Tosside | |
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Village | |
St Bartholomew's Church, Tosside | |
Location within North Yorkshire Location within Lancashire | |
OS grid reference | SD768559 |
Civil parish | |
District | |
Unitary authority | |
Shire county | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | SKIPTON |
Postcode district | BD23 |
Dialling code | 01729 |
Police | Lancashire |
Fire | Lancashire |
Ambulance | North West |
UK Parliament | |
Tosside is a small village on the modern border of North Yorkshire and Lancashire in Northern England. It lies within the Forest of Bowland, and is between the villages of Slaidburn in Lancashire and Wigglesworth in North Yorkshire. It lies 11.5 miles north of Clitheroe and 17 miles north-west of Skipton. The village is 870 feet (270 m) above sea level and lies at 54.0001°N / 2.35436°W on the B6478 road.
Most of the village is in the modern Lancashire county, but some houses in the eastern part of the village are in the county of North Yorkshire. Historically, the entire village lies within the West Riding of Yorkshire.
The western part of Tosside is the largest settlement in the civil parish of Gisburn Forest.