Coordinates: 54°04′16″N 1°59′53″W / 54.071°N 1.998°W
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 Grassington main street |
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Grassington
Grassington shown within North
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| Population | 1,390 |
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| OS grid reference | |
| District | Craven |
| Shire county | North Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SKIPTON |
| Postcode district | BD23 |
| Dialling code | 01756 |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| UK Parliament | Skipton and Ripon |
| List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire | |
Grassington is a village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. The village is situated in Wharfedale around 9 miles (14 km) from Bolton Abbey and is surrounded by limestone scenery. Nearby villages include Linton, Threshfield, Hebden, Conistone and Kilnsey.
Although often described by local people as a village, Grassington was granted a Royal Charter for a market and fair in 1282 giving it market town status. The market was held regularly until about 1860. A change in land use from the early 17th century, when lead mining began to assume more importance, brought some prosperity, but Grassington's heyday arrived during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The opening of the Yorkshire Dales Railway to Threshfield in 1901 brought new visitors, many of whom settled, some finding work in Skipton or in the developing limestone quarries.
Today Grassington is the main residential and tourist centre in Upper Wharfedale Centred around its small cobbled square is a selection of shops offering food, clothing and gifts, alongside small cafes, restaurants and hotels.
Grassington Festival [1] is a two-week long annual event encompassing music, performance and visual arts, held in a variety of venues around the village. In 2008 it included acts by Jo Brand, Dara Ó Briain, Clare Teal and Toyah Wilcox.
A Yorkshire Dales National Park information centre is on Hebden Road.
Three miles north of Grassington at Kilnsey is the dramatic, glacially carved overhang of Kilnsey Crag.
Grass Woods, a large area of ancient woodland including the Iron-Age fort, Fort Gregory (also known as Gregory's Fort), is situated just over one mile northwest of Grassington.[1][2]
In 1909, Grassington received its first electricity from a hydroelectric plant at Linton Falls, which continued to operate until 1948. Today, there are plans to revive the plant through an English Heritage project, using two Archimedean screw turbines to produce 510,000 kilowatt hours per year.[3][4]
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Grassington [1] is a small Wharfdale market town (though often referred to as a 'village') in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales in the English county of North Yorkshire (historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire). As the main residential and commercial centre in Upper Wharfedale, Grassington serves as one ideal base from which to explore the Dales. The cobbled main square and market place, together with the stone built houses of the town, make it a 'picture postcard' Dales destination.
Grassington is located 8 miles north of Skipton on the B6265. There are buses from Skipton, for example Keighley & District 66A (Sunday only).
As Grassington is a small town, you can walk everywhere.
Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority and Information Centre, Colvend, Hebden Road, tel 01756 751699, open Mo-Th 8.30am-5pm, Fr 8.30am-4.30pm - one of two main information centres within the National Park is located in Grassington
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