Skipton

Skipton is basically a farming community with sheep grazing on the surrounding hills among the Airedale moors and sits on the River Aire and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal to the south of the Yorkshire Dales,

Skipton is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086. It was important during the English Civil War and was the site of a prisoner of war camp during the First World War.

Skipton became a prosperous market town, trading sheep and woollen goods: its name derives from the Old English sceap (sheep) and tun (town or village

At the top of the High Street stands the 11^th century castle, rebuilt in both the 14^th and 17^th centuries.

Location: 6 miles (26 km) northwest of Bradford and 38 miles (61 km) west of York.