Reeth (North Yorkshire)

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View of the village from the southeast
Row of houses on the village square

Reeth is a village of over 700 people in Richmondshire , North Yorkshire , England . With its market and numerous shops, it is the economic center of Upper Swaledale .

location

Reeth is on the east side of the Pennines in the Yorkshire Dales , at the junction of Swaledale with its largest tributary valley, the Arkengarthdale, between the two rivers.

The B6270 runs through the village from Richmond to Kirkby Stephen , from which a smaller road branches off in the village through Arkengarthdale and to Barnard Castle .

In the middle of the village there is a large, grassed village square ("village green"), cut through by the thoroughfare, on which two monuments stand.

Facilities

Shops, hotels and restaurants, specialty shops, post offices, pubs and tearooms are grouped around the central village square, giving the center an already small-town appearance. Market day is Friday, the market takes place in the western part of the village square.

One of the four hotels, the Burgoyne Hotel on the north side of the village square, describes itself as “luxurious” and is rated superb (“excellent”) in the Good Hotel Guide . On the west side of the village square are the Black Bull Hotel , the Kings Arms Hotel and the Buck Hotel .

There are two active churches in Reeth: The Methodist Chapel on the east side of the village square has existed since 1797. The larger Congregational Church on the south side of the village square is used by an evangelical congregation and was home to free church congregations from 1787.

Also on the village square, right next to the Black Bull Hotel, is one of the five national park centers of the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

The Reeth Medical Center on the western edge of the town, the only doctor's practice in a twelve-kilometer radius, provides medical care for around 1,600 patients in a catchment area of ​​over 500 km².

A veterinary practice in Reeth, based in Richmond, also holds consultations several times a week .

tourism

With its hotels, numerous private holiday accommodations and a campsite, Reeth is a convenient location for holidaymakers in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

Reeth is a stage destination on the Coast to Coast Walk . It is also the eastern end of the Swale Trail , which opened in 2018 , a family-friendly bike and hiking trail through the valley up to Keld, and is crossed by the regional Herriot Way .

The Dales Bike Center with bike rental is located in neighboring Fremington .

Public transportation

A bus runs several times a day through Reeth from Richmond to Keld and back.

Events

Every year on the last Monday in August, a bank holiday , the Reeth Show is held, a performance show and a village festival.

Reeth is the center of the Swaledale Festival, which brings world-famous musicians to the region for two weeks in late May / early June. In 2020 it did not take place because of the coronavirus.

Others

Several exterior shots of the TV series The Doctor and the Dear Cattle were shot in Reeth and the surrounding area.

On July 5, 2014, the first stage of the Tour de France led from Leeds to Harrogate through Reeth.

Reeth Swing Bridge

Reeth Swing Bridge

To the west of the village there is a strikingly elaborate pedestrian bridge over the Swale, the Reeth Swing Bridge . It was first completed in December 1920 after years of negotiations in order to offer the children of the tenant farmers south of the Swale a safe route to school in Reeth. At that time, two thirds of the construction was financed by the affected farmers, the rest of the district was taken over. The bridge was destroyed on September 19, 2000 by a tree trunk floating in the river. Although school children no longer needed to walk and the bridge now mainly serves tourist interests, it was rebuilt largely true to the original by 2002 with the support of the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census: 724 inhabitants, estimate for 2016: 734 inhabitants, according to https://www.citypopulation.de/php/uk-england-yorkshireandthehumber.php?cityid=E34003210 , accessed on September 5, 2018.
  2. ↑ https://www.booking.com/hotel/gb/the-burgoyne.en-gb.html?aid=802989 , accessed on September 5, 2018.
  3. ↑ https://www.nydalesmeth.org.uk/news/reeth-methodist-church.html , accessed September 5, 2018.
  4. ↑ https://recchistory.weebly.com/ , accessed September 5, 2018.
  5. ↑ The closest practice is Leyburn Medical Practice, 11.9 km as the crow flies.
  6. ↑ http://www.reeth.org.uk/reeth-medical-centre-nhs/ , accessed on September 5, 2018.
  7. ↑ http://daleandvalevets.co.uk/our-member-practices/swale-veterinary-surgery/ , accessed September 5, 2018.
  8. ↑ The Swale Trail , accessed September 5, 2018.
  9. ↑ Herriot Way , accessed July 14, 2020.
  10. ^ Dales Bike Center , accessed September 5, 2018.
  11. ↑ http://www.dalesbus.info/richmond/days_out.htm , accessed on September 5, 2018.
  12. ↑ http://www.reethshow.co.uk , accessed September 5, 2018.
  13. ↑ https://einklich.net/rec/herriotlocations.htm , accessed on September 5, 2018.
  14. ↑ https://www.tour-magazin.de//profisport/tour_de_france/tour-de-france-2014-1-etappe-samstag-5-juli/a31273.html , accessed on September 5, 2018.
  15. ↑ Swaledale History with a precise description of the project process, accessed on August 15, 2020

Coordinates: 54 ° 23 ′  N , 1 ° 57 ′  W