Country: | England |
Static Image: | 153977 5721238c-Healaugh(CharlesRawding)Apr2006.jpg |
Static Image Width: | 240px |
Static Image Caption: | Healaugh village |
Coordinates: | 54.3871°N -1.9748°W |
Official Name: | Healaugh |
Unitary England: | North Yorkshire |
Lieutenancy England: | North Yorkshire |
Region: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
Constituency Westminster: | Richmond |
Post Town: | Richmond |
Postcode District: | DL11 |
Postcode Area: | DL |
Os Grid Reference: | SE017990 |
Healaugh (pronounced "hee-law")[1] is a small village in the civil parish of Reeth, Fremington and Healaugh, in Swaledale in the Yorkshire Dales. It is in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England and lies about 1 mile west of Reeth.
The name Healaugh is derived from a Saxon word (Heah) meaning a high-level forest clearing.[2]
The village is small, with no amenities except a stone trough fed by a hillside stream, and the village telephone box. The latter is unusually well endowed, with a carpet, waste paper bin, ash tray, directories and fresh flowers. Visitors may leave a donation.
On 5 July 2014, the Tour de France Stage 1 from Leeds to Harrogate passed through the village.[3]