Grassington
North Yorkshire
The picturesque village is popular with tourists who enjoy its attractive shops and pubs.
Grassington is the largest settlement in upper Wharfedale and has a number of smaller villages and hamlets nearby, including
The village is around 9 miles north of
Lead was mined in the vicinity of Grassington until the late 19th century, while limestone quarrying is an industry which continues in the nearby area, which is mostly agricultural.
Grassington Festival in June is a two-week music and arts event in the village and neighbouring settlements. Other big events are a 1940s weekend in September and the Grassington Dickensian Festival (November 30-December 1 and December 7-8, 2019).
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Travel
Bus travel
The village has buses to neighbouring towns and villages.
Road travel
Grassington can be reached via the B6265 .
Places to visit
Changed Coronavirus (Covid-19) restrictions may mean that some of these attractions are again closed. Some also have seasonal closure during late Autumn and Winter. Many attractions may now require a timed ticket to be obtained before arrival. Clicking on the links to the attraction operator's own website will provide more specific and updated information.
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Yorkshire Dales National Park
Much of the Craven district is within the Yorkshire Dales National Park. The National Park offers mountain peaks, beautiful river valleys, attractive villages with country inns, ruined
Malham
Malham is a small village in a hill farming community in the Yorkshire Dales National Park which has for many years attracted tourists, walkers and geographers as the location of some of the country's most magnificent limestone scenery. Find out more about
Bolton Priory
Bolton Abbey, North YorkshireThe beautiful setting at Bolton Abbey in the
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Skipton Castle

Skipton Castle is one of England's best restored medieval castles, standing between the town of
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Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway
Operates from Embsay, about 1.5 miles from Skipton, to Bolton Abbey station about a mile away from the attractive priory ruins and beauty spot beside the River Wharfe at Bolton Abbey. The railway runs trains on most days during the summer and at weekends at other times of year, except January. It also has a range of special weekend events, dining trains and footplate and signal box experience courses. Tank engines are the mainstay of steam operations on the line, but the railway also has a collection of historic diesel locomotives.
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Ingleborough Cave
Near Clapham
This show cave about a 1-mile walk from the centre of Clapham village is one of the natural wonders of the Yorkshire Dales which has been attracting visitors over a period of 180 years. Underground tours along concrete paths in floodlit passages reveal a world of stalactites and stalagmites. The cave is open daily from mid-February to the end of October. Not to be missed if visiting the cave is Trow Gill, a short walk further up the valley from the cave entrance. The spectacular ravine was carved by the melt waters of the ice age. More information at the

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Kilnsey Park
Kilnsey Park Estate, off B6160 at The scenic Kilnsey Park Estate has a cafe, local produce shop and an activity centre centred around its trout farm, offering fly fishing and family fun fishing lakes. It also offers an insight into nature through its trout raceways, reserve of wildflowers, red squirrel enclosure, butterfly gardens and bee observation hive and has farm animals and children's play areas.
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Stump Cross Caverns
On B6265 Hebden Road, near Greenhow Hill
Situated around 5 miles west-south-west of Pateley Bridge, Stump Cross Caverns are show caves with some impressive stalactites and stalagmites among the limestone features reached by steps leading beneath the ground. A cafe with fine views across the nearby hills is also situated at the show cave entrance. Find on map:
Stump Cross Caverns

Emergency services
North Yorkshire Police 
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service

Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Local government
Civil parish council
Grassington Parish CouncilProvides some local services in the area.
Link to council website

District authority

Craven District Council is one of the seven large district authorities within the county of North Yorkshire.
It covers more than 450 square miles of the western area of North Yorkshire with its administrative centre in
It has boundaries with the Richmondshire and Harrogate districts of North Yorkshire, the Bradford district of West Yorkshire and with Lancashire and Cumbria, including parts of both counties which were formerly in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Much of the district is within the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
The council is made up of 30 councillors. They are elected for 4-year terms with one-third of the council elected each year in three out of four years. An election of one-third of the council due to be held in 2020 has been postponed to 2021.
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Craven District Council website.

The political composition after the May 2019 election was:
County authority
North Yorkshire County CouncilIncludes Craven and six other non-unitary districts of North Yorkshire.

Police and Crime Commissioner
Police and Crime Commissioner North YorkshireCovers the county of North Yorkshire and City of York.

Fire Authority
The North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service was previously governed by the North Yorkshire Combined Fire Authority made up of elected members from across the broad areas of North Yorkshire and City of York councils which it serves. Following a ministerial announcement in June 2018 the governance of the fire service was transferred to the Police and Crime Commissioner for North Yorkshire from 15 November 2018.Further information at the

