Buckden
Buckden is a village in North Yorkshire, near the head of Wharfedale, with a population of 174 in 2021. Other settlements in the valley described here are Kettlewell, Starbotton, Hubberholme and Cray.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Peer Lawther, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Village with 174 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, UK
- Also known as: “Buckden, North Yorkshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Buckden Bridge and Church of St Michael and All Angels.
Church of St Michael and All Angels
Church
Photo: SMJ, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Michael and All Angels is a parish church in the Church of England in Hubberholme, North Yorkshire. It is a Grade II* listed building. The church, and the neighbouring George Inn, were favourite locations of the author J.
Buckden Pike
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Buckden Pike is a fell at the head of Wharfedale, a valley in the Yorkshire Dales, that stands above the village of Buckden, England. At 702 metres, it narrowly misses out on being the highest peak in the area, the title instead going to nearby Great Whernside.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hubberholme and Cray.
Hubberholme
Hamlet
Hubberholme is an old village in Upper Wharfedale in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England, at the point where Langstrothdale meets Wharfedale.
Cray
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cray is a hamlet on the B6160 road on a steep hill above Wharfedale in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England. It is near Buckden and the River Wharfe.
Starbotton
Village
Photo: Steve Partridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Starbotton is a village of around 60 houses in Upper Wharfedale in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, by the River Wharfe.
Buckden
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Craven District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.19° or 54° 11′ 24″ northLongitude
-2.0902° or 2° 5′ 25″ westPopulation
174Elevation
771 feet (235 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB NY2Open location code
9C6V5WR5+2WOpenStreetMap ID
node 26454357OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Buckden” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Buckden”
- Dutch: “Buckden”
- French: “Buckden”
- Irish: “Buckden”
- Ladin: “Buckden”
- Polish: “Buckden”
- Swedish: “Buckden, North Yorkshire”
- Swedish: “Buckden”
- Turkish: “Buckden, North Yorkshire”
- “Buckden”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Buckden”. Photo: Peer Lawther, CC BY 2.0.