KELD
Population: <100 Grid Reference: NY890010 Co-ordinates: 54.405, -2.168

Keld Panorama
Keld
 
Keld is the westermost and highest village in Swaledale.  It is at the crossing point of the Pennine Way and Coast to Coast walks. There are several buildings of note here, the Congregational and Methodist chapels, the school and the Literary Institute.
Keld Village Centre Keld Youth Hostel closed in 2008 and the building was converted to a hotel with a bar and restaurant, giving the village it's first pub since the closure of the Cat Hole Inn in 1948.
A small tea room and shop is open during the high season and during the winter there is a volunteer run self-service café in the village hall.
The Keld Resource Centre maintains several listed buildings in the village and is also responsibe for the Well-Being Garden which is in the chapel churchyard.
The Keld Countryside and Heritage Centre opened in 2011 and provides interpretation of the local countryside and history of Keld.
About a mile (1.6km) east of Keld is Crackpot Hall,  a ruined 18th century farmhouse which may have served as offices at one time for the local lead mines and is now preserved by the Gunnerside Estate and the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority.

Keld Village Centre
   
   
There are several lead mines which can be explored, notably Jammy Milner's Level, Beldi Hill Mine and New Level along with various mine buildings.  For the less adventurous there are plenty of walks around the village with a series of four waterfalls in a limestone gorge that can be enjoyed.
   
Catrake Force
Catrake Force		 Jammy Milner's Level
Jammy Milner's Level		 Crackpot Hall
Crackpot Hall

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