East Keswick is a village and civil parish

Civil parish

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 in the City of Leeds

City of Leeds

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 metropolitan borough

Metropolitan borough

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, West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire

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, England

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It is situated near the A659 between Harewood

Harewood

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 and Collingham

Collingham, West Yorkshire

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, just north of Leeds

Leeds

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. The village has two pubs, The Duke of Wellington and the Old Star, there is a village shop with post office,a butchers shop, a hair dressers, village hall and two churches (one Methodist and one Anglican).

External links

• East Keswick village Website East Keswick was in this parish