Walden...

Not titled ‘dale’ but a small picturesque dale non the less, at its head, the towering Buckden Pike, limiting