OS grid reference SE287900 Sovereign state United Kingdom Postcode district DL7 Number of airports 1 | Post town NORTHALLERTON Local time Tuesday 10:05 PM District Hambleton Civil parish Aiskew | |
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Uk class 20s depart from leyburn wensleydale railway on a redmire to leeming bar train
Leeming Bar is a village in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England.
Contents
- Uk class 20s depart from leyburn wensleydale railway on a redmire to leeming bar train
- Map of Leeming Bar Northallerton UK
- From skipton to leeming bar
- Governance
- Geography
- Amenities
- Current
- References
Map of Leeming Bar, Northallerton, UK
From skipton to leeming bar
Governance
An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches north to Kirkby Fleetham with a total population taken at the 2011 census of 1,966.
Geography
Located next to the A1 and near RAF Leeming it is home to the main depot of the Wensleydale Railway at Leeming Bar railway station as well as the Dales & District bus company. It was bypassed in 1961, and lies on the Roman road Dere Street. It is approximately one mile along the A684 from the village of Aiskew and seven miles along the same road from the town of Northallerton. From here from the A1 is the main route to Wensleydale.
Amenities
It contains a C of E church, a C of E primary School with an average of 100 pupils as well as a Regency Pizza place, which was once the village's local corner shop and post office up until 2006 when it closed down, and two parks. There are three pubs, two of which, the White Rose Hotel on Bedale Road (A684), and the Corner House are also hotels. The other is the Willow Tree Inn on Roman Road. The RAF base has a primary school as well near Gatenby.
Current
It has a population of approximately 1800 (as of 2005). It houses the headquarters of Richmond Foods, who make Fab and Rowntree's Fruit Pastilles ice lollies.