Thorp Arch is a village and
civil parish
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near
Wetherby
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,
West Yorkshire
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, England in the
City of Leeds
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metropolitan borough.
It sits in the
Wetherby
Wetherby () is a market town and civil parish in the City of Leeds district, West Yorkshire, England, close to West Yorkshire county's border with North Yorkshire, and lies approximately from Leeds City Centre, from York and from Harrogat ...
ward of
Leeds City Council
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and
Elmet and Rothwell parliamentary constituency
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.
The village is on the north bank of the
River Wharfe which separates it from
Boston Spa
Boston Spa is a Village and civil parish in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. Situated south of Wetherby, Boston Spa is on the south bank of the River Wharfe which separates it from Thorp Arch. According to ...
to the south. It has a primary school and public house. Historically the parish of Thorp Arch was in the
Ainsty, a division of
Yorkshire
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separate from the
ridings. It had a population of 1,123 in 2001, increasing to 1,591 at the 2011 census.
The village is adjacent to
Thorp Arch Trading Estate,
Wealstun Prison, and the
British Library Document Supply Centre.
Boston Spa - The British Library
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The village railway station, now closed, was next to the trading estate on the closed Harrogate to Church Fenton Line. Current day public transport is provided by bus route 7 to Harrogate, Wetherby and Leeds, operated by The Harrogate Bus Company.
Leeds United
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's training ground and academy are based on Walton Road. The facility was opened in 1990 to replace one adjacent to the club's Elland Road football stadium in Leeds
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.
File:All Saints' Church, Thorp Arch - geograph.org.uk - 51547.jpg, All Saints' Church, Thorp Arch
File:Celtic Cross, Thorp Arch - geograph.org.uk - 51549.jpg, Celtic Cross
File:Boston Spa bridge in 2007.jpg, Thorp Arch Bridge
File:The Pax, Thorp Arch - geograph.org.uk - 617953.jpg, The Pax
Location grid
See also
* Listed buildings in Thorp Arch
References
External links
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Places in Leeds
Villages in West Yorkshire
Civil parishes in West Yorkshire