Pateley Bridge
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Pateley Bridge | |
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Statistics | |
Population: | 2000 |
Ordnance Survey | |
OS grid reference: | SE155655 |
Administration | |
District: | Harrogate |
Shire county: | North Yorkshire |
Region: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
Constituent country: | England |
Sovereign state: | United Kingdom |
Other | |
Ceremonial county: | North Yorkshire |
Historic county: | Yorkshire (North Riding) |
Services | |
Police force: | North Yorkshire Police |
Fire and rescue: | {{{Fire}}} |
Ambulance: | Yorkshire |
Post office and telephone | |
Post town: | Harrogate |
Postal district: | HG3 |
Dialling code: | 01423 |
Politics | |
UK Parliament: | |
European Parliament: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
Pateley Bridge is a market town in Nidderdale in North Yorkshire, England, on the River Nidd.
It has the oldest sweet shop in Britain and is the home of the Nidderdale Museum. Until 1964 it was the terminus of the railway line running up Nidderdale from Nidd Valley Junction, near Harrogate.
The last dales agricultural show of the year, The Pateley Show, is held annually on the show ground by the river Nidd.
[edit] Amenities
Bed & Breakfast Houses, Church and Chapel, Garage (Nidderdale Motors), Hotels, Nidderdale Museum, Primary School, Public Houses, Public Library, Public Park, Restaurants, Secondary School, Shops, Theatre (Pateley Playhouse), Bewerley Park Centre for Outdoor Education.