Sturton Grange

53°47′49″N 1°21′29″W / 53.797°N 1.358°W / 53.797; -1.358

Strawberry fields at Sturton Grange

Sturton Grange is a civil parish in the City of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. It has a population of 417,[1] reducing to 403 at the 2011 Census.[2]

Most of the parish area is used for agriculture. Soft fruit is grown here at an industrial scale.[3] Population is concentrated in the northwest near the boundary with Garforth. The M1 motorway passes through the northern parts of the parish, the Leeds to Selby railway through the southern parts. Garforth Airfield[4] is located north of the railway near the centre of the parish area.

  1. ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Leeds Archived 19 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 9 September 2009
  2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  3. ^ "Makins Yorkshire Strawberries". Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Garforth Airfield". UKGA. Retrieved 18 May 2018.