East Keswick

East Keswick

East Keswick Post Office
East Keswick
 East Keswick shown within West Yorkshire
Population 1,224 
OS grid referenceSE360447
Civil parishEast Keswick
Metropolitan boroughCity of Leeds
Metropolitan county West Yorkshire
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town LEEDS
Postcode district LS17
Police West Yorkshire
Fire West Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
UK ParliamentElmet
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Coordinates: 53°53′50″N 1°27′13″W / 53.89723°N 1.45364°W

East Keswick is a village and civil parish in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, West Yorkshire, England. It lies four miles south west of Wetherby.

Amenities

The Duke of Wellington public house

The village has two churches (one Methodist, one Anglican), a Post Office, butchers, village hall and two pubs (the Old Star and the Duke of Wellington). A third pub, the Travellers Rest, situated just outside the village closed in the 2000s.

Conservation

The village is a conservation area surrounded by farmland. Its history has been chronicled in a Millennium Book and unusually it enjoys its own Wildlife Trust which manages large tracts of local land.[1]

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External links

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