It lies on the banks of the River Aire just north of the M62 and on the A614 road.

Rawcliffe, along with nearby Airmyn, was the location of one of the first reliable reports of the practice of warping in agriculture in the 1730s.

[3] The parish church is dedicated to St James and was designated a Grade II listed building in 1986.

[4] A 20 acres (8 ha) Local Nature Reserve, Sugar Mill Ponds, has been created on the site of an old sugar factory at Rawcliffe Bridge.

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