Leeming Bar

Leeming Bar
The preserved railway station
Leeming Bar  Leeming Bar shown within North Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SE287900
Civil parish	Aiskew
District	Hambleton
Shire county	North Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NORTHALLERTON
Postcode district	DL7
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
EU Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
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Leeming Bar is a village in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England.

Governance

An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches north to Kirkby Feltham with a total population teken at the 2011 census of 1,966.

Geography

Located next to the A1 and near RAF Leeming it is home to the main depot of the Wensleydale Railway at Leeming Bar railway station as well as the Dales & District bus company. It was bypassed in 1961, and lies on the Roman road Dere Street. It is approximately one mile along the A684 from the village of Aiskew and seven miles along the same road from the town of Northallerton. From here from the A1 is the main route to Wensleydale.

Amenities

It contains a C of E church, a C of E primary School with an average of 100 pupils as well as a Regency Pizza place, which was once the village's local corner shop and post office up until 2006 when it closed down, and two parks. There are three pubs, two of which, the White Rose Hotel on Bedale Road (A684),and the corner house are also hotels. The other is the Willow Tree Inn on Roman Road. The RAF base has a primary school as well near Gatenby.

Services on the A1 road at Leeming Bar

Current

It has a population of approximately 1800 (as of 2005). It houses the headquarters of Richmond Foods, who make Fab and Rowntree's Fruit Pastilles ice lollies.

External links

• The Lodge
• Aiskew Leeming Bar C of E primary school