The A659 from Collingham joins the A61 outside the main entrance to Harewood House (/ˈhɑːrwʊd/ HAR-wuud) to descend the slopes of the Wharfe valley before continuing towards Pool-in-Wharfedale.

[4] The school maintains its historic links with the estate, the children regularly use its grounds and educational facilities.

Her heir to the manor of Harewood was her distant cousin Warin de Lisle (d.1296)[9] of Cambridgeshire, whose paternal grandmother was Alice FitzGerold.

The De Lisle family then moved their seat to Rougemont Castle within the manor of Harewood.

Harewood Castle itself was abandoned as a residence soon after 1600 when it was owned by Sir William Wentworth of Gawthorpe Hall.

It is a Grade I listed building but is no longer used regularly for worship and is in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

The area covered by the parish council includes Harewood, Slaid Hill, Wigton Moor and Wike.