.4 km
- Spring Wood Forest 9.8 miles15.8 km
- Esholt Priory Historic site 9.8 miles15.8 km
- Clayton Wood Forest 9.9 miles15.9 km
- Daffy Wood Forest 9.9 miles16 km
- Newby Hall Estate 10.2 miles16.5 km
- Ripon Racecourse Recreation 10.9 miles17.5 km
- Bolton Abbey Historic site 10.9 miles17.5 km
- Wetherby Racecourse Recreation 11.1 miles17.9 km
- Gotts Park Mansion Country house 12.4 miles20 km
- Saw Wood Forest 12.7 miles20.4 km