Water Points of Interest
If you’re out and about in the village do keep your eyes out for the becks and watercourses where you will see some interesting signs of wildlife and wildlife habitat. We have compiled a list of things to see and where to see them as “Points of Interest” or “POIs”.
Click here to download a multi-themed map, and click here to see an article published by the Yorkshire Dales Society in October 2023 showing our key sites in the village
| Map POI | Place | Theme | |||
| 1 | Burnside | River level recorder, trout, grey wagtail, vegetation | |||
| 2a | Old First School Site | Back Beck and Children’s access steps | |||
| 2b | Bridge 55 | Trout pool | |||
| 3 | School Wetland Reserve | Pond and scrapes for Primary School | |||
| 5 | Dawson Crossley Field | Recreation, beach, balsam, dippers | |||
| 6 | North St. Footbridge | Town Beck, signal crayfish, surface water drain | |||
| 7 | Church Field Fishponds | Medieval fish ponds, archaeology, restoration | |||
| 8 | Church Field Footbridge | Crayfish, trout, stone loach, change | |||
| 10 | River Wharfe | Town Beck confluence, Wharfe fish and birds | |||
| 11 | Low Mill Weir | Fish passage, water quality | |||
| 15 | Saw Mill Dam | History, trees, ducks, water level | |||
| 16 | Aynholme Bridge | Goit take off, blockage problems, beck confluence |