Welcome to Walton
CLICK FOR 2021 CENSUS DATAIntroduction
Walton is a village and civil parish 2 miles (3 km) east of Wetherby, West Yorkshire, England. It is adjacent to Thorp Arch village and Thorp Arch Trading Estate. The village is in the LS23 Leeds postcode area, post town WETHERBY. The nearest locally important town is Wetherby, with Tadcaster and the large village of Boston Spa nearby. Walton has a population of 225. increasing slightly to 225 at the 2011 Census.The name Walton comes from settlement/farmstead of Wealas - native Celts which is what the new Anglo Saxon speaking peoples called the native inhabitants of England. There is strong evidence that in many areas of England taken over by Germanic speaking settlers, the native British (Wealas) remained undisturbed, farming the same land they did when the Romans left. Over time they just adopted or forgot their Celtic tongue (similar to Old Welsh/Cornish) for the language and culture of the newcomers in order to climb the social ladder or were coerced to do so. It was in the Anglo Saxon interest that the native British carry on as usual to ensure the economy produced food and goods for the new landowners. For a while in the 1990s there was a plan to develop Walton into a New Town. Although this plan was never put into practice, the plan could still be brought back onto the table due to the land being still available and the communications in the area being even better.The village has one public house, The Fox and Hound. This suffered a fire recently. The village is overlooked by the eight-storey buildings of the British Library on the Thorp Arch Trading estate. The trading estate was a former Royal Ordnance Factory, Thorp Arch, and it houses the local corporation (Leeds City Council) recycling centre, the British Library Boston Spa, George Moores furniture factory, a sewage works and retailing park (containing Empire Direct, DFS, The Sofa Company, The Greenery Garden Centre and many other retailers). The retail park once housed a Miller Brothers before the company liquidated and a Texas Homecare. There are now speed cameras on the Walton Road, between Wetherby and Walton (the only ones in the area). The village also has a small church. Not being on a main road or itself having any notable features, Walton is little known outside of the Wetherby area of the City of Leeds metropolitan borough.Walton was once on the Harrogate to Church Fenton Railway Line, until it was dismantled under the Beeching Axe in the 1960s. The village itself never had a railway station, the nearest being in Thorp Arch. The village is both commutable for the cities of Leeds and York.
Parish Information
Parish statistics
Area |
485 hectares |
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Population |
1,568 (2021) |
Density |
323 people/km2 |
Mean age |
41.2 |
Ward |
Appleton |
District |
Warrington |
Postcodes |
WA4 |
ONS ID |
E04000334 |
Council
Contact details for Walton Parish Council, including current councillors, precept data and election results.
Education
View educational establishments in Walton Parish. Data includes OFSTED rating and current appointed governors.
Business
Business directory listing local businesses operating within Walton Parish.
Property
Price paid data for all property sold in Walton Parish since 2018. Includes average prices for each property type.
Heritage
Local heritage sites, historic churches, heritage pubs plus local heritage initiatives for Walton Parish.
Local News
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Outstanding family home for sale in Walton, Warrington
Published: 2nd Mar 2024
Hosted and licensed by Gary Skentelbery
'Could Be Real' tribute festival announces Walton Hall and Gardens debut
Published: 2nd Feb 2024
Hosted and licensed by Manchester Evening News
Stroke victim who became isolated in Covid pandemic developed a sick interest
Published: 15th Nov 2023