OS grid reference SD956818 Sovereign state United Kingdom Postcode district DL8 3 Shire county North Yorkshire UK parliament constituency Richmond | Country England Post town LEYBURN Local time Thursday 7:57 PM District Richmondshire | |
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Region Yorkshire and the Humber Weather 3°C, Wind SW at 31 km/h, 79% Humidity | ||
Bishopdale is a dale in the Yorkshire Dales National Park in North Yorkshire, England. The dale is a side dale on the south side of Wensleydale, and extends for some 6 miles (10 km) south west from Aysgarth. Bishopdale is also the name of a civil parish, which includes only the sparsely populated upper reaches of the dale, from the head of the dale as far downstream as Howesyke and Howgill Gill.
Map of Bishopdale, UK
There are three villages in the dale, all in its lower part: West Burton, Thoralby and Newbiggin. The Bishopdale Beck flows through the dale to join the River Ure about 1.1 miles (1.8 km) east of Aysgarth. The B6160 road follows the path of the river from its junction with the A684 to the watershed at Kidstones Pass where it continues to Cray and Buckden in Upper Wharfedale. The highest point in the dale is to be found at 640 metres (2,100 ft) about two thirds of the way up Buckden Pike.
The Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust YDRT has a remit to conserve the ecological condition of Bishopdale Beck from its headwaters to the Humber estuary.
The dale is divided between four civil parishes, Bishopdale, Newbiggin, Thoralby and the northern part of Burton-cum-Walden (which includes the largest village, West Burton), all in the district of Richmondshire. The populations of the four parishes were estimated in 2012 at
The civil parish of Bishopdale was a township of the ancient parish of Aysgarth, and became a separate civil parish in 1866. Population details for Bishopdale can be found under Newbiggin. It now shares a grouped parish council, the Aysgarth & District Parish Council, with Aysgarth, Newbiggin, Thoralby and Thornton Rust.