Get to know Burton Leonard’s Community Spirit & learn what it’s like to live here.
Burton Leonard is a village in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, and it has made quite a name for itself thanks to its unrivalled community spirit. Living in Burton Leonard is all about coming together as a community to enjoy various clubs and groups that really gives life in the village a vibrant, active, and social focus. Here are just some of the groups, events, locations, and organisations that help build the great community spirit Burton Leonard is so fondly known for...
Getting active at St Leonard’s Church
The local church, St Leonard’s, located in the heart of the village, hosts various activities in the village that really create a true sense of community. The usual Sunday Service is held at 9:30am or 11am, as well as many other well-established events. These include special services held by the lovely children of the village and the Parish Eucharist.
Attend a famous village festival
The Scarecrow Festival takes place once a year and arrives in Burton Leonard as part of May-fest weekend, which starts on the first May bank holiday. It is one of the village’s most prevalent events. You can pick up a map showing the location of all the scarecrows from the village hall and then you can walk around the village at your leisure to see all of the different and brilliant looking scarecrows, some of which are even made to look like a few famous faces! There's a village feast and a flower show that arrives every summer too providing great family entertainment for everyone living in Burton Leonard.
Keeping busy with organised groups in Burton Leonard
The community in Burton Leonard isn’t short of an organised group or two, including brilliant cricket and football teams, perfect for the sportier members of your family. There’s also a fantastic drama school that puts on a few shows every year. Burton Leonard’s village hall is home to various groups including the WI and the village Brownies and it also plays host to regular yoga, art, keep fit and pilates classes to name just a few of the meetings and events happening in this thriving community space., And if you’re lucky enough to live in the village, it means you’re spoiled for choice for when it comes to filling your weekends and evenings with things to do in the local area. For those that want to give back to the village, you’ll also find the volunteer group known as the
First Responders who provide a first-line emergency response services within the village and the nearby surrounding areas.
Exploring the great outdoors in and around Burton Leonard
Life in Burton Leonard would be nothing without the great outdoors and there are a variety of great country walks you can take part in, by yourself, with family or with other avid walkers in the area. Some of our favourite
Burton Leonard walks include South Stainley, Burton Leonard, and the Lime Quarries Wildlife reserve walk - a straightforward and easy walk in the countryside between Ripon and Harrogate. The route takes you through two villages and a disused quarry site which is managed by the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust. Alternatively, the Ripon Rowel Walk to Burton Leonard is a linear walk from Ripon which takes you along the banks of the Ripon Canal and the River Ure and through the villages of Bishop Monkton and Burton Leonard. If you’re looking to meet new friends whilst living in Burton Leonard, you won’t find a better way to do so than walking through all this gorgeous countryside and meeting other likeminded people who love the great outdoors.
Living in Burton Leonard
Of course, the best way to meet people and be part of the community in Burton Leonard is to move here and meet the neighbours! So, if you’re looking for new houses for sale in Burton Leonard, you need to visit our
Meadowgate development. At Meadowgate we have a great range of family homes on offer and thanks to the homeowners already living here, we can happily report that living in Burton Leonard is definitely living up to their expectations. If you’re looking for country living in a lively, tight knit and supportive village community, then Burton Leonard is definitely the right place for you. Discover Meadowgate today and take your next step towards village life in Burton Leonard.