Thorp Arch

Thorp Arch
Thorp Arch
Village and civil parish
	Village green and war memorial
	Thorp Arch Location within West Yorkshire
Population	1,123
Civil parish	Thorp Arch;
Metropolitan borough	City of Leeds;
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire;
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	West Yorkshire
Fire	West Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Elmet and Rothwell;
	List of places UK England Yorkshire 53°54′30″N 1°20′35″W / 53.90833°N 1.34306°W

Thorp Arch is a village and civil parish near Wetherby, West Yorkshire, England in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough.

Governance

It sits 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,^[2] increasing to 1,591 at the 2011 census.^[1] The parish church of All Saints originally dates back to 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.^[3]

The village is adjacent to Thorp Arch Trading Estate, Wealstun Prison, and the British Library Document Supply Centre.^[4]

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.