Towns & cities · Yorkshire & the Humber
Colsterdale
Colsterdale — village in North Yorkshire, England, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–6 h
- Nearest railway station
- Leyburn · 9.1 km
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Colsterdale is a town, city, village or settlement in the United Kingdom. Recent population estimates put it at around 8 people. Address: HG4. Wikidata describes it as: "village in North Yorkshire, England, UK". Coordinates: 54.2275°, -1.8021°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: East Nidderdale Moors (Flamstone Pin - High Ruckles) SSSI
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Nidderdale
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Colsterdale is the valley of the River Burn, a tributary of the River Ure, in the Yorkshire Dales in North Yorkshire, England. It gives its name to a hamlet and civil parish in the upper part of the dale, about 7 miles (11 km) west of Masham. The population of the civil parish was estimated at 20 in 2010. The lower part of the dale around the hamlet of Gollinglith Foot is in the civil parish of Healey. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Harrogate. It is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. Although Colsterdale is not in Nidderdale, it lies within the Nidderdale National Landscape. Colsterdale is part of the privately owned Swinton Estate. The Colsterdale towers are towers built between 1895 and 1911 to conduct surveys.
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Background
History
The name, first recorded in 1281, means "coalman valley". There was a coal mine here in the 14th century. Colsterdale was historically divided between the parishes of East Witton and Masham in the North Riding of Yorkshire. The upper part of the inhabited dale, above Gollinglith Foot, was a detached part of the parish of East Witton (from 1866 a detached part of the civil parish of East Witton Without), but in 1886 was transferred to the civil parish of Healey with Sutton, and in 1894 was created a separate civil parish. In 1934 2915 acres of the uninhabited Masham Moor (including the uninhabited part of Colsterdale), an area common to the parishes of Masham and East Witton, was added to…
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- Coordinates
- 54.2275, -1.8021
- District
- North Yorkshire
- Parish
- Colsterdale
- Postcode
- HG4
- Parliamentary constituency
- Skipton and Ripon
- Population
- 8
- Nearest railway station
- Leyburn — 9.1 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q1813291 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Colsterdale (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Colsterdale view - geograph.org.uk - 1276046.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Colsterdale?
- Colsterdale is in Yorkshire, United Kingdom (postcode HG4), in the parish of Colsterdale.
- Is Colsterdale a protected site?
- Yes — Colsterdale is part of the East Nidderdale Moors (Flamstone Pin - High Ruckles) SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Nidderdale National Landscape (AONB).
- Is Colsterdale free to visit?
- Yes, Colsterdale is free to enter.
- How do I get to Colsterdale?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode HG4. It sits within the Skipton and Ripon parliamentary constituency.