- Oughtershaw
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Coordinates: 54°13′47″N 2°12′10″W / 54.229710°N 2.202830°W
Oughtershaw
Oughtershaw shown within North YorkshireOS grid reference SD868815 District Craven Shire county North Yorkshire Region Yorkshire and the Humber Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town SKIPTON Postcode district BD23 Police North Yorkshire Fire North Yorkshire Ambulance Yorkshire EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire Oughtershaw is a hamlet in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England. It lies on a road it shares with other small villages. Gayle, Deepdale, Yockenthwaite and Hubberholme. Contrary to popular belief the river running past Oughtershaw is not the Wharfe, it is in fact Oughtershaw Beck which runs down to Beckermonds and then merges with Greenfield Beck to source the River Wharfe at the Langstrothdale chase.
Oughtershaw is one of the hamlets on "The Dalesway" a long distance walk that starts in the West Yorkshire town of Ilkey and travels eighty two miles to Windermere in Cumbria
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