HORTON IN RIBBLESDALE

'Horton in Ribblesdale' is a small village in Ribblesdale in the county of North Yorkshire, on the Settle–Carlisle Railway to the west of Pen-y-ghent.
Its population in the 2001 census was 498 people in 211 households^[1]

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Visitor attractions

Local architecture and amenities

See also

External links

References

Visitor attractions

Horton In Ribblesdale is the traditional starting (and finishing) point for the Three Peaks walk. The Pennine Way and Ribble Way long-distance footpaths pass through the village.
The region is also popular for caving and potholing, with Alum Pot and the Long Churn cave system just to the north of the village, and Hull Pot and Hunt Pot on the western side of Pen-y-ghent.
The Three Peaks walk is an endurance challenge of 26 miles distance, including 5,000 feet of ascent and descent of the mountains of Pen-y-ghent, Whernside and Ingleborough all to be completed in under 12 hours which attracts thousands of walkers each year. The circuit is also used for a well established fell race in April, while the gruelling Three Peaks cyclo-cross race also visits the three summits in the course of a longer 38 mile route on the last Sunday in September. Participants in both the running and cycling race regularly achieve winning times of around 3 hours, and sometimes both races in the year are won by the same competitor.

Local architecture and amenities

The village has two pubs, ''The Crown Hotel'' and ''The Golden Lion'', a village store and post office as well as a cafe and tea rooms. One villager has a radio telescope.^[2]
The village Church is dedicated to St Oswald. It has a complete Norman nave, south door and tub-font and is the most complete of the Norman Churches built in the Yorkshire dales after the Norman conquest and the ''Harrying of the North'' that followed.^[3] The square tower was built later. The lychgates to enter the churchyard are roofed with huge slabs of Horton slate.^[4]
Other buildings in Horton are typical of the area. Seventeenth century yeomens' farmhouses can be found on the edge of the village, and later cottages can be seen nearer the centre of the village. In the 1870s the new railway prompted the building of Victorian terraced housing. Later the local quarrying of limestone led to the building of housing for the quarrymen.⁴

See also

★ Horton-in-Ribblesdale railway station

External links

References

1. Neighbourhood Statistics - Area: Horton in Ribblesdale CP (Parish)
2. Telescope man wins first-round victory Newsquest Media Group
3. Norman Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority
4. Horton in Ribblesdale CragFace