Wigglesworth

This article is about the place in England. For other uses, see Wigglesworth (disambiguation).
Wigglesworth
Wigglesworth
 Wigglesworth shown within North Yorkshire
Population 379 {Including Halton West. 2011}
OS grid referenceSD809569
DistrictCraven
Shire countyNorth Yorkshire
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Skipton
Postcode district BD23 4
Police North Yorkshire
Fire North Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
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Coordinates: 54°00′29″N 2°17′29″W / 54.00814°N 2.2914°W / 54.00814; -2.2914

Wigglesworth is a village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was 379.[1] It is on the road between Long Preston to the east, Clitheroe to the south and the small village of Rathmell lies just to the north. It is about 5 miles south of Settle.

Despite the small size of the village, it has a public house called the Plough Inn. Wigglesworth consists of a few small scattered houses and farmsteads. The heart of the village lies on the crossroads between Clitheroe, Rathmell and Long Preston.

References

  1. ↑ "Civil parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 17 February 2016.

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