Buckden, North Yorkshire

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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. Footpaths lead from the village up to the top of Buckden Pike, up the river to Hubberholme and down the river to Kettlewell, and over the ridge opposite Buckden Pike to Litton, above Arncliffe, in Littondale

Just up the dale is the old village of Hubberholme, where Langstrothdale joins Wharfedale. The old Norman church is the resting place of the ashes of the writer and playwright J.B. Priestley. The old inn, the George Inn, is opposite the Church.