Farndale

infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Farndale
latitude= 54.3463
longitude= -0.965
population = approx 200
shire_district= Ryedale
region= Yorkshire and the Humber
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static_image_caption=
shire_county = North Yorkshire
constituency_westminster= Ryedale
post_town= YORK
postcode_district = YO62 7
postcode_area= YO
dial_code= 01751
os_grid_reference= SE673952

Farndale is a valley located in the North York Moors National Park in North Yorkshire, England. The nearest town is Kirkbymoorside located some 5 miles to the south. Pickering is some 13 miles to the south east and Helmsley 12 miles to the south west. Farndale is surrounded by some of the most inhospitable moorland in England, and is sandwiched between Bransdale and Rosedale. To the north east sits Blakey Ridge at over 400 m above sea level, and to the north west, Cockayne Ridge reaching up to 454 m above sea level is one of the highest points of the North Yorkshire Moors.

Farndale is a scattered agricultural community with traditional Yorkshire dry stone walls. The valley is popular with walkers due to its famous wild daffodils, which can be seen around Easter time all along the banks of the River Dove. To protect the daffodils the majority of Farndale north of Lowna was created a Local Nature Reserve in 1955.

Farndale is home to two villages - Church Houses at the top of the valley and Low Mill further down. Low Mill is a honeypot during daffodil season as this is where the famous daffodil walk begins, and the national park runs a Moorbus service through the valley during busy periods to ease the traffic on the two narrow roads that run either side of the valley.

South of Lowna on the Gillamoor to Hutton-le-Hole road Farndale becomes Douthwaitedale.

Around the head of Farndale ran the Rosedale Branch railway en-route from Battersby to Rosedale supporting iron ore mining on the moors.

External links

* [http://www.farndale.org Farndale community website]
* cite web | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_6540000/newsid_6546700/6546707.stm?bw=bb&mp=rm&news=1&nol_storyid=6546707&bbcws=1
author=BBC Look North | title=Yorkshire A-Z: Farndale | format=video | date=2007-04-11