Thorp Arch
{{short description|Village and civil parish in West Yorkshire, England}}
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| region = Yorkshire and the Humber
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| post_town = WETHERBY
| postcode_area = LS
| postcode_district = LS23
| dial_code = 01937
| constituency_westminster = Elmet and Rothwell
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| metropolitan_borough = City of Leeds
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Thorp Arch is a village and civil parish near Wetherby in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England.
Governance
Thorp Arch is in the Wetherby ward of Leeds City Council and Elmet and Rothwell parliamentary constituency.
Geography and amenities
The village is on the north bank of the River Wharfe which separates it from Boston Spa to the south. It has a primary school and public house. Historically the parish of Thorp Arch was in the Ainsty, a division of Yorkshire, separate from the ridings. It had a population of 1,123 in 2001,{{cite web |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790272 |publisher=Office for National Statistics |title=Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Leeds |accessdate=10 September 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319120527/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790272 |archivedate=19 March 2015 }} increasing to 1,591 at the 2011 census.{{NOMIS|id=E04000211|title=Thorp Arch Parish |accessdate=3 May 2023}} The parish church of All Saints was founded in the 12th century. It has a 15th-century tower but the rest was built in 1871 and 1872. It is a Grade II listed building.{{NHLE|grade=II|desc=Church of All Saints|num= 1116267|date=30 March 1966|accessdate=4 May 2023}}
The village is adjacent to Thorp Arch Trading Estate, Wealstun Prison, and the British Library Document Supply Centre.[https://www.bl.uk/visit/reading-rooms/boston-spa Boston Spa - The British Library]
Transport
The village railway station, now closed, was next to the trading estate on the closed Harrogate to Church Fenton Line. Current day public transport is provided by bus route 7 to Harrogate, Wetherby and Leeds, operated by the Harrogate Bus Company.
Sport
Leeds United's training ground and academy are based on Walton Road. The facility was opened in 1990 to replace one adjacent to the club's Elland Road football stadium in Leeds.
Location grid
{{NSEW|Walton|Clifford|Wighill|Boston Spa|||||}}
File:All Saints' Church, Thorp Arch - geograph.org.uk - 51547.jpg|All Saints' Church, Thorp Arch
File:Celtic Cross, Thorp Arch - geograph.org.uk - 51549.jpg|Celtic Cross
File:Boston Spa bridge in 2007.jpg|Thorp Arch Bridge
File:The Pax, Thorp Arch - geograph.org.uk - 617953.jpg|The Pax
See also
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Thorp Arch}}
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