Editing Reeth (section)

==Geography==

Reeth is located on the B6270 road that crosses the entirety of Swaledale, linking [[Richmond, North Yorkshire|Richmond]] with [[Kirkby Stephen]] in Cumbria. Historically, Grinton was the most important settlement in the Upper Swaledale area as it had a church, but Reeth is now the largest and principal settlement.<ref>{{cite web |title=Reeth |url=https://www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/places/reeth/ |website=yorkshiredales.org.uk |access-date=30 August 2024}}</ref> Nearby settlements to Reeth include the fellow parish villages of [[Fremington, North Yorkshire|Fremington]] {{convert|0.5|mi|1}} east and [[Healaugh, Richmondshire|Healaugh]] {{convert|1.4|mi}} to the west, as well as [[Grinton]], {{convert|1.5|mi}} to the east. Reeth is situated at the meeting point of the two most northerly of the Yorkshire Dales: Swaledale and [[Arkengarthdale]]. It is also near to Reeth that [[Arkle Beck]] from the north joins the [[River Swale]]. The village is overlooked by the surrounding [[fell]]s of Harkerside Moor, [[Fremington Edge]] and [[Calver Hill]].
[[Alfred Wainwright]]'s [[Coast to Coast Walk]], a popular long-distance footpath from [[Saint Bees]] to [[Robin Hood's Bay]], passes through Reeth.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Wainwright|first1=Alfred|title=A Coast to Coast Walk|date=2010|publisher=Frances Lincoln|location=London, UK|isbn=978-0-7112-3063-7|page=95|edition=Second}}</ref>

===Demography===
For the parish of [[Reeth, Fremington and Healaugh]]:
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;"
! colspan="12" | Population<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10465606/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population at Censuses|publisher=Vision of Britain|year=2009|accessdate=12 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Census 1971 England and Wales: report for the county of North Yorkshireas constituted on Ist April 1974 / Office of population censuses and surveys |date=1973 |publisher=HMSO |location=London |isbn=0-11-690379-1 |page=9}}</ref><ref name="2001 Census">{{NOMIS2001|id=36UE080|title=Reeth, Fremington and Healaugh Parish|access-date=30 August 2024}}</ref><ref name="2011 Census">{{NOMIS2011|id=E04007519|title=Reeth, Fremington and Healaugh Parish|access-date=30 August 2024}}</ref>
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! Year !! 1881 !! 1891 !! 1901 !! 1911 !! 1921 !! 1931 !! 1951 !! 1961 !! 1971 !! 2001 !! 2011
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| Total || 988 || 667 || 570 || 628 || 709 || 616 || 588 || 540 || 530 || 685 || 724
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