Bank Newton

Bank Newton is a small settlement and civil parish county of North Yorkshire, England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 47, and at the 2011 census the population of the civil parish remained less than 100 and therefore its details were included in the civil parish of Gargrave.^[1] In 2015, North Yorkshire County Council estimated the population of the parish to be 50.^[2]

Canal lock at Bank Newton

Until 1974 it was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire.^[3] From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Craven, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

It is about 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Skipton and is on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal; there are six locks on the canal at Bank Newton.^[4] In 2016, as part of the canal's bicentenary, lock number 38 was officially renamed the 'Mike Clarke Lock' in commemoration to the president of The Leeds and Liverpool Society, Mike Clarke.^[5]

Notable historic houses include the Grade II listed Newton Grange which now provides holiday cottage accommodation and is a venue for weddings,^[6][7] and the grade II* listed Bank Newton Hall.

See also

• Listed buildings in Bank Newton