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River Wharfe

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Length105 km
Source elevation 305
Mouth River Ouse
Country United Kingdom
SourcesOughtershaw Beck
Green Field Beck
Cities Ilkley
Otley
Grassington
Burnsall
Wetherby
Kettlewell
Buckden
Appletreewick
Collingham
Hubberholme
Ulleskelf
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About River Wharfe


The River Wharfe is a river in Yorkshire, England. For much of its length it is the county boundary between West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire. Its valley is known as Wharfedale.

Campaigners slam government river bathing decision

Campaigners slam government river bathing decision
Mar 10,2023 3:00 pm

... The vast majority of them are coastal with just two, in Yorkshire on the River Wharfe and Oxfordshire, on the Thames on rivers...

Rare ice pancakes form on River Wharfe in Yorkshire

Rare ice pancakes form on River Wharfe in Yorkshire
Dec 15,2022 1:51 pm

... The phenomenon, which is caused when foam floating on the top of a river freezes, was spotted on the River Wharfe near Bolton Priory on Wednesday...

Ilkley: A tour of the Sunday Times' best place to live winner

Ilkley: A tour of the Sunday Times' best place to live winner
Apr 9,2022 11:40 am

... " Clean-up campaignLocals have mounted a campaign over the last few years to clean up the River Wharfe, which was recently given a " poor" bathing water status by the Environment Agency...

Segway: the end of the road for the much-hyped two-Wheeler

Segway: the end of the road for the much-hyped two-Wheeler
Jun 24,2020 12:55 pm

... Jimi Heselden crashed into the River Wharfe while using his Segway on his estate in West Yorkshire, only 10 months after the purchase of the company in the year 2009...

Yorkshire Dales hit by floods after heavy rains

Yorkshire Dales hit by floods after heavy rains
Feb 22,2020 3:40 pm

... The Environment Agency said: most of the action on Friday night and Saturday morning on the River Wharfe and river Ure, but the run-off from the Dales was hardly to be said to impact on downstream areas, North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service, that about 10 properties had flooded in, and the village in the vicinity of Giggleswick was also affected...

Headlines: Harry's 'sadness' and 'Duke and Duchess of Netflix'

Headlines: Harry's 'sadness' and 'Duke and Duchess of Netflix'
Feb 16,2020 10:16 am

... The River Wharfe attracted thousands of people to bathe, while in the last summer of the heat wave, but the people in the vicinity have said, the paper that found levels of bacteria in the water, which regularly reach dangerous levels, because of problems with a nearby wastewater treatment plant...

Headlines: Harry's 'sadness' and 'Duke and Duchess of Netflix'

Feb 16,2020 10:16 am

Prince Harry gave a speech at a charity event on Sunday evening

The Front pages of the Newspapers are Once Again dominated by The Duke and Duchess of Sussex's withdrawal from front-line Royal duties, which reflects the late expenditure, Prince Harry , the first public speech on the subject on Sunday evening.

focuses on him speaks of his sadness in The Affair to the result, while the highlights of his statement, he loves the United Kingdom, but no other choice was left as to the relocation of His Family to Canada .

reports that Prince Charles funds is the pair of its own private investment, but that The Arrangement will be reviewed in a Year .

claims Harry and Meghan are planning to produce a production company, what it calls " documentaries, the 'worthy' questions".

The Paper also quoted a senior Executive at Netflix, says The Company would like to work with you.

The ongoing story in a series of publications around The World .

The New York Post calls it the "Great British Break", while the West Australian with the headline: "The Royal formerly known as prince".

cervical cancer vaccine

reports claimed that the cervix could be cancer, wiped out in England, thanks to a new vaccination and screening program.

The NHS will now be checking regularly, each woman for HPV, The Virus that causes most cases.

The Paper 's science editor, Ian Sample, means that the disease is completely preventable, but unfounded fears about the safety of vaccines, efforts to curb it could hinder.

The River

swimming is watching a campaign to be a river in West Yorkshire , as the country of the first means, suitable for swimming.

The River Wharfe attracted thousands of people to bathe, while in the Last Summer of the heat wave, but the people in the vicinity have said, The Paper that found levels of bacteria in the water, which regularly reach dangerous levels, because of problems with a nearby wastewater treatment plant.

you hope that your application for the official bathing status, it remains free from pollution, as they would force the environmental Agency to perform tests on the water every week during the Summer .

in The Paper welcomes The Campaign , and calls for the government to do more to ensure that other rivers can benefit from the same protection.



Source of news: bbc.com

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