Colsterdale

Colsterdale

Coordinates: 54°13′39″N 1°48′08″W / 54.227500°N 1.802100°W / 54.227500; -1.802100

Colsterdale
Colsterdale is located in North Yorkshire
Colsterdale

 Colsterdale shown within North Yorkshire
OS grid reference SE130813
Parish Colsterdale
District Harrogate
Shire county North Yorkshire
Region Yorkshire and the Humber
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town RIPON
Postcode district HG4
Police North Yorkshire
Fire North Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire

Colsterdale is the valley of the River Burn, a tributary of the River Ure, in the Yorkshire Dales in North Yorkshire, England. It gives its name to a hamlet and civil parish in the upper part of the dale. The area is in Harrogate district. The hamlet is seven miles west of Masham.

The Colsterdale towers are towers built between 1895 and 1911 to conduct surveys.

One of the Colsterdale towers

During the First World War Colsterdale was the site of a training camp for the Leeds Pals. There is now a memorial to the Leeds Pals in the dale.[1] It later became a Prisoner of War camp for German Officers.[2]

Although Colsterdale is not in Nidderdale, it lies within the Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

References

  1. ^ Yorkshire Guide
  2. ^ A German P.O.W. in the Dales, 1917-1918

External links

Media related to Colsterdale at Wikimedia Commons


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