Stean

Stean

infobox UK place

country = England
latitude= 54.1565

longitude= -1.8625

official_name= Stean
population = 10
shire_district= Harrogate
region= Yorkshire and the Humber

shire_county = North Yorkshire
constituency_westminster=Skipton and Ripon
post_town= Harrogate
postcode_district=HG
postcode_area=HG
dial_code=
os_grid_reference= SE085735

Stean is a small village and in the Harrogate borough of North Yorkshire, England. It is in Nidderdale and 8 miles north of Pateley Bridge.

It is located on Stean beck, which flows through [http://www.howstean.co.uk How Stean Gorge] which includes a cave named after Tom Taylor, a highwayman who is rumoured to have hidden there.


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