Conistone

Conistone
240px Conistone, bridge and Dib, over Wharfedale from west
Conistone  Conistone shown within North Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SD981675
Civil parish	Conistone with Kilnsey
District	Craven
Shire county	North Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SKIPTON
Postcode district	BD23
Dialling code	01756
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
EU Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament	Skipton and Ripon
List of places UK England Yorkshire

Conistone is a small village (population 117 in the 2001 census) in North Yorkshire, England. It lies 3 miles north of Grassington, beside the River Wharfe, in Upper Wharfedale.

The village is set in characteristic limestone scenery, including Mossdale Caverns, the dry gorge of Conistone Dib and the limestone outcrop of Conistone Pie. Above the Dib the Dales Way path connects Kettlewell, to its north, and Grassington, to its south, providing distant views over Wharfedale. From the B6160 road, the Wharfe is crossed at Conistone by a stone-arch bridge, which is within easy walking distance of Kilnsey, with its Crag.

The parish church, St Mary's Church, dates from the 11th or 12th century, and is a Grade II listed building.

Conistone was historically in the large ancient parish of Burnsall, in Staincliffe Wapentake in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It became part of the civil parish of Conistone with Kilnsey in 1866, and was transferred to North Yorkshire in 1974.

Gallery

• St Mary's Church, Conistone.jpg

  St Mary's Church, Conistone, from the south-east

• Conistone bridge 1.jpg

  Stone arch bridge over Wharfe

• Sweet curve.jpg

  Meadowsweet along B6160, toward Kilnsey

• Conistone Dib wall.jpg

  Wall across Dib

• Conistone Dib lookback.jpg

  View down Dib from top, at Dales Way path

• Conistone Dib.jpg

  Conistone Dib