Redmire
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| Population | 384 (including Castle Bolton with East and west Bolton 2011)[1] |
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| OS grid reference | SE044912 |
| District | Richmondshire |
| Shire county | North Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
Coordinates: 54°19′01″N 1°55′58″W / 54.31683°N 1.93267°W
Redmire is a village and civil parish in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. It is about 4 miles west of Leyburn in Wensleydale at the heart of the Yorkshire Dales.
It is the terminus of the Wensleydale Railway.[2] Recently the Ministry of Defence trialled the use of trains to transport armoured vehicles from bases in the south to the Catterick military area, using Redmire railway station as its terminus.[3]
Popular culture
The village was featured in the British television series All Creatures Great and Small, in the episode "Puppy Love", as the location of Darrowby bus stop. The village pub, the Bolton Arms, was also featured in the episode "Beauty of the Beast".[4]
References
- ↑ "Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National statistics. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
- ↑ Yorkshire, Welcome to. "ResultDetail". www.yorkshire.com. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
- ↑ Shannon, Paul (December 2013). "On Government Business". Railways Illustrated. No. 130. p. 83.
- ↑ "Bolton Arms, Redmire, N Yorks, UK – All Creatures Great & Small, The Beauty Of The Beast". Waymarking.com. 1978. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
External links
Media related to Redmire at Wikimedia Commons