Stainforth
Population: 260 Est.
Information Site: Click Here
Grid Ref: SD8267
Distance: 18 miles drive from Skipton
Directions: Head North for Settle on theA65 and then branch
off right on the B6479
Car Parking: Large parking area
Facilities: Pub : Walks : Caravan and Camp Site : Clean Toilets
Nearby Interest: Waterfall : Packhorse Bridge : Kiln : Hoffman
Kiln
Church: St Peters : Tower
Stainforth is tucked out of the way, but has lots of interest
in the surrounding area. It's name derives from the 'stony
ford' which linked two settlements half a mile apart on opposite
banks of the Ribble north of Settle.
In the 1670s, Samuel Watson replaced the ford by a packhorse
bridge (now National Trust) whose graceful arch spans an attractively
wooded stretch of the river, and a grassy path The packhorse
bridge connecting Great Stainforth and Little Stainforth leads
downstream to Stainforth Force, where the river falls over
limestone ledges into a deep, broad pool.
In the village grey stone cottages centre on a rough green
by Cowside Beck, and spanned by a little clapper bridge. Goat
Scar Lane is a stony track leading to Catrigg Force on Stainforth
Beck about a mile away.
The Settle-Carlisle Railway runs through here, and one of
the best preserved limestone kilns stands nearby.
Stainforth Waterfalls
and Packhorse Bridge Video :-HERE
CragFace
Video Walk :- HERE
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