New Earswick sits just north of York and was created in the early 20th century by philanthropist Joseph Rowntree as a model garden suburb for workers. Designed around ideas of healthy living and community, it retains tree-lined streets, generous gardens and allotments, a small village centre and a sense of intentional layout that contrasts with nearby urban housing.
There remains a strong community ethos, influenced by the Rowntree Quaker tradition, with local organisations, a housing trust carrying forward the original social-housing purpose and active green spaces that link residents to the city. Today it’s a sought-after, mixed residential neighbourhood that combines historic social ideals with practical access to York’s amenities.
Postcode districts covering New Earswick
Most populated places nearby
- Leeds 23.6 miles
- York 2.6 miles
- Harrogate 19.2 miles
- Castleford 21.9 miles
- Pontefract 23.1 miles
- Selby 14.8 miles
- Goole 21.6 miles
- Ripon 21 miles
- Kippax 19.9 miles
- Garforth 19 miles
- Knaresborough 16 miles
- Knottingley 21.5 miles
Neighbouring places
- Huntington Built-up area 0.5 miles
- Huntington & New Earswick Ward 0.8 miles
- Earswick Built-up area 1.2 miles
- Haxby Built-up area 1.3 miles
- Clifton Without Parish 1.5 miles
- Rawcliffe & Clifton Without Ward 1.7 miles
- Heworth Ward 1.8 miles
- Wigginton Built-up area 1.9 miles
- Clifton Ward 1.9 miles
- Rawcliffe Parish 1.9 miles
- Heworth Without Parish 2 miles
- Guildhall Ward 2 miles
Example postcodes in New Earswick
YO32 4AU, YO32 4AZ, YO32 4BZ, YO32 4DW, YO32 4TJ, YO32 9RE, YO32 3HH, YO32 4DU, YO32 4DQ … See all
Transport links
- Leeds Bradford International Airport 25.6 miles
- Doncaster Sheffield Airport 35.5 miles
- York Railway Station 2.7 miles
- Murton Lane 3.3 miles
Hotels near New Earswick Ad
- The Churchill Hotel 4 2.2 miles
- No 1 by GuestHouse, York 4 2.2 miles
- The Fat Badger 4 2.3 miles
- The Minster Hotel 3 2.2 miles
- Hotel Clementine 4 2 miles
- Malmaison York 4 2.6 miles
- The Milner York formerly the Principal York 5 2.6 miles
- B+B York 3 2 miles
- The Waggon & Horses 3 2.8 miles
- The Dean Court 4 2.4 miles
Schools in New Earswick
- Joseph Rowntree School Secondary
- New Earswick Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Bootham Crescent Stadium 1.9 miles
- National Railway Museum Museum 2.6 miles
- University of York University 3.4 miles
- Wentworth College College 3.4 miles
- Yorkshire Museum of Farming Museum 3.5 miles
- York Racecourse Recreation 4 miles
- Sand Hutton Hall Estate 5.6 miles
- Nun Appleton Hall Estate 10.4 miles
- Nun Appleton Priory Historic site 10.4 miles
- Castle Howard Estate 10.9 miles
- Castle Howard Country house 11 miles
- Wetherby Racecourse Recreation 12.7 miles