Scarcroft

Scarcroft is a village and civil parish 6 miles (10 km) north east of Leeds city centre in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, West Yorkshire, England. The village lies on the main A58 road between Leeds and Wetherby. It had a population of 1,153^[2] increasing to 1,194 at the 2011 Census.^[1]

Scarcroft
The New Inn
Scarcroft Show map of Leeds Scarcroft Location within West Yorkshire Show map of West Yorkshire
Population	1,194 2011 census[1]
Civil parish	Scarcroft
Metropolitan borough	City of Leeds
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LEEDS
Postcode district	LS14
Dialling code	0113
Police	West Yorkshire
Fire	West Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Wetherby and Easingwold
List of places UK England Yorkshire 53°52′00″N 1°27′00″W

The village of Bardsey is further 1 mile (2 km) eastwards on the A58 towards Wetherby.

The Scarcroft Watermill was built in 1810 to grind corn.^[3]

Toll Bar House, this was used between 1826 and 1876 when a toll system was in place between Wetherby and Leeds.

There is one pub in Scarcroft, the New Inn, established in 1852.^[4] It was at one time called The Bracken Fox but reverted to its former name in 2011.^[5] The village's shop and post office have closed. The closest local shops are in Bardsey, Shadwell and Whinmoor. The closest supermarkets are Tesco in Seacroft and Morrisons in Wetherby.

Scarcroft is also renowned for having among the most expensive streets in Leeds: Bracken Park, recently revealed as the most expensive and Ling Lane, regularly appearing in top ten lists.^[6][7][8]

See also

• Listed buildings in Scarcroft