Beamsley is a village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. It is just within the boundary of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, and about six miles east of Skipton and two miles north of Addingham. The parish borders West Yorkshire to the south. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 149.
Bolton Abbey is the estate within which is located the ruined 12th-century Augustinian Bolton Priory in North Yorkshire, England. It gives its name to the parish of Bolton Abbey.
The Bolton Abbey Estate used to belong to the Dukes of Devonshire until a trust was setup by the 11th Duke of Devonshire and it is the Chatsworth Settlement Trustees who now own the Estate.
Ilkley is a spa town and civil parish in West Yorkshire, in the north of England. The town lies mainly on the south bank of the River Wharfe in Wharfedale, one of the Yorkshire Dales.
Ilkley's spa town heritage and surrounding countryside make tourism an important local industry. The town centre is characterised by Victorian architecture, wide streets and floral displays.
Ilkley Moor, to the south of the town, is the subject of a folk song, often described as the unofficial anthem of Yorkshire, "On Ilkla Moor Baht 'at".
The River Wharfe is a river in Yorkshire, England. For much of its length it is the county boundary between West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire. The name Wharfe is Celtic and means "twisting, winding".
The valley of the River Wharfe is known as Wharfedale. Its source is at Camm Fell in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, and flows through Kettlewell, Grassington, Bolton Abbey (very close to Beamsley), Addingham, Ilkley, Burley in Wharfedale, Otley, Wetherby, Tadcaster, then flows into the River Ouse. The section of the river from its source to around Addingham is known as Upper Wharfedale and has a very different character to the river downstream. The Wharfe is the most volatile, fastest rising river in Europe.
The Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway (E&BASR) is a heritage railway in North Yorkshire, England, (formed in 1979). It is part of the former Midland Railway branch from Skipton to Ilkley (which closed down in 1965 14 years earlier). The E&BASR runs from Embsay via Holywell and Draughton to Bolton Abbey station, a distance of 4 miles (6 km). It is a long-term objective to extend the line to Addingham and Skipton.
