Redmire

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Redmire
Yorkshire
North Riding
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Redmire
Location
Grid reference: SE044912
Location: 54°19’1"N, 1°55’58"W
Data
Population: 384  (2011, with Castle Bolton)
Post town: Leyburn
Postcode: DL8
Local Government
Council: North Yorkshire

Redmire is a village in the olf Liberty of Richmondshire in the North Riding of Yorkshire, about four miles west of Leyburn, in Wensleydale. It is amongst the Yorkshire Dales.

Traffic warning sign in Redmire

Redmire is the terminus of the Wensleydale Railway.[1]

The Ministry of Defence uses trains to transport armoured vehicles from bases in the south to the Catterick military area using Redmire railway station as its terminus.[2]

Popular culture

The village was featured in the 1978 BBC television series All Creatures Great and Small, in the episode "Puppy Love", as the location of Darrowby bus stop. The village pub, the Bolton Arms, was also featured in the episode "Beauty of the Beast".[3]

The Bolton Arms

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