Stean Explained

Country:England
Coordinates:54.1565°N -1.8625°W
Official Name:Stean
Population:10
Civil Parish:Stonebeck Down
Region:Yorkshire and the Humber
Unitary England:North Yorkshire
Lieutenancy England:North Yorkshire
Constituency Westminster:Skipton and Ripon
Post Town:HARROGATE
Postcode District:HG3
Postcode Area:HG
Os Grid Reference:SE085735

Stean is a small village in upper Nidderdale in North Yorkshire, England. It is 8miles north of Pateley Bridge.

The village is located on Stean Beck, a tributary of the River Nidd. Below Stean the beck flows through How Stean Gorge which includes a cave named after Tom Taylor, a highwayman who is rumoured to have hidden there.