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OS grid reference
  
SE287900

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Postcode district
  
DL7

Shire county
  
North Yorkshire

Number of airports
  
1

Country
  
England

Post town
  
NORTHALLERTON

Local time
  
Tuesday 10:05 PM

District
  
Hambleton

Civil parish
  
Aiskew

Leeming Bar

Region
  
Yorkshire and the Humber

Weather
  
8°C, Wind W at 10 km/h, 81% Humidity

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

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.

References

Leeming Bar Wikipedia


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