Coordinates: 54°04′26″N 2°17′23″W / 54.0738°N 2.2896°W
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 Giggleswick in snow |
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  Giggleswick
 Giggleswick shown within North Yorkshire |
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| Population | 1,410 |
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| OS grid reference | |
| District | Craven |
| Shire county | North Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SETTLE |
| Postcode district | BD24 |
| Dialling code | 01729 |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| UK Parliament | Skipton and Ripon |
| List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire | |
Giggleswick is a village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England near the town of Settle. It is the site of Giggleswick School.
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Transport
Giggleswick railway station
The town is served by Giggleswick railway station which provides services to Leeds in one direction and Lancaster and Morecambe in the other. The station is served by only five trains per day in each direction and is operated by Northern Rail.
Church of St Alkeda
The parish church is named after St Alkelda. The present building dates mostly from the 15th century, but carved stones discovered during the restoration of 1890-2 indicated that a building existed on the site before the Norman Conquest. It is a Grade I listed building.
Famous people
The late Richard Whiteley of Channel 4's Countdown was a pupil at Giggleswick School. Russell Harty was an English teacher at the school at the same time. The internationally renowned operatic soprano, Sarah Fox, was born in the village and attended Giggleswick School.
Tourist attractions
Giggleswick is famous locally amongst rock climbers for an excellent limestone crag, retro-bolted with many sports routes during 2005 & 2006. The crag may be found opposite the golf course (Settle Golf Club) on the B6480, North of Giggleswick.
Giggleswick in media
An episode of the radio comedy The Shuttleworths was set in Giggleswick. Comedy writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson used Giggleswick as their emblem of a travelling actor's date with obscurity in Hancock's Half Hour, The Train Journey episode, broadcast 23/10/'59. Les Dawson did the same, sixteen years later, in 1975, in Dawson's Weekly; both are available on d.v.d..
1927 eclipse
Among the few observers of a 24-second solar eclipse in 1927 were those in the Astronomer Royal's expedition to Giggleswick.
External links
- Images of England — details from listed building database (323793) — Church of St Alkelda
- Yorksview - Giggleswick
- Giggleswick Primary School's Website
- Giggleswick School Website
- yoursettle.co.uk
- Archive with lots of info on Giggleswick
- Walk book on history of Giggleswick
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