Haxby

City of York


Haxby is a small town in the City of York district.

Haxby is around 4 miles north of York city centre just outside the A1237 western ring road.

Haxby has expanded from a village and merges into its smaller neighbour Wigginton.

A good range of shops are arranged mainly along the main street in Haxby called The Village and include a small shopping centre.

A recent claim to fame for the town is that it is the location of the UK winner of the 2018 National Fish and Chip Awards. See Fish and chips.

From 1974 to 1996, Haxby was in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire but was added to an extended City of York district when a new Unitary Authority was created there.


 Town features


The town is near to the River Foss.
Haxby has local traders and a supermarket. Haxby offers bakery goods, butchers, clothes, furnishings, gifts and other goods.
The town has a Post Office branch.
Haxby has a bank.
The town has a pharmacy.
The town has pubs and a social club.
A choice of cafes can be found in Haxby.
Takeaway food outlets in the town include fish and chips, chinese, curries, pizzas, sandwiches.
The town has a visiting mobile library.
Haxby has a community centre.
Places of worship: Anglican, Catholic, Methodist.

Travel


While passenger trains run through Haxby, it currently has no station.

Bus travel

The town has buses connecting to the city centre.

Road travel

Haxby is reached on minor roads off A1237 .


Places to visit

York


York has a host of attractions in and around its city centre. For full details read our York page.


Emergency services

North Yorkshire Police  North Yorkshire Police website.

North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service  North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service website.

Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust  Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust website.


Local government


Civil parish council

Haxby Town Council
Provides some local services in the area.
Link to council website:  Haxby Town Council


Unitary authority

City of York Council

The City of York unitary authority covers the city centre and an area of roughly five miles radius from the centre, which includes some of the rural land and villages in the Vale of York beyond its outer ring road which were previously part of Harrogate, Selby and Ryedale districts of North Yorkshire.

The area is divided into 21 wards and 47 councillors are elected with between 1 and 3 councillors per ward. The full council is elected every four years, the most recent full election being in May 2019.


Link to  City of York Council website.

The political composition after the May 2023 election is :

241931
47 seats


County strategic authorities

York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority
The York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority was created in December 2023 combining the unitary authority of York and the unitary authority of North Yorkshire — that created in April 2023 after the abolition of the county authority and its seven district authorities. The combined authority will run some functions under a mayor to be elected in May 2024 as part of the government's so-called "Devolution deal" which ties the availablity of funding to the new governance arrangements. As well as having powers over housing development, transport and boosting skills and education across the 3,214 square miles of York and North Yorkshire, the elected mayor will also take on the role and functions of the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner across the area.
 York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority website.

West Yorkshire Combined Authority
Although the City of York is not joined to West Yorkshire, there being four miles of the county of North Yorkshire inbetween,  York is a partner in the West Yorkshire Combined Authority. This covers some combined services of the five metropolitan district councils of West Yorkshire -  Bradford,  Calderdale,  Leeds,  Kirklees and  Wakefield - at one time provided by a West Yorkshire metropolitan county council of which York was not part. York is a non-constituent member of the authority and its electorate do not vote in the election of West Yorkshire Mayor, who now chairs the authority. The Leeds-orientated non-elected Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership also plays a part in the West Yorkshire authority.
 West Yorkshire Combined Authority website.

Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner

Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner North Yorkshire
Covers the county of North Yorkshire and  City of York. This role is being transferred to the new elected mayor of York and North Yorkshire in 2024.
 Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner North Yorkshire website.


Parliamentary constituency

York Outer
Elected MP: Luke Charters Labour

National government region

Yorkshire and the Humber

Ceremonial county
North Yorkshire



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