Buckden, North Yorkshire
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Buckden is a village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, on the River Wharfe in Wharfedale. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 184. It is situated where Buckden Gill, which rises on Buckden Pike, joins the River Wharfe. Up the Gill is an old, long disused lead mine. The village has a large hotel, the Buck Inn, and a village store. Footpaths lead from the village up to the top of Buckden Pike, up the river to Hubberholme and down the river to Kettlewell, and over the ridge opposite Buckden Pike to Litton, above Arncliffe, in Littondale
Just up the dale is the old village of Hubberholme, where Langstrothdale joins Wharfedale. The old [Norman church] is the resting place of the ashes of the writer and playwright J.B. Priestley. The old inn, the George Inn, is opposite the Church.
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