East Keswick
| East Keswick | |
 East Keswick Post Office |
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  East Keswick |
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| Population | 1,146 (2011) |
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| OS grid reference | SE360447 |
| Civil parish | East Keswick |
| Metropolitan borough | City of Leeds |
| Metropolitan county | West Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LEEDS |
| Postcode district | LS17 |
| Police | West Yorkshire |
| Fire | West Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| UK Parliament | Elmet |
Coordinates: 53°53′50″N 1°27′13″W / 53.89723°N 1.45364°W
East Keswick is a village and civil parish in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, West Yorkshire, England. It lies four miles south west of Wetherby. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 1,146.[1]
Amenities
The Duke of Wellington public house
The village has two churches (one Methodist, one Anglican), a Post Office, butchers, village hall and two pubs (the Old Star and the Duke of Wellington). A third pub, the Travellers Rest, situated just outside the village closed in the 2000s.
Conservation
The village is a conservation area surrounded by farmland. Its history has been chronicled in a Millennium Book and unusually it enjoys its own Wildlife Trust which manages large tracts of local land.[2]
Notes
- ↑ Template:Citre web
- ↑ "East Keswick Wild Life Trust".
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to East Keswick. |
- East Keswick village Website
- "The Ancient Parish of Harewood". GENUKI. Retrieved 2007-10-29. East Keswick was in this parish
- East Keswick Wildlife Trust Website
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