Muker

Also known as Muker, North Yorkshire

Muker is a village and civil parish at the western end of Swaledale in North Yorkshire, England, within the Yorkshire Dales.

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Place details

Region: England
Country: United Kingdom
Population: 0

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Key facts

UK place.country: England
UK place.official_name: Muker
UK place.static_image_name: MukerVillageLookingWest(DennisTurner)Apr2004.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption: Muker Village looking west. The beck in the foreground is the Straw Beck, a tributary of the River Swale which it joins a short distance away to the north-east.
UK place.population: 249
UK place.population_ref: (2011 census)
UK place.civil_parish: Muker
UK place.unitary_england: North Yorkshire
UK place.lieutenancy_england: North Yorkshire
UK place.region: Yorkshire and the Humber
UK place.constituency_westminster: Richmond and Northallerton
UK place.post_town: RICHMOND
UK place.postcode_district: DL11
UK place.postcode_area: DL
UK place.dial_code: 01748
UK place.os_grid_reference: NY8901

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Wikidata facts

Population: 249
Image: MukerVillageLookingWest(DennisTurner)Apr2004.jpg
Dialing code: 01748

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Commons category: Muker
postal code: DL11
OS grid reference: NY8901

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Muker is a village and civil parish at the western end of Swaledale in North Yorkshire, England, within the Yorkshire Dales.

The parish includes the hamlets and villages of Angram, Keld, Thwaite, West Stonesdale and Birkdale, as well as the Tan Hill Inn, the highest in England. At the 2001 census the civil parish had a population of 309, reducing to 249 at the 2011 census. In 2015, North Yorkshire County Council estimated the population to be 260.