Ebbing and Flowing Well, giggleswick

For centuries one of the wonders of this part of North Yorkshire the Ebbing and Flowing Well has in recent years "disappeared" by the side of a dangerous road. William Wordsworth described it thus in the 1830's: "Beyond Settle, under Giggleswick Scar, the road passes an ebbing and flowing well, worthy the notice of the Naturalist." Although it still works (ebbs and flows) many present day locals would not even know where it was and may, indeed, have never heard of it as it is no longer a tourist attraction of any sort. A shame, and if you get the chance to visit it do so by walking along and across the Settle golf course and then carefully approach from below. Take care, cars and trucks come down Buckhaw Brow at quite a speed and there is no footpath. Surely an important project for the highways agency or perhaps an opportunity for Giggleswick School, who own the land including Giggleswick Scar, to cut an access footpath from the golf clubhouse through the woods thus avoiding the road altogether! See maps and other information at Geograph.org http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/338482

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• ebbing
• flowing
• well
• yorkshire
• giggleswick
• buckhaw
• brow
• scar

[PansyDaisyDog]

Fabulous!

[duetproductions]

Nice video Bill, what's with the big sigh about modern traffic!

[BrianBoru8]

God reminder! Seen it often, but not recently. BrianBoru8