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{{short description|Village and civil parish in West Yorkshire, England}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox UK place
 | country                  = England
 | coordinates              = {{coord|53|52|00|N|1|27|00|W|display=inline,title}}
 | official_name            = Scarcroft
 | pushpin_map              = United Kingdom Leeds
 | population               = 1,194
 | population_ref           = [[2011 Census for England and Wales|2011 census]]<ref name="Nomis"/>
 | civil_parish             = Scarcroft
 | metropolitan_borough     = [[City of Leeds]]
 | metropolitan_county      = [[West Yorkshire]]
 | region                   = Yorkshire and the Humber
 | constituency_westminster = [[Wetherby and Easingwold (UK Parliament constituency)|Wetherby and Easingwold]]
 | post_town                = LEEDS
 | postcode_district        = LS14
 | postcode_area            = LS
 | dial_code                = 0113
 | os_grid_reference        = 
 | static_image_name        = Bracken Fox, Scarcroft.jpg
 | static_image_caption     = The New Inn
}}

'''Scarcroft''' is a village and [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]] {{convert|6|mi|km|0}} north east of [[Leeds city centre]] in the [[City of Leeds]] [[metropolitan borough]], [[West Yorkshire]], England. The village lies on the main [[A58 road]] between [[Leeds]] and [[Wetherby]]. It had a population of 1,153<ref>[http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790272 Office for National Statistics : ''Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Leeds''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319120527/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790272 |date=19 March 2015 }}. Retrieved 9 September 2009</ref> increasing to 1,194 at the 2011 Census.<ref name="Nomis">{{NOMIS2011|id=1170211003|title=Scarcroft Parish|accessdate=15 October 2018}}</ref>

The village of [[Bardsey, West Yorkshire|Bardsey]] is further {{convert|1|mi|km|0}} eastwards on the A58 towards Wetherby.

The Scarcroft Watermill was built in 1810 to grind corn.<ref>{{cite web |title=Scarcroft Neighbourhood Development Plan |url=https://www.leeds.gov.uk/Local%20Plans/Neighbourhood%20Planning/Scarcroft%20documents/Appendix%20D%20Scarcroft%20NDP%20pre%20submission%20draft%20Plan.pdf |website=leeds.gov.uk |accessdate=15 October 2018 |page=59 |date=July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181016131408/https://www.leeds.gov.uk/Local%20Plans/Neighbourhood%20Planning/Scarcroft%20documents/Appendix%20D%20Scarcroft%20NDP%20pre%20submission%20draft%20Plan.pdf |archive-date=16 October 2018 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

[[File:Scarcroft - Toll Bar House.jpg|thumb|left|Toll Bar House, this was used between 1826 and 1876 when a toll system was in place between Wetherby and Leeds.]]
There is one pub in Scarcroft, the New Inn, established in 1852.<ref>{{cite web|title=The New Inn|url=http://www.vintageinn.co.uk/thenewinnscarcroft/|publisher=Vintage Inns|accessdate=7 November 2014}}</ref> It was at one time called The Bracken Fox but reverted to its former name in 2011.<ref>{{cite news|title=Pub Review: The New Inn, Wetherby Road, Scarcroft|url=http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/what-s-on/bar-and-pub-reviews/pub-review-the-new-inn-wetherby-road-scarcroft-1-3237537|accessdate=7 November 2014|work=Yorkshire Evening Post|date=31 March 2011}}</ref> The village's shop and post office have closed. The closest local shops are in [[Bardsey, West Yorkshire|Bardsey]], [[Shadwell, Leeds|Shadwell]] and [[Whinmoor]]. The closest supermarkets are [[Tesco]] in [[Seacroft]] and [[Morrisons]] in [[Wetherby]].

Scarcroft is also renowned for having among the most expensive streets in Leeds: Bracken Park, recently revealed as the most expensive and Ling Lane, regularly appearing in top ten lists.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Behrens |first1=David |title=Revealed: Yorkshire's three million-pound streets and the rest of the property rich-list |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/revealed-yorkshire-s-three-million-pound-streets-and-the-rest-of-the-property-rich-list-1-8302480 |accessdate=15 October 2018 |date=23 December 2016 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Bateman |first1=Stephanie |title=Revealed: The 10 most expensive streets in West Yorkshire - Yorkshire Evening Post |url=https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/property/property-news/revealed-10-expensive-streets-west-yorkshire/ |accessdate=15 October 2018 |work=Yorkshire Evening Post |date=9 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Newton |first1=Grace |title=These are the 10 most expensive streets in Leeds |url=https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/these-are-the-10-most-expensive-streets-in-leeds-1-9370107 |accessdate=15 October 2018 |work=Yorkshire Evening Post |date=27 September 2018}}</ref>
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