Skipton
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Skipton (also known as Skipton-in-Craven) is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. Historically in the East Division of Staincliffe Wapentake in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is on the River Aire and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal to the south of the Yorkshire Dales. It is situated north-west of Leeds and west of York. At the 2021 Census, the population was 15,042. The town has been listed as one of the best and happiest places to live in the UK.
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 796 inbound references to Skipton, and connects out to civil parish, London and England.
The entry is geolocated on the map, across 3 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Civil parishes in North Yorkshire, Craven, Yorkshire and Market towns in North Yorkshire.
Vinony links it to 23 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Skipton
- UK place.type
- Town and civil parish
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- UK place.local_name
- The Gateway to the Yorkshire Dales
- UK place.population
- 15,042
- UK place.population_ref
- (parish, 2021 census)
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SD9902851827
- UK place.label_position
- top
- UK place.post_town
- SKIPTON
- UK place.postcode_area
- BD
- UK place.postcode_district
- BD23
- UK place.dial_code
- 01756
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Skipton and Ripon
- UK place.civil_parish
- Skipton
- UK place.london_distance_mi
- 185
- UK place.london_direction
- SE
- UK place.unitary_england
- North Yorkshire
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Home - Skipton Town Council
skiptontowncouncil.gov.uk →Link to the official site · 4,926 chars · not written by Vinony
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- market town
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- North Yorkshire
- Population
- 14623
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Capital of
- Craven
- Official website
- www.skiptontowncouncil.gov.uk
- Image
- Canal in Skipton 02.JPG
- Dialing code
- 01756
Show 9 more facts
- postal code
- BD23
- P8168
- Tyche
- OS grid reference
- SD989517
- twinned administrative body
- Simbach am Inn
- Commons category
- Skipton
- topic's main category
- Category:Skipton
- historic county
- Yorkshire
- different from
- Skipton
- P12749
- Gottfried Böhm
Sources (7)
via Wikidata · CC0
Article · Svenska
Skipton är en stad och en civil parish i Craven, North Yorkshire, England. Orten har 14 313 invånare (2001).
Abstract from DBpedia / Wikipedia · CC BY-SA
Gallery (18)
On the map
3 mapped locations