Flaxby | |
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Location within
North Yorkshire | |
Population | 156 (2011) [1] |
OS grid reference | SE395578 |
Civil parish |
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Unitary authority | |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | KNARESBOROUGH |
Postcode district | HG5 |
Police | North Yorkshire |
Fire | North Yorkshire |
Ambulance | Yorkshire |
Flaxby is a village and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. It is close to the A1(M) motorway and 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Knaresborough. [2]
Flaxby was once part of the wapentake of Claro. [3] It is also part of the ecclesiastical parish of Goldsborough (St Mary). [4]
In 1994, an Early Iron Age farmstead of the 7th–6th centuries BC was discovered by archaeologists, but the site was abandoned until the late Roman period. [5]
Proposals have been put forward to develop the land to the east of Flaxby, north of the A59 road and west of the A1(M) motorway into a new town called Flaxby Park. The developers have announced their intention to build 2,500 - 3,000 homes on 440 acres (180 ha) of land that would also see a primary school, a medical centre, leisure facilities and numerous shops and bars. [6] The development would also include a bus park and ride system with the possibility of a new railway station on the York to Harrogate line. A railway station has already been proposed at Flaxby Moor (south of the A59) but in 2014, a feasibility study of new stations predicted a low demand of passenger numbers from a new station on the line. [7] [8]
In 2017, Harrogate Borough Council opted to put forward a housing scheme at nearby Cattal called Maltkiln, instead of the development at Flaxby. [9]
Modular house-builder Ilke Homes built a factory at Flaxby which was opened by Communities Secretary James Brokenshire in December 2018. [10] [11] The factory was closed in June 2023 [12] just before the company went into administration with the loss of over 1,100 jobs. [13] [14] [15]
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