Wighill
Parish in North Yorkshire, England
| Coordinates: | 53.917, -1.284 |
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| OS grid ref: | SE 47 46 |
| Dialling code: | 01937 (Wetherby) |
Wighill is a small, largely rural parish in North Yorkshire, lying within the Harrogate district. Set amid gently rolling farmland and parkland not far from the River Wharfe, it sits between the market towns of Tadcaster and Wetherby, which gives it a quiet village feel while remaining within easy reach of busier centres.
The area retains a strong agricultural character, with working farms, a handful of period houses and a country estate that shapes much of the local landscape. Social life is small-scale and community orientated, focused around parish activities and the village church, while good road links to Leeds and the A1(M) mean many residents combine rural living with commuting for work and services.
Postcode districts covering Wighill
Most populated places nearby
- Leeds 13.4 miles21.5 km
- Bradford 21.5 miles34.6 km
- York 8.6 miles13.8 km
- Wakefield 18.7 miles30.1 km
- Harrogate 11.7 miles18.8 km
- Castleford 13.7 miles22 km
- Morley 17.2 miles27.8 km
- Dewsbury 21.1 miles33.9 km
- Batley 19.7 miles31.8 km
- Pontefract 15.6 miles25.1 km
- Yeadon 16.3 miles26.2 km
- Pudsey 17.8 miles28.6 km
Neighbouring places
- Healaugh Parish 1.4 miles2.2 km
- Walton Parish 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Thorp Arch Built-up area 1.8 miles2.8 km
- Newton Kyme cum Toulston Parish 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Bilton-in-Ainsty with Bickerton Parish 2.2 miles3.6 km
- Tadcaster Built-up area 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Catterton Parish 2.6 miles4.1 km
- Boston Spa Built-up area 2.9 miles4.7 km
- Oxton Parish 2.9 miles4.7 km
- Long Marston Built-up area 3.1 miles5.1 km
- Clifford Parish 3.2 miles5.1 km
- Tockwith Built-up area 3.3 miles5.3 km
Example postcodes in Wighill
LS24 8BQ, LS24 8BS, LS24 8BT, LS24 8BR, LS24 8LA, LS24 8BE, LS24 8BG, LS24 8BW, LS24 8BH … See all
Transport links
- Leeds Bradford International Airport 15.7 miles25.3 km
- Doncaster Sheffield Airport 32.2 miles51.7 km
- Ulleskelf Railway Station 5.2 miles8.4 km
- Hammerton Railway Station 5.5 miles8.8 km
Hotels near Wighill Ad
- The Tickled Trout Inn Bilton-in-Ainsty 1.9 miles3 km
- The Scotts Arms Village Inn 6.9 miles11.1 km
- Days Inn by Wyndham Wetherby 3 4 miles6.5 km
- Wood Hall Hotel and Spa 4 6.3 miles10.1 km
- Middlethorpe Hall & Spa 4 8 miles12.8 km
- The Grand, York 5 8.5 miles13.6 km
- Clementine's Guest House 5 8.6 miles13.8 km
- Golden Fleece York 3 8.8 miles14.2 km
- Wheatlands Lodge Hotel 3 8.1 miles13 km
- No.1 by Guesthouse, York 4 8.6 miles13.8 km
Local points of interest
- Wetherby Racecourse Recreation 3.5 miles5.6 km
- Nun Appleton Hall Estate 6.9 miles11 km
- Nun Appleton Priory Historic site 6.9 miles11.1 km
- Saw Wood Forest 7.3 miles11.7 km
- York Racecourse Recreation 7.8 miles12.5 km
- National Railway Museum Museum 8.2 miles13.2 km
- Bootham Crescent Stadium 8.8 miles14.1 km
- Wentworth College College 9.4 miles15.2 km
- University of York University 9.6 miles15.5 km
- Yorkshire Museum of Farming Museum 11.6 miles18.7 km
- Fairnurn Ings Nature reserve 11.9 miles19.2 km
- Trinity Leeds Shopping centre 13.5 miles21.7 km