Selby District North Yorkshire England United Kingdom
53.833319,-1.0595972

Riccall

Riccall is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, lying 3.5 miles (6 km) to the north of Selby and 9 miles (14 km) south of York. Riccall is noted for being the place where Harold Hardrada's force of invaders landed in 1066, just before the Battle of Stamford Bridge. In the Second World War, an RAF base was built north of the village, and between the late 1970s and the early 2000s, coal was mined from beneath the village as Riccall Mine, part of the Selby Coalfield. According to the 2011 census the parish had a total population of 2,332.

Distance between:

London to Riccall 166 Miles / 267 Kms
Liverpool to Riccall 85 Miles / 136 Kms

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Population 2017: 2409 inhabitants