Widdale is a small side dale on the south side of Wensleydale in North Yorkshire, England.
The dale lies to the east of Great Knoutberry Hill (also known as Widdale Fell) and is bounded on the west by Dentdale, south by Sleddale and north by Mossdale. It is drained by Widdale and Snaizeholme Becks which feed the waters north into the River Ure at Appersett.[1] The name Widdale means 'The Wooded Valley' in Old Norse.[2]
The dale itself is 5 miles (8 km) long from Newby Head Moss in the south west to Appersett in the north east. The B6255 road (which was once a turnpike)[3] traverses much of the dale but veers off about 1.2 miles (2 km) south of Appersett to go directly east into Hawes. There is a minor road (Lanacar Lane) which connects the B6255 to the A684 road at Appersett,[4] but this is narrow with a 10 feet 9 inches (3.28 m) height restriction under Appersett viaduct.[5] Appersett viaduct itself used to carry the railway through Wensleydale and was closed to railway traffic in 1958. Abseilers use the viaduct at present, but the Wensleydale Railway have an ambition to re-open the line all the way to Garsdale.[6]
The southern edge of the dale that carries Snaizeholme Beck is also designated as a red squirrel reserve. Transport is laid on by arrangement from Hawes to drop people off at the edge of the reserve.[7]
Apart from Appersett (which only has 23 dwellings) there are no villages or hamlets in the dale. There are a few homesteads and farms scattered around the dale though.[8]
^"Widdale Beck from source to River Ure". environmentdata.org.uk. Environment Agency. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
^Swan, Walter; Huddleston, Yvette (12 September 2007). "The time and the place to explore on foot". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
^"Widdale". yorkshiredales.org.uk. Yorkshire Dales. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
Widdale is a small side dale on the south side of Wensleydale in North Yorkshire, England. The dale lies to the east of Great Knoutberry Hill (also known...
Greenfield Forest, including the buffer zones of Mallerstang, Garsdale and Widdale; the Northumberland Kielder Forest Project; and within the National Trust...
Cotterdale, Fossdale and Apedale and on the south side, from west to east, Widdale, Sleddale, Raydale, Bishopdale, Waldendale and Coverdale. Below Wensleydale...
moorland on Dodd Fell, Snays Fell, Stags Fell and Widdale Fell and includes the River Ure tributaries of Widdale Beck and Gayle Beck. The latter flows through...
Bainbridge. In 1795, it was diverted along the valley to Hawes and took the Widdale route, now the B6255 to Ingleton. More recently in 1990, Aysgarth Falls...
Way. The trail then passes Dodd Fell Hill and follows a ridge between Widdale and Sleddale, before descending into Wensleydale at Gayle and the adjoining...
390 acres (561 ha). Snaizeholme Beck drains the valley northwards into Widdale Beck, both tributaries of the River Ure. Snaizeholme Beck flows for 4.2...
Hawes. It lies on the A684 road and an unclassified road runs alongside Widdale Beck to connect with the B6255 road between Hawes and Ingleton. The name...
Great Knoutberry Hill, also commonly known as Widdale Fell, is a mountain located near Dent at the heads of Ribblesdale, Dentdale and Wensleydale, in...
west of the summit of Dodd Fell and traverses the high ground separating Widdale from Sleddale. The walk then enters Sleddale in its lower reaches, going...
and 1795, before the turnpike was diverted through Hawes, and then over Widdale to the Ribble Valley. Several cairns are also to be found on the slopes...
17-ton MGW (maximum gross weight) restriction over the bridge spanning the Widdale Beck in Appersett. Because of this, heavy eastbound traffic must leave...
North Yorkshire and Cumbria runs through the middle of this tarn. Great Widdale Tarn, which is adjacent, is completely within Cumbria. Before the boundary...
diverted off Cam High Road (south of Burtersett) to go through Hawes and over Widdale. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 98 Wensleydale & Upper Wharfedale...
route was driven over the moors from the then hamlet of Hawes through Widdale to meet the turnpike at a place called Gearstones. This was a gentler route...
shadow. The wettest location in the Yorkshire Dales is Snaizeholme (near to Widdale) 1,900 feet (579 m) above sea level, and where the average annual rainfall...
Global Information
