Scotton is a small village

Village

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 and civil parish

Civil parish

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 in the Harrogate

Harrogate (borough)

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 district of North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire

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, England

England

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 with a population 283 in the 2001 census. It is located four miles north of Harrogate

Harrogate

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, and less than two miles from Knaresborough

Knaresborough

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.
It is notable as the boyhood home of Guy Fawkes

Guy Fawkes

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, whose residence still stands on the edge of the village. Due to the village's connection with Fawkes, at the annual Guy Fawkes Night

Guy Fawkes Night

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 celebration, although there is a bonfire

Bonfire

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 and fireworks

Fireworks

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, there is no guy burned on the fire. The village has an annual summer fete called the Scotton Feast. Although this was not held in 2005 for the first time in several years, (according to the organising committee, due to lack of support from within the village) it returned in 2006.

Apart from the Guy Fawkes Arms public house

Public house

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, the village has little in the way of public amenities. It does have a village hall

Village hall

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, a cricket team and a boys&girls junior football teams, but no shop, as the post office

Post office

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 closed down rather than become a national lottery

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 outlet.
Scotton cricket club paly in the Nidderdale cricket league in the 4th division with the 2nd team in the 8th tier of the same league.
It is used as somewhat of a shortcut

Shortcut

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 by people wishing to travel from the A6055

A6055 road

The A6055 is a seven mile stretch of road in North Yorkshire. It runs in a NNE direction from the A59 at Bond End in Knaresborough where it is called Boroughbridge Road, through the Stockwells Estate. It exits Knaresborough just past Greengate Lane where it turns directly north, before once again...

 to the B6165 and vice versa.

External links

Scotton Village hall

http://scottonvillagehall.co.uk/

scotton village hall.

Scotton Online.