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[edit]

It sits in the Wetherby ward of Leeds City Council and Elmet and Rothwell parliamentary constituency.

Geography and amenities[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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.