اسکیپتون
Also known as Skipton-in-Craven, Skipton, North Yorkshire
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.
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
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