Wigglesworth

This article is about the place in England. For other uses, see Wigglesworth (disambiguation).
Wigglesworth
Wigglesworth
 Wigglesworth shown within North Yorkshire
Population 379 {Including Halton West. 2011}
OS grid referenceSD809569
DistrictCraven
Shire countyNorth Yorkshire
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Skipton
Postcode district BD23 4
Police North Yorkshire
Fire North Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
List of places
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Coordinates: 54°00′29″N 2°17′29″W / 54.00814°N 2.2914°W / 54.00814; -2.2914

Wigglesworth is a village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was 379.[1] It is on the road between Long Preston to the east, Clitheroe to the south and the small village of Rathmell lies just to the north. It is about 5 miles south of Settle.

Despite the small size of the village, it has a public house called the Plough Inn. Wigglesworth consists of a few small scattered houses and farmsteads. The heart of the village lies on the crossroads between Clitheroe, Rathmell and Long Preston.

References

  1. "Civil parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 17 February 2016.

External links

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