Walden Head Explained

Official Name:Walden Head
Static Image:Walden Head.jpg
Static Image Caption:Approaching Walden Head
Country:England
Unitary England:North Yorkshire
Lieutenancy England:North Yorkshire
Region:Yorkshire and the Humber
Civil Parish:Burton-cum-Walden
Coordinates:54.222°N -2.0247°W

Walden Head is a hamlet in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire. It lies 8km (05miles) of Aysgarth and to the north is a similar village Walden.[1] The village lies in the civil parish of Burton-cum-Walden.

The hamlet is bisected by Walden Beck which runs for 14.3km (08.9miles) from the watershed on Buckden Pike to Bishopdale Beck just before it flows under the A684 road in the valley.[2] The road from West Burton peters out just south of the hamlet, but an old packhorse track goes over Buckden Pike and ends in the village of Starbotton.[3]

Walden Head, like the other small settlements in the Walden Valley, have changed little over modern times.[4] The Walden Valley is sometimes referred to as Waldendale, but this is not common.[5] The name Walden means 'Valley of the Welsh'.

See also

References

  1. Yorkshire Dales - Northern & Central Area . OL30 . 2016 . 1;25,000 . Explorer . Ordnance Survey . 9780319263358 .
  2. Web site: Walden Beck from Source to Bishopdale Beck. environment.data.gov.uk. 23 October 2017.
  3. Book: Marsh. Terry. The Dales Way. 2005. Cicerone. Milnthorpe, Cumbria. 978-1-85284-464-6. 51. 2.
  4. Web site: Reid. Mark. Walden & Harland Hill. The Northern Echo. 23 October 2017. PDF.
  5. Web site: Waldendale, a tributary valley of Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire Dales. www.yorkshire-dales.com. 23 October 2017.