Redmire
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
| Redmire | |
| Yorkshire North Riding | |
|---|---|
 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.
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]
Outside links
 |
("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Redmire) |
References
- ↑ Yorkshire, Welcome to. "ResultDetail". http://www.yorkshire.com/view/attractions/redmire/wensleydale-railway-redmire-1403988. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
- ↑ Shannon, Paul (December 2013). On Government Business. 83. http://www.railwaysillustrated.com/about.asp.
- ↑ "Bolton Arms, Redmire, N Yorks, UK – All Creatures Great & Small, The Beauty Of The Beast". Waymarking.com. 1978. http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMERXH_Bolton_Arms_Redmire_N_Yorks_UK_All_Creatures_Great_Small_The_Beauty_Of_The_Beast_1978. Retrieved 17 September 2013.