Towton
Parish in North Yorkshire, England
| Coordinates: | 53.849, -1.263 |
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| OS grid ref: | SE 48 39 |
| Dialling code: | 01937 (Wetherby) |
Towton is a small rural parish in North Yorkshire, England, made up of scattered farms and a handful of dwellings set in rolling arable countryside and hedgerows. Its quiet lanes and open fields are typical of the surrounding landscape and sustain a largely agricultural way of life.
The parish is best known as the site of the 1461 Battle of Towton, a decisive and famously bloody encounter of the Wars of the Roses; the battlefield, memorials and occasional archaeological finds draw historians and visitors and give the community a strong sense of historical identity alongside everyday rural life.
Postcode districts covering Towton
Most populated places nearby
- Leeds 12.1 miles19.4 km
- Bradford 20.9 miles33.6 km
- York 10.4 miles16.8 km
- Doncaster 23.4 miles37.7 km
- Wakefield 15.4 miles24.8 km
- Harrogate 15 miles24.2 km
- Barnsley 21.5 miles34.6 km
- Castleford 9.4 miles15.2 km
- Morley 15.4 miles24.7 km
- Dewsbury 18.6 miles29.9 km
- Batley 17.7 miles28.5 km
- Pontefract 11.1 miles17.8 km
Neighbouring places
- Kirkby Wharfe with North Milford Parish 0.9 miles1.5 km
- Grimston Parish 1.2 miles1.9 km
- Lead Parish 1.3 miles2 km
- Saxton with Scarthingwell Parish 1.7 miles2.7 km
- Stutton with Hazlewood Parish 1.7 miles2.8 km
- Saxton Built-up area 1.8 miles2.9 km
- Barkston Ash Built-up area 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Appleton Roebuck & Church Fenton Ward 2.1 miles3.5 km
- Ulleskelf Built-up area 2.2 miles3.6 km
- Tadcaster Built-up area 2.3 miles3.8 km
- Church Fenton Built-up area 2.5 miles4 km
- Oxton Parish 2.5 miles4 km
Example postcodes in Towton
Transport links
- Leeds Bradford International Airport 16.2 miles26.1 km
- Doncaster Sheffield Airport 27.5 miles44.3 km
- Ulleskelf Railway Station 2 miles3.3 km
- Church Fenton Railway Station 2.2 miles3.5 km
Hotels near Towton Ad
- The Tickled Trout Inn Bilton-in-Ainsty 6.5 miles10.5 km
- Hazlewood Castle & Spa 4 2.3 miles3.7 km
- Middlethorpe Hall & Spa 4 9 miles14.5 km
- The Scotts Arms Village Inn 9.5 miles15.3 km
- Wood Hall Hotel and Spa 4 8.5 miles13.7 km
- Thorpe Park Hotel and Spa 4 7.7 miles12.4 km
- Wheatlands Lodge Hotel 3 9.9 miles15.9 km
- Days Inn by Wyndham Wetherby 3 8 miles12.9 km
- Hotel Du Vin & Bistro York 4 9.9 miles16 km
- Owl, Hambleton by Marston's Inns 4 6.7 miles10.8 km
Local points of interest
- Nun Appleton Hall Estate 4.4 miles7 km
- Nun Appleton Priory Historic site 4.4 miles7.1 km
- Saw Wood Forest 6.3 miles10.1 km
- Wetherby Racecourse Recreation 7.1 miles11.5 km
- Fairnurn Ings Nature reserve 7.5 miles12 km
- York Racecourse Recreation 9.1 miles14.7 km
- National Railway Museum Museum 10.2 miles16.5 km
- Pontefract Racecourse Recreation 10.7 miles17.2 km
- Wentworth College College 10.7 miles17.2 km
- University of York University 10.9 miles17.5 km
- Bootham Crescent Stadium 10.9 miles17.6 km
- Trinity Leeds Shopping centre 12.1 miles19.5 km