West Burton is considered to be one of the most beautiful villages in the Yorkshire Dales National Park with a large village green and no through road.

Also within the village is the West Burton Cauldron Falls one of the waterfalls drawn by Turner during his tour of the North of England.

West Burton has a real sense of community, with a shop, a pub and a family run butcher's shop in the village.

There is also plenty for the visitor to see and do. As well as The Old Smithy Antiques there is Moorside Designs Cat Pottery and Aardvark picture framers.

A wide variety of different types of accommodation is available to rent both in the village and the surrounding area. 

For further information and useful websites, please follow the links to the left of this page.

 

NEWS & EVENTS 

Quiz Night

A quiz night will be held on Saturday, 28 January 2012, in the Village Hall, West Burton, starting at 7.30 pm.  Tickets, priced at £7.50 per person including a hot meal and entry fee, are available at the West Burton shop and Hartle's butcher's shop.  Teams limited to a maximum of 6 people, please.  Proceeds will go to the Diamond Jubilee fund.

This promises to be a fun event, so get your teams together and come along and enjoy a good night out.

HM The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Celebration

Exciting plans are being put together for two packed days of events to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of HM The Queen in June 2012 in West Burton.  Further news of this event will be published here as it is received.

Please note that there will be no May Fair in 2012, but for those people who always like to attend this event, the May Fair will be back as usual on the last Monday in May in 2013.

 Report from the January meeting of the Parish Council

Councillors were very interested to hear a report on the progress of the arrangements for events to mark HM The Queen's Diamond Jubilee in June.  These would take place over two days, Sunday, 3rd and Monday 4th June and would include a range of activities for all the family.  More details would be published in the parish newsletter as bookings and activiities were confirmed.  In the meantime, the Council heard about the fund-raising quiz night which would be held on 28 January in the Village Hall, West Burton, starting at 7.30 pm.  The price of the tickets is £7.50 and this includes a hot supper and entry to the quiz.  Tickets will be available at West Burton village shop, the Fox and Hounds Inn and Hartle's butcher's.   A bar will be provided and there will also be a raffle.  Councillors expressed the hope that lots of people would support this event which promised to provide an interesting and enjoyable evening.
 
Friarage Hospital
The Council heard a report from the Chairman, as the representative on the Upper Dales Health Watch, about concerns over the future of the Friarage Hospital, in particular in the area of maternity and paediatric care.  Councillors discussed the issues, including the considerable distance from West Burton to the James Cook Memorial Hospital in the event of an emergency, especially during the winter months.  Councillors, however, decided to await the results of a report that would be issued on 13 January, and the outcome of the visit by the Secretary of State for Health to the Central Dales Practice in February, before deciding on further action.
 
Christmas tree
It was unanimously agreed that the Christmas tree had been particularly beautiful this year.  The Council expressed its thanks to Mr David Dent and Cllr Mark Stanley who had been responsible for putting the tree in place, arranging the lights, and then disposing of the tree at the end of the festive period.  The Council also gave a vote of thanks to Dr Peter Wrigley who had once again provided the electricity to power the lights.
 
Road closure
The Clerk reported to the Council that she had received a letter from the Highways Department to say that part of the Back Nook would be closed to traffic for two weeks from 30 January for works to maintain the carriageway.  Temporary traffic lights would be in place at the pinch point adjacent to Mill House. The Clerk was asked to investigate the exact nature of the works which had not been instigated by the Council.

The next meeting will take place on Tuesday, 7 February 2012.