High Bentham

High Bentham

infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= High Bentham
static_

static_image_caption= High Bentham main street
latitude= 54.1187
longitude= -2.5102
population = 3,000
shire_district= Craven
region= Yorkshire and the Humber

shire_county = North Yorkshire
constituency_westminster= Skipton and Ripon
post_town= LANCASTER
postcode_district = LA2
postcode_area= LA
dial_code= 015242
os_grid_reference= SD666693

High Bentham or Higher Bentham is a small town in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England, with a population of around 3,000 people. The town council is known as Bentham Town Council, and also covers Low Bentham.

The town lies on the River Wenning, west of the Yorkshire Dales National Park and on the northern edge of the Forest of Bowland. The original centre lay in Low Bentham, but a market was granted to High Bentham in the fourteenth century, and it became a centre for weaving from the eighteenth century, particularly after weavers in the town discovered how to weave hosepipes from flax.

It is served by Bentham railway station.Airedale NHS Trust covers Bentham for health matters. High Bentham has some pubs; the Black Bull, the Byers, the Sports Club, the Coach House and the Horse and Farrier.

External links

* [http://www.bentham.net Bentham.net]


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