Gargrave

infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Gargrave
latitude= 53.984
longitude= -2.105
population = 1,427 [cite web| author = Office for National Statistics | title = Mid-2004 population estimates | url = http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/NeighbourhoodProfile.do?a=3&c=BD23+3RD&g=475321&i=1001x1012&j=311931&m=1&p=1&q=1&w1=1280&enc=1&tab=2&inWales=false | year = 2004 | accessdate = 2007-07-09 | publisher = statistics.gov.uk ]
shire_district= Craven
region= Yorkshire and the Humber
shire_county = North Yorkshire
constituency_westminster= Skipton and Ripon
post_town= SKIPTON
postcode_district = BD23
postcode_area= BD
dial_code= 01756
os_grid_reference= SD931541

Gargrave is a small village located along the A65, four miles (6 km) northwest from Skipton in North Yorkshire, England.It is situated on the very edge of the Yorkshire Dales. The River Aire and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal pass through the village.

History and Information

Around half a mile beneath the village on a fertile plain, there are remains of a Roman Villa, called Kirk Sink. The stones used to construct the villa were gradually removed and most likely used to make the present church which replaces it.

Due to the inequalities upon the surface, prove the villa to have been a parallelogram; convert|300|ft|m long and convert|180|ft|m wide. 70 years ago it was dug into and the frame of a tessellated pavement was discovered at that time, of which a man named Dr. Whitaker had seen some of the remains, influenced him to apply for permission to open the ground again.

Unfortunately the remains could not be ascertained as the church bled into the foundations, all that could be found was fragments of the pavement and remains of the mortar used to construct the villa.

The church is located just across from the Masons Arms pub in the southern half of the village.Clear

Government

Gargrave is in the Gargrave and Malhamdale ward of the non-unitary authority, Craven District Council, and is also served by the Yorkshire County Council for local services. For parliamentary elections Gargrave is in the Skipton and Ripon constituency.

Transportation

As well as sitting on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, the main road through Gargrave is the very busy A65 which goes from Leeds to Kendal in the Lake District. There has been a long-running campaign to have a by-pass built around the village. Gargrave railway station is served by rail services to Leeds to the east and Morecambe and Carlisle to the west. Gargrave also has bus links to Skipton, Settle, Malham, Barnoldswick and Preston.

Leisure

Being on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park and having the Pennine Way National Trail going through the village, Gargrave is a popular destination for hikers and cyclists. Gargrave has a busy village hall hosting art exhibitions, tea dances, snooker, lectures, indoor bowls and pantomimes.

Sport

[http://www.gargraveafc.co.uk Gargrave's football club] currently has an A and a B team playing in the Premier Division and Division 2 of the [http://www.cad.leaguemanager.biz/default.asp Craven League] .

The cricket club has first and second team playing in the [http://cdcl.play-cricket.com/home/home.asp Craven and District Cricket League] .

There is also a snooker club and a bowling club in the village as well as the [http://www.craventennis.org.uk Craven Lawn Tennis Club] being sited there.

Since the turn of the century there is a golf society run from the masons arms public house in the village.

References

External links

* [http://www.towpathtreks.co.uk/llc/greenberfield_gargrave.html#gargrave The Leeds Liverpool Canal in Gargrave]
* [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Gargrave/index.html Genuki Homepage]
* [http://www.systemf.demon.co.uk/gargrave/ Gargrave Homepage]
* [http://www.cad.leaguemanager.biz/default.asp Craven Football League]
* [http://cdcl.play-cricket.com/home/home.asp Craven and District Cricket League]
* [http://www.craventennis.org.uk Craven Lawn Tennis Club]
* [http://www.masonsarmsgolfsociety.com/ Masons Arms Golf Society]