Everything about The River Wharfe totally explained
The
River Wharfe is a
river in
Yorkshire,
England. For much of its length it's the
county boundary between
West Yorkshire and
North Yorkshire. The name
Wharfe is Celtic and means "twisting, winding".
Course
The valley of the River Wharfe is known as
Wharfedale. Its
source is at
Langstrothdale Chase in the
Yorkshire Dales National Park, and flows through
Kettlewell,
Grassington,
Bolton Abbey,
Addingham,
Ilkley,
Burley in Wharfedale,
Otley,
Wetherby,
Tadcaster, then flows into the
River Ouse near
Cawood. The section of the river from its source to around Addingham is known as
Upper Wharfedale and has a very different character to the river downstream.
The Wharfe has a reputation of being very dangerous, in that people have regularly been drowned while swimming in it.
The river is approximately 97km long before it joins the River Ouse.
The River Wharfe is a public navigation from the weir at Tadcaster to its junction with the River Ouse near Cawood. The Wharfe is tidal from
Ulleskelf.
The Strid
Slightly north of
Bolton Abbey is
The Strid, a point at which the whole river is channelled through a narrow
gorge. At its narrowest, it's less than two
metres across at the surface. The gap looks eminently jumpable but this is deceptive due to the fact that many of the ledges on the sides are at different heights and are often very slippery. Barry and Lyn Collett, a couple on their honeymoon, drowned here in August 1998 and their bodies were not recovered for several weeks.
Scottish throne hopeful The Boy of Egremont, immortalised in the
Orkneyinga and in a poem by
William Wordsworth, also drowned here in 1157 while attempting to leap across the gap on horseback. Fierce
currents that run through this section drag down any hapless victim where they become trapped among the underwater ledges and the hollows carved by the rapids.
Settlements
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