There is a fine norman church, st andrew s church, and overlooking the town is the site of castlehaw, an ancient motte and bailey castle built to repel the scottish hordes. Sedbergh sits at the convergence of four rivers, the rawthey, clough, dee and lune, a beautiful dales town that even features in the domesday book. The international organisation of book towns website defines them as. The 10 best hotels in sedbergh, cumbria cheap sedbergh hotels. A major attraction of modern day sedbergh is its status as one of england s booktowns. This particular head office of this company is situated in sedbergh.
Breakfast, staff, location, cleanliness, very elegant atmosphere the head at middleton is a 17thcentury country inn offering bed and breakfast and selfcatering. Grass pitches full sized football grass pitches sedbergh see below for details, opening times and more the site has a car park with 20 spaces. Farfield mill visit cumbrias official guide to the lakes. The 10 best things to do in sedbergh 2020 with photos. The little town taking a leaf out of hays book travel.
The village s name is old danish for flat hill, an accurate description of the location of the village from where good views of the surrounding countryside can be obtained. The participants were all very keen to get to know each other. Sedbergh tourist information centre information centre. The town stands on the river rowther, in a romantic mountain vale, 1 mile e of the ingleton railway, and of the boundary with westmoreland, and 10 n by e of kirkbylonsdale. Introducing sedbergh sedbergh uk englands booktown in. Sedbergh to durham 2 ways to travel via train, bus, and car. Sedbergh could be considered a little hidden gem on the edge of the yorkshire dales, close to kendal the gateway to the lakes. Whether youre exploring its bookshops or its hills, the town of sedbergh is simply. History of sedbergh, in south lakeland and west riding map. Very early quaker meeting house with a wonderful sense of peace.
May 16, 2009 the little town taking a leaf out of hay s book as britain s biggest literary festival kicks off in wales, stephen mcclarence visits sedbergh, which is busy reinventing itself as england s. The museum s guiding principle is to preserve an example of everyday life in urban and rural north east england at the climax of industrialisation in the early 20th century. Find unique places to stay with local hosts in 191 countries. Sedbergh, england s famous book town, is a lovely stroll from the cottage and has all the amenities you could possibly need including a local supermarket, pubs, cafes, restaurants, quaint shops, churches, monthly country market, tourist information centre, atms. This company was originally established 14 years ago and was registered under 05871008 as its registration number. Sedbergh, a small town, a township, a parish, and a district, in w. It comprises a junior school for children aged 4 to and the main school. It nestles beneath the howgill fells providing a superb centre for walking on the fells or in the dales. Sedbergh is a small market town in east cumbria nestling beneath the howgill fells and within the yorkshire dales national park. Garsdale and dentdale rise eastwards farther into the national park. Historically part of the west riding of yorkshire, it lies about 10 miles 16 km east of kendal, 28 miles 45 km north of lancaster and about 10 miles 16 km north of kirkby lonsdale.
Sedbergh is england s book town, and its annual sheepfest is very popular. Since 2001, the booktown project has brought a flow of booklovers to sedbergh to enjoy the town s many excellent book shops. If history s your thing, relish the fact that sedbergh is mentioned in the doomsday book, and the name s a derivative from the norse set berg meaning. River rawthey and river dee at sedbergh walking route.
Located in the beautiful yorkshire dales and near to the edge of the lake district, the bull hotel is a 17thcentury coaching inn. The town is very small and there are good walks either simple ones without much gradient or longer ones into the nearby howgill fells. The town sits just within the yorkshire dales national park. Sedbergh uk englands booktown in cumbria and the yorkshire. Farfield mill sedbergh 2020 all you need to know before. Surrounded on all sides by the mighty howgills and rolling green countryside, it retains much of its oldworld charm and is. The little town taking a leaf out of hay s book as britain s biggest literary festival kicks off in wales, stephen mcclarence visits sedbergh, which is busy reinventing itself as england s. The town is also the home of sedbergh school, a coeducational independent boarding school, which was established in 1525.
The sedbergh book town literary trust in sedbergh, la10 5bl. Mark westwood has been a secondhand and antiquarian bookseller since 1976, with evelyn joining the business in 1992. Despite having a population of less than 3,000 people, sedbergh has five book shops where you can pick up new and used novels to keep you occupied on your. Sedbergh is famous for its public school, set in magnificent parkland on the edge of the town. Sedbergh and district history society has been collecting information and photographs relating to the local area to build an archive for local people and for research. A bookshop owner has called for fellow booksellers to open up in sedbergh, cumbria, and join a booky coalition in one of england s three dedicated book towns. A walk to sedbergh in cumbria and the yorkshire dales. Jun 29, 2006 sedbergh in cumbria has been designated england s first official book town published june 29, 2006. History of sedbergh, in south lakeland and west riding. The town is dominated by the howgills fell, a unique landscape unto itself with elements of both the rest of the yorkshire dales and the lake district.
