Welcome to Boston Spa
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This is the official website for the village of Boston Spa in West Yorkshire, produced for the benefit of residents and managed by the Parish Council. It is currently being developed and will be expanded as and when information is prepared and published on the site. We hope that you will find that the site is helpful to you in particular and to the community as a whole. It is it hoped that through the site we will be able to keep you informed of current events and activities and on matters that affect us all. |
Click here for the month's
HOT  TOPICS |
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Check out the new RIVERSIDE page for information on what is happening and what is there for you to enjoy
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CHURCH FIELDS Public Inquiry to be
re-opened
in November
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Does Anti social behaviour concern you ?? |
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The Census is coming - see Hot Topics for more information
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see Hot Topics for further information on all these issues |
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The weir in December 2009.
Picture by David & Anne Watts
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The bridge at Boston Spa
Picture by Keith Jackson
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View over Church Fields
Picture by Keith Jackson |
Look in the Gallery for more pictures of Boston Spa riverside in the snow |
Boston Spa is located a mile to the east of the junction 44 of the A1(M) to the north east of Leeds and about two miles south of the market town of Wetherby. It is mid way between Leeds, Harrogate and York being approximately 15 miles from each. Neighbouring villages include Bramham, Collingham, Clifford, Thorner, Thorp Arch and Walton with the brewery town of Tadcaster about 5 miles to the east. Its built environment is of extremely high quality as demonstrated by the very high density of listed buildings in the village.
It lies on the Southern Magnesian Limestone ridge and the landscape is generally gently undulating, marking a transition between the Vale of York to the east and the Pennine fringe to the west. The River Wharfe cuts a gorge through this landscape with steep cliffs on the southern,village, side and meadows to the north. Its tree-lined banks provide picturesque enclosed views which have been celebrated since the18th century. The riverside path runs for approximately two miles along the river and provides a series of contrasting views.
The photograph shows some limestone cliffs along the river and has been kindly provided by Boston Spa Archaelogy and Heritage group and is taken from their HERITAGE TRAIL report
If you find that the page does not display clearly and correctly and you are using Mozilla Firefox it is worth trying Internet Explorer as some graphics in particular do not always seem to sit within the page boundaries in Mozilla.
This site is listed in the British Towns and Villages Encyclopaedia of Great Britain and we can be found in the entry for Boston Spa
It is also listed in the British Information Online website and the Boston Spa page can be found HERE