Sedbergh
Historic county of Yorkshire
Today the area is still part of the Yorkshire Dales National Park which has been extended beyond the historic Yorkshire boundary in recent years to encompass a larger area around Sedbergh.
Sedbergh is about 5 miles north-west of the village of Dent, around 16 miles by road west of Hawes and a similar drive north from of Ingleton. Sedbergh is 11 miles by road east of the Cumbrian town of Kendal.
St Andrew's Parish Church in the town is a
Until the 1950s, boarders at the school would have been among passengers arriving at the town's railway station, but this closed in 1954 and while the line continued to be used for goods traffic and diverted trains, the tracks were finally removed in the late 1960s. The line might, in its early days in the late 1800s, have fulfilled ambitions of a direct mainline between Yorkshire and Scotland, but it remained a branch line as rival railway companies clashed as they met at Ingleton and the massive engineering of the Settle and Carlisle Railway was completed instead across wild moorland 9 miles to the east of Sedbergh.
Sedbergh's growth centred on farming and home-spun woollen textiles which ultimately led to the establishment of a number of small mills in the hamlets around the town during the Victorian era. Its rural remoteness and distance from the large industrial towns of the West Riding, however, meant there was nowhere near the scale of production that existed there. Today the textile heritage is remembered at Farfield Mill, about a mile to the east of the town. Here some of its industrial machinery is still in operation, artists and craft workers have studios, exhibitions are held and refreshments can be enjoyed in a tea room.
The area is an attraction to walkers exploring the remote surrounding fells or passing along the riverside on The Dales Way walking route. National Cycle Network Route 68, stretching from Derby to Berwick-upon-Tweed, also passes through the town.
Town features
Sedbergh was formerly in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
Sedbergh is in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
The town is on the River Rawthey.
Sedbergh is on The Dales Way, a signposted 80-mile walking route with Ilkley in West Yorkshire and Bowness-on-Windermere at its end points.
Sedbergh has pubs. 
The town has shops. 
Sedbergh has part-time Post Office services.
The town has a pharmacy.
Inn and restaurant dining can be found in Sedbergh.
A choice of cafes can be found in Sedbergh.
Takeaway food outlets in the town include fish and chips, chinese.
Places to stay in Sedbergh include guest house, inn accommodation.
Sedbergh has a community hall. 
The town has a library. 
There are public toilets in the town. 
Sedbergh has schools.
Sedbergh has an old parish church.
Places of worship: Anglican, Catholic, Methodist, Quaker, other - Anglican and Catholic services take place at St Andrew's Parish Church
Travel
Bus travel
The town has buses to neighbouring towns and villages. 
Road travel
Sedbergh can be reached via the A683 A684 Places to visit
Dent Village Museum & Heritage Centre
The small museum, in a building which was once a filling station for the village, explores the lives of people who have lived and worked in Dentdale over the centuries through a rich variety of exhibits. Marble quarrying, agriculture and the cottage industry of knitting are among the themes covered along with a more curious story of 'The Dent Vampire'. The museum is open daily. Yorkshire Dales National Park
The part of South Lakeland district which is historically in Yorkshire remains within the Yorkshire Dales National Park. This area has some of the remotest parts of the park including the Rawthey Valley, Garsdale and Dentdale. England's highest cascade waterfall above ground, Cautley Spout, is near to the head of the Rawthey Valley. Find out more about the park on our 
Emergency services
Cumbria Constabulary 
Cumbria ConstabularyCumbria Fire and Rescue Service
Cumbria Fire and Rescue ServiceNorth West Ambulance Service NHS Trust
North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Local government
Civil parish council
Sedbergh Parish CouncilProvides some local services in the area.
Link to council website:
Sedbergh Parish Council District authority Abolished
South Lakeland District CouncilSouth Lakeland District Council, the district authority since 1974, is scrapped under Government changes from April 1, 2023 as two unitary authorities are formed — Westmorland & Furness Council and Cumberland Council.
Link to South Lakeland District Council website.
South Lakeland District Council Unitary authority New
Westmorland & Furness CouncilThis Unitary Authority council is established on April 1, 2023 as the Government abolishes local authorities formed in 1974 — the Cumbria County Council and the shire districts of Cumbria, including South Lakeland District Council into which this area fell. The area around
While South Lakeland already covered a large area of the southern part of the Lake District National Park, a western portion of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, areas between the two parks and also along the southern Cumbrian coast facing Morecambe Bay, the new unitary authority also includes the area of two other district councils, Barrow to the west and Eden to the north-east.
The new authority is the south-eastern half of a split in two of the 1974 county of Cumbria and stretches from Barrow-in-Furness to Penrith.
Westmorland was one of Britain's historic counties, not as old as Yorkshire but with origins in the 13th century. The new district, while including the name, does not however match the historic county boundaries.
The Furness of the name reflects the parts of pre-1974 Lancashire in the new authority. Westmorland & Furness also includes this part of Yorkshire moved in 1974 and also includes a part of historic Cumberland, around Penrith, which is currently the Eden district. The other unitary authority forming the north-west half of the Cumbria split will be known as Cumberland but excludes that area and also does not match the boundaries of the historic county of Cumberland.
The new Westmorland & Furness authority will retain offices in Barrow, Penrith and its principal base of Kendal, which was the centre of the South Lakeland district.
The council is made up of 65 councillors representing 33 wards. These were elected initially as a shadow authority in 2022.
While the new council is deemed a unitary authority there remains also widespread coverage of Parish and Town Councils and Parish Meetings across the district.
Link to Westmorland & Furness Council website.
Westmorland & Furness CouncilPolitical composition as at March 2023:
County authority Abolished
Cumbria County CouncilCumbria County Council, the county authority since 1974, is scrapped under Government changes from April 1, 2023 as two unitary authorities are formed — Westmorland & Furness Council and Cumberland Council.
Cumbria County Council website.
Cumbria County CouncilPolice and Crime Commissioner
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