Sedbergh in cumbria has been designated england s first official book town published june 29, 2006. See add listing do add listing buy add listing eat add listing drink add listing sleep add listing contact. There are good opportunities for fishing the adjacent river lune, swimming at sedbergh, golf, cycling, potholing and pony trekking, as well as caving at ingleton and water sports at killington lake. I must say that im not generally into arts and crafts but thought that there was a very good variety of things for sale. Book town sedbergh seeks new recruits the bookseller. The characterful old market town of sedbergh, known as england s book town stands beneath the howgill fells on high ground above the meeting point of the lune and rawthey rivers. The town, which stands seven and a half miles 12km east of kendal, now lies in cumbria, but is designated as part of the yorkshire dales national park. A wonderful stay convenient to both lake country and. This was one of five mills that ran in sedbergh during the 19th century. This was my first visit and i was very impressed with the comfortable feel of this historic old market town, other than it had a famous public school, where, incidentally, a distant relative of mine very distant, has only recently left, i knew. In 2005 parliament officially recognised sedbergh as england s book town, joining hayonwye in wales and wigtown in scotland. Sedbergh currently has 8 independent bookshops, which may not sound like a lot, but is pretty impressive considering the number of secondhand bookshops in britain has halved over the last decade due to cheaper. The beautiful lune valley forms a northsouth axis used by the romans. Surrounded on all sides by the mighty howgills and rolling green countryside, it retains much of its oldworld charm and is perfect for exploring on foot.
To be sure, the largest source of sedbergh s income is based on schools and books and the entire surrounding area of the dales is filled to the brim with independent booksellers and specialty stores dedicated to furthering the beauty of the written word. The head at middleton is a 17thcentury country inn offering bed and breakfast and selfcatering accommodations alongside a pub and restaurant. The 10 best hotels in sedbergh, cumbria cheap sedbergh. Request a quote from garden services near you today with yell. This was my first visit and i was very impressed with the comfortable feel of this historic old market town, other than it had a famous public school, where, incidentally, a distant relative of mine very distant, has only. Sedbergh is at the confluence of two dales rivers, the river rawthey and the river dee. The wapentake of sadberge, a manor and liberty named after the village, was a liberty of northumberland until purchased by the bishop of durham in 1189 and. See add listing do add listing buy add listing eat add. In recent years sedbergh has boomed into something of a book town.
Sedbergh started with an excellent base to build upon as a booktown, with a printer s finisher book maker, writers and several book selling businesses already based in the town. The firm is known as the sedbergh book town literary trust. A festival for all ages to celebrate england s book town. Placenames with the same root also appear in other vikinginfluenced areas, including the village of sedbergh in the west riding of yorkshire now administered as part of cumbria. The origin of the name is reflective of the area s high vikinginfluence. A684 from m6 jct 37, main road through town, left fork at white hart park in. Sedbergh in cumbria has been designated englands first. The town is twinned with zrece in slovenia and the twinning process was featured on national tv. The cottage is located in one of the prettiest hamlets in the north of england. Sedbergh book town is part of a network of famous european book towns and is a cumbria centre for book festivals and a host of specialist and independent book shops and booksellers. In august 1998 bredevoort organised an international book town festival with book sellers from hayonwye, wigtown scotland, fj. In 1836 he bought 9 acres of land on a bend of the river clough and the town s labourers suddenly found there was work aplenty, carting stone from a local quarry, building a dam and constructing a huge wooden waterwheel. Sedbergh can be accessed by road from the m6 by leaving at junction 37.
It is england s book town and hosts a variety of book stores, in addition to the usual shops, cafes, takeaways, restaurants, along with three public houses all of which welcome families and serve food. Sedbergh dates from as early as saxon times however it s now known chiefly as england s book town and has a charming bustling feel about it. Until 2006 we also had a bookshop in hayonwye, the world s first booktown. Media in category sedbergh the following 200 files are in this category, out of 235 total. Placenames with the same root also appear in other vikinginfluenced areas, including the village of sedbergh in the west riding of. Book your tickets online for the top things to do in sedbergh, yorkshire dales national park on tripadvisor. The home page for sedbergh, england s booktown in cumbria and the yorkshire dales national park, 5 miles from the m6 and close to the lake district. Lovers of specialist books will find ample book shops around the town to please from specialist lake district and yorkshire book shops to sports bookshops. Aug 09, 2016 sedbergh sits at the convergence of four rivers, the rawthey, clough, dee and lune, a beautiful dales town that even features in the domesday book. Along their banks the scenery is a classic mixture of stone walls, fields, picturesque farms and houses surrounded by intimate fells. Beamish, the north of england open air museum is an openair museum located at beamish, near the town of stanley, county durham, england. Sedbergh tourist information centre details the tourist information centre shares space with 2 bookshops, bluebell, new bestsellers and gifts and dales.
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