Explore Buckden

Nestling in the hills of northern Wharfedale lies the handsome village and civil parish of Buckden. The River Wharfe starts its course down Wharfedale high above these hills. Seek out the waterfalls at Cray, just above Buckden.

Buckden Pike is a fell that rises above the village and is the second highest peak in Wharfedale after Great Whernside. At the summit stands a memorial cross dedicated to five Polish members of the Royal Air Force that sadly died when their craft crashed into the moor during 1942.

Evidence of people living around the village has been traced back to the Bronze Age and close to the river at Yockenthwaite you can visit a circle of stones that are thought to have been left from a burial mound that stood on the site in pre-historic times.