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| Information about Hampsthwaite Hampsthwaite is a North Yorkshire village 5 miles north west of Harrogate and lying to the south of the river Nidd. See Notices and Events for details of Hampsthwaite events and activities  The Great Nidd Bike Ride - 15th SeptemberThe organisers and participants of the amazing Artic to Africa Cycle Challenge are now focussed on attracting support for this local event, having just returned from successfully completing Phase 2 (Gothenburg to Monaco)! Another stage to go next year (Monaco to Casablanca) and the team have already raised over £14,000 in aid of Alzheimers Research UK!The Great Nidd Bike Ride is now in its second year and aiming to be a regular annual event for the next ten years. It is a sponsored cycle ride of a distance of about 50 miles, starting from The Station Hotel Birstwith and following the River Nidd up the valley through Darley, Summerbridge, Pateley Bridge to Lofthouse. The route then goes over the top to Masham where there will be lunch refreshments. Then heading back via Kirby Malzard, Ripon, Markington then back to Birstwith. There will be refreshments along the route, lunch provided and cakes at the end! The Great Nidd Bike Ride has the backing of British Cycling. The entry fee for the ride is £30 and it is anticipated that at least £25 from each entry will got directly to Alzheimers Research UK so the more riders the more funds raised! So CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP NOW - the weather is perfect, the cause is well worth your support, you will have a fun day out - and get free cakes!  Hampsthwaite Memorial Hall Lottery Page - now LIVE!A £1 ticket gets you the chance to win £25,000 - and much better odds than the National Lottery! Plus lots of other prizes!In addition, our Memorial Hall benefits from 50% of ticket sales which are purchased via our web page - what's not to like? Help us get new toilets and make our stage area even better for the amazing productions regularly put on there. Get as many of your friends as you can to buy a weekly ticket - and that can include friends and family from anywhere in the UK! 
Visit our Hampsthwaite Picture House page to ensure you do not miss any of the excellent films screened at our Memorial Hall - now enhanced by a full theatre sound system provided with the help of grant funding by Awards for All
Hampsthwaite is designated as a Conservation Area and the area to the north and west of Hampsthwaite is recognised as an Area of Great Landscape Value The village has a mixed population of approximately 1200, living mainly alongside two main streets and within a more recent housing development, who enjoy the benefits of a close, mutually supportive community and access to a wide range of facilities. These include a Village Room and the Memorial Hall for larger events, post office, shop, and Joiners' Arms.  Visit our History section for more information on Hampsthwaite past. An Interactive Map of Hampsthwaite is available which provides links to database entries on many locations in the village.  Yorkshire Industrial Heritage Online
Recording and Communicating Yorkshire's Industrial Heritage - this searchable database of Yorkshire's industrial heritage includes some references to places and people in Hampsthwaite. The aim of YIHO is to provide free web access to information about Industrial Heritage Sites within the historic county of Yorkshire. YIHO is a fully searchable database, that has been developed by a group of Industrial History Societies, and which aims to provide an on-line repository for members' knowledge, photographs research notes, audio, and sound recording of industrial sites, artefacts and processes. Hampsthwaite CE Primary School is at the heart of the village and the focus for many community activities. Link to Hampsthwaite in Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The entry includes a comprehensive listing of other sites relating to Hampsthwaite obtained by clicking on the Map sources for Hampsthwaite link at the bottom of the page. Link to Streetmap.co.uk to see street maps of the village and surrounding area. Link to Google Maps to see street maps, get directions on how to get here and search for local businesses. Link to Flood maps enter your Post Code to see where the Environment Agency estimates there may be floodplains if the river rises above its banks. Link to CalverleyInfo is dedicated to the collection and free publication of all historical and genealogical information pertaining to Calverley Parish and the surrounding district and villages - including Hampsthwaite. The original Hampsthwaite village web site remains as an archive and may still be accessed by clicking here Information about Hampsthwaite Hampsthwaite is a North Yorkshire village 5 miles north west of Harrogate and lying to the south of the river Nidd. See Notices and Events for details of Hampsthwaite events and activities |
