Welcome to Boston Spa

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. 

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A new TESCO CAMPAIGN page has been added to the website. You can go straight to it to get the latest news on the action group activities  by clicking the link        

                                You can also now follow us on   Facebook link and Twitter link


Only ONE week to go

get your tickets for the 
FILM SHOW and the PICNIC NOW 

See below for more details



Click here for the month's

HOT TOPICS


 

The

NEWSLETTER

for APRIL
is now available

 

 2012
IS the Queens Jubilee Year
see what is being planned for Boston  Spa 

CROWN HOTEL
or
TESCO EXPRESS
Join the
DEBATE

See the
ENGAGE
page

A
NEIGHBOURHOOD  PLAN
is coming to Boston
Spa.

Check out our new section HERE
and watch this space for further details 


The
BOSTON SPA JUBILEE MUG
in bone china
is now available at Yeadon's shop.  The cost is £5.00 and a commemorative box is also available for an additional 50p

 TESCO poster

 

 CHURCH FIELDS
UPDATE

St Mary's Church in the summer sunset 2011

St Mary's CHurch in the summer sunset



Cowslips in field by the riverside footpath  - April 2011

Cowslips in field by the riverside footpath  - April 2011

 Cowslips in field by the riverside footpath  - April 2011

Cowslips in field by the riverside footpath  - April 2011

Look in the Gallery for more pictures of Boston Spa

Cliffs on riverbankBoston 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 Archaeology and Heritage group and is taken from their HERITAGE TRAILreport.


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