Atley Hill
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Atley Hill is a hamlet in the Richmondshire
district of North Yorkshire
, England
. It is situated on the B1263 road between the A167
and the village of Scorton.
There is a pub called "The Arden Arms", it has closed and reopened several times over the last decade, the main reasons for the closures being the drink driving laws, lack of rural public transport and the general decline of the rural economy. Currently run by landlord Alex Liddle.
Situated on Atley Hill above the current settlement was the (abandoned) Medieval village of Atley Cowton.
Richmondshire
Richmondshire is a local government district of North Yorkshire, England. It covers a large northern area of the Yorkshire Dales including Swaledale and Arkengarthdale, Wensleydale and Coverdale, with the prominent Scots' Dyke and Scotch Corner along the centre. Teesdale lies to the north...
district of North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan or shire county located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and a ceremonial county primarily in that region but partly in North East England. Created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972 it covers an area of , making it the largest...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It is situated on the B1263 road between the A167
A167 road
The A167 is a road in North East England. Most of its route was formerly the A1 as most of it is the original route of the Great North Road until the A1 was re-routed with the opening of the A1 in the 1960s....
and the village of Scorton.
There is a pub called "The Arden Arms", it has closed and reopened several times over the last decade, the main reasons for the closures being the drink driving laws, lack of rural public transport and the general decline of the rural economy. Currently run by landlord Alex Liddle.
Situated on Atley Hill above the current settlement was the (abandoned) Medieval village of Atley Cowton.