Giggleswick
Giggleswick railway station serves the village of Giggleswick in North Yorkshire. The station is approx one mile from the town of Settle and is served by trains between Leeds and Morecambe. It is unstaffed and operated by Northern Rail, who provide all passenger train services.
Opened by the ‘little’ North Western Railway in 1849, it was originally known as Settle Station, as it was the first station to serve the town. Following the completion of the Settle-Carlisle Railway, the station name was altered to Giggleswick in November 1877 to avoid confusion with the recently opened Settle station a mile to the east.
The parish church is named after St Alkelda. The present building dates mostly from the 15th century, but carved stones discovered during the restoration of 1890-2 indicated that a building existed on the site before the Norman Conquest. It is a Grade I listed building.
Giggleswick is famous for its Public School, built in 1897 in the Byzantine style and has quite a list of celebrities who attended or taught at the school. The late Richard Whiteley of Channel 4′s Countdown was a pupil and Russell Harty was an English teacher at the school at the same time. The internationally renowned operatic soprano, Sarah Fox, was born in the village and attended Giggleswick School.
Giggleswick is also famous locally amongst rock climbers for an excellent limestone crag, retro-bolted with many sports routes during 2005 & 2006. The crag may be found opposite the golf course (Settle Golf Club) on the B6480, North of Giggleswick.
Address
Giggleswick Station
Station Approach
Giggleswick
Settle
North Yorkshire
BD24 0EA
Grid Reference
SD 802269 – for a map visit www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk and enter the grid reference.
Operator
Timetable
Leeds to Carlise, Leeds to Morecambe/Heysham Port and Lancaster to Morecambe
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Facilities
- Unmanned station
- Regular service to Lancaster/Morecambe & Heysham Port and Leeds
- Car park (20 spaces)
- Waiting shelter on Leeds bound platform
- Additional seating on platforms
- Payphone on car park
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Other Information
- Buses operate from the village - click here for bus timetables
- Rail User Group – Lancaster & Skipton Rail User Group
- To see Giggleswick School’s website click here
- Giggleswick (and Settle) is close to the Forest of Bowland – for more information about this area of Outstanding Natural Beauty click here
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