Ainsty is an area of

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, England. Ainsty is in the north of Wetherby and runs as far as the border between

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and

, to the north of this is

Kirk Deighton Kirk Deighton is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated north-west of Wetherby and near the A1(M) motorway. The village was in the West Riding of Yorkshire, and Wetherby Rural District, until 1974, a ...

Location

Ainsty lies close to Deighton Bar, generally accepted to include areas along Deighton Road and the Badgerwood Estate. Ainsty, by most definitions, generally encompasses the estates around Ainsty Road, Aire Road, Nidd Approach, Oakwood Road and the northern section of Barleyfields Road. The area nearing the end of Aire Road is sometimes known as Priest Hill.

History

Ainsty developed over many years, the earliest houses being built in the early 1950s and the latest of the houses being built in the mid-1990s by

Bryant Homes Bryant Homes was one of the larger UK housebuilders when it was acquired by Taylor Woodrow in 2001; Bryant then became the principal housebuilding operation of the enlarged group. Taylor Woodrow merged with Wimpey in 2007 and during 2010 the Bry ...

. Ainsty contains a mix of private and council houses. The council housing as well as private housing around Coxwold Hill was built first, then in the 1960s, developer Ashtons built many houses (both semi detached and detached). Ashtons built many houses around West Yorkshire in this era, not only in Wetherby, but also in Holt Park,

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and

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Amenities

Currently Ainsty has a decorating centre situated on the lower end of Ainsty Road, a

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convenience store which opens late into the night further down Ainsty Road, a

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on Aire Road, named Deighton Bar post office. Ainsty also boasts a junior school (Deighton Gates primary school) and areas of open recreation. The Co-op was formerly a

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and has had in the past between one and four shops on it at any time, with shops expanding into each other and then being divided up again to suit the owners. In the past this parade has had a launderette, tool hire shop, newsagent (Ainsty News), Nisa,

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and independent convenience shop (Harves and Green Grocers). The decorating centre for many years was a sandwich shop, while the parade of shops on Aire Road (all except the Post Office are now flats) has had a hairdresser, sports shop (Sports Zone) and other businesses in the past. There is no

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on the estate, however there is a

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on the Sandbeck Industrial estate, only a short walk from the estate, while the Bay Horse public house in

serves residents in the area.

Transport

The estate lies close to junction 46 of the

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and Wetherby service station. The

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X98 bus service (Leeds City Square to Wetherby Deighton Bar) links the estate with Wetherby bus station, Linton, Collingham,

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, Oakwood,

Harehills Harehills is an inner-city area of east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is about northeast of Leeds city centre. Harehills is between the A58 road, A58 (towards Wetherby) and the A64 road, A64 (towards York). It sits in the Gipton and Ha ...

and

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. The estate is also linked to

Knaresborough Knaresborough ( ) is a market and spa town and civil parish on the River Nidd in North Yorkshire, England. It is east of Harrogate and was in the Borough of Harrogate until April 2023. History The Knaresborough Hoard, the largest hoard of ...

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service 780.

Gallery

File:1980s housing in Ainsty.jpg, 1980s private housing in Ainsty File:Terraced houses on Ainsty Crescent.jpg, Council housing on Ainsty Crescent File:Poplar Avenue.jpg, Ashtons semi-detached houses on Poplar Avenue File:The Co-operative, Ainsty Road.jpg, The Co-op on Ainsty Road

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