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Menston

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Menston

Total population

4,660

Coordinates53.89°, -1.74°

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Overview

Menston is a village and civil parish in the county of West Yorkshire, England. The civil parish is within Wharfedale Ward in the metropolitan borough of Bradford, along with Burley in Wharfedale. A small part of Menston, south of the village, is outside the civil parish in the Guiseley and Rawdon ward of the City of Leeds. At the 2011 census the parish had a population of 4,498. The village is home to St Mary's Menston Catholic Voluntary Academy, a secondary school with academy status in the part of Menston included in the City of Leeds. Menston is situated near the towns of Guiseley and Otley, with which it shares strong transport and community links. The name Menston derives from the Old English Mensaingtūn meaning 'settlement connected with Mensa'.

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Latitude
53.8897
Longitude
-1.7371
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Official Identifiers

ONS — UK Office for National Statistics

ONS code
osgb4000000074569898
Local type
Village
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber

api.postcodes.io / OS Open Names

Sources

  • Wikipedia
  • ONS / OS Open Names — UK official place gazetteer, via api.postcodes.io (OS code, local type, county/unitary, district/borough, region)
  • ONS — UK Office for National Statistics — api.postcodes.io / OS Open Names