BAINBRIDGE

Population: 480 Grid Reference:  SD934904 Co-ordinates: 54.309,-2.103

Leaving Hawes on the way to Aysgarth is Bainbridge. An attractive village, it is set out around a large green at the centre of which are some stocks, used to punish minor offenders in days gone by. To the south of Bainbridge is one of the Yorkshire Dales' few expanses of open water, Semerwater. Linked to the River Ure by the shortest river in England, the River Bain, Semer Water is a clean, well maintained lake which offers a safe area for outdoor swimming as well as boating.

The Rose & Crown in Bainbridge dates from 1445 and is one of Yorkshire's oldest pubs.

The village green and stocks, Bainbridge.


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