Buckden, North Yorkshire

infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Buckden
latitude= 54.19139
longitude= -2.09054
population =
shire_district= Craven
region= Yorkshire and the Humber
shire_county = North Yorkshire
constituency_westminster=
MP=
post_town= BRADFORD
postcode_district = BD23
postcode_area= BD
dial_code=
os_grid_reference= SD941772
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static_image_caption=Buckden village stores

Buckden is a village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England.

Buckden is situated in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, on the River Wharfe in Wharfedale. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 184. It is situated where Buckden Gill, which rises on Buckden Pike, joins the River Wharfe. Up the Gill is an old, long disused, lead mine - Buckden Gavel Mine. The village has a large hotel, the Buck Inn, a village store, and a residential outdoor education centre - Buckden House.

One famous connection of the Buck Inn is that Lord Healey (Denis Healey) - the former Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer (1974-1979) spent his honeymoon staying in the barn that was then attached to the pub. This has since been converted to living accommodation. [cite web
url = http://www.telegraph.co.uk/portal/main.jhtml?xml=/portal/2007/08/27/fthealey127.xml
title = 'I never fought hard enough to be PM', says Denis Healey
accessdate = 2008-02-07
date = 27 August 2007
work = telegraph.co.uk
publisher = Telegraph Media Group Limited ] Footpaths lead from the village up to the top of Buckden Pike, up the river to Hubberholme and down the river to Kettlewell via Starbotton, and over the ridge opposite Buckden Pike to Litton, above Arncliffe, in Littondale

Just up the dale, where Langstrothdale joins Wharfedale, is the old village of Hubberholme, noted for its Norman church and old inn.

References

External links

* [http://www.buckden.org Buckden]
* [http://www.yorkshire-dales.com/hubberholme.html Hubberholme]
* [http://www.yorkshire-guide.co.uk/buckden_pike_hubberholme.aspx Buckden Waterfalls Walk]