Thorp Arch is a village and

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near

Wetherby Wetherby () is a market town and civil parish in the City of Leeds district, West Yorkshire, England, close to West Yorkshire county's border with North Yorkshire, and lies approximately from Leeds City Centre, from York and from Harrogat ...

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, England in the

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. It sits in the

ward of

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and

Elmet and Rothwell Elmet and Rothwell is a constituency in West Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its creation in 2010 by Alec Shelbrooke, a Conservative. In the 2017 general election, Elmet and Rothwell recorded the lar ...

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. The village is on the north bank of the

River Wharfe The River Wharfe ( ) is a river in Yorkshire, England originating within the Yorkshire Dales National Park. For much of its middle course it is the county boundary between West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire. Its valley is known as Wharfedale. ...

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 The Ainsty or the Ainsty of York was a historic district of Yorkshire, England, west of the city of York. Originally a wapentake or subdivision of the West Riding of Yorkshire it later had a unique status as a rural area controlled by the corpo ...

, a division of

Yorkshire Yorkshire ( ; abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a Historic counties of England, historic county in northern England and by far the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its large area in comparison with other Eng ...

separate from the ridings. It had a population of 1,123 in 2001, increasing to 1,591 at the 2011 census. The village is adjacent to

Thorp Arch Trading Estate Thorp Arch Trading Estate is a trading estate, with both industrial and retail space, south-east of Wetherby in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, West Yorkshire, England. The estate occupies the major part of the site of a former Ro ...

, Wealstun Prison, and the British Library Document Supply Centre.Boston Spa - The British Library
/ref> The village railway station, now closed, was next to the trading estate on the closed

Harrogate to Church Fenton Line Harrogate ( ) is a spa town and the administrative centre of the Borough of Harrogate in North Yorkshire, England. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, the town is a tourist destination and its visitor attractions include its spa wate ...

. Current day public transport is provided by bus route 7 to Harrogate, Wetherby and Leeds, operated by The Harrogate Bus Company. 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 Elland Road is a football stadium in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, which has been the home of Premier League club Leeds United since the club's formation in 1919. The stadium is the 14th largest football stadium in England. The g ...

football stadium in

Leeds Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by populati ...

. File:All Saints' Church, Thorp Arch - geograph.org.uk - 51547.jpg,

All Saints' Church, Thorp Arch All Saints' Church in Thorp Arch, West Yorkshire, England is an active Anglican parish church in the Archdeaconry of York and the Diocese of York. History The church is of twelfth century origin (the south door being the sole remaining aspect of ...

File:Celtic Cross, Thorp Arch - geograph.org.uk - 51549.jpg, Celtic Cross File:Boston Spa bridge in 2007.jpg,

Thorp Arch Bridge Thorp Arch Bridge (sometimes known locally as Boston Spa Bridge) is a stone arch bridge opened in 1770 across the River Wharfe linking the West Yorkshire villages of Boston Spa on the southbank and Thorp Arch on the north. Description Thorp Ar ...

File:The Pax, Thorp Arch - geograph.org.uk - 617953.jpg, The Pax

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