Stainforth

Stainforth is tucked out of the way, but has lots of interest in the surrounding area. It's name derives from the 'stony ford' which linked two settlements half a mile apart on opposite banks of the Ribble north of Settle.
In the 1670s, Samuel Watson replaced the ford by a packhorse bridge (now National Trust) whose graceful arch spans an attractively wooded stretch of the river, and a grassy path The packhorse bridge connecting Great Stainforth and Little Stainforth leads downstream to Stainforth Force, where the river falls over limestone ledges into a deep, broad pool.
In the village grey stone cottages centre on a rough green by Cowside Beck, and spanned by a little clapper bridge. Goat Scar Lane is a stony track leading to Catrigg Force on Stainforth Beck about a mile away.
The Settle-Carlisle Railway runs through here, and one of the best preserved limestone kilns stands nearby.

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