Arkengarthdale
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Arkengarthdale is a dale, or valley, on the east side of the Pennines in North Yorkshire, England. Running roughly north-west to south-east, it is the valley of the Arkle Beck, and is the northernmost of the Yorkshire Dales. It is a subsidiary dale to Swaledale, which it joins at Reeth. The history of the dale, its people, and farming, lead mining, and local crafts is displayed and documented in the Swaledale Museum in Reeth.
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- Instance of
- valley
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Richmondshire
- Population
- 231
- Image
- Arkengarthdale.jpg
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- Arkengarthdale
- historic county
- Yorkshire
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14 sectionsContents
- History
- Population
- 1851 census
- Geography and geology
- Lead mining
- The Octagonal and the New Mills
- Notable people
- Settlements
- Civil parish
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- Gallery
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Arkengarthdale is a dale, or valley, on the east side of the Pennines in North Yorkshire, England. Running roughly north-west to south-east, it is the valley of the Arkle Beck, and is the northernmost of the Yorkshire Dales. It is a subsidiary dale to Swaledale, which it joins at Reeth. The history of the dale, its people, and farming, lead mining, and local crafts is displayed and documented in the Swaledale Museum in Reeth.
On its way up the dale from Reeth the unclassified road crosses many other small streams and their catchments, such as Great Punchard Gill, Roe Beck, Annaside Beck, and William Gill. It passes through several small settlements: Raw, Arkle Town, Langthwaite (where a narrow back road leads to Booze), Eskeleth and Whaw.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Arkengarthdale” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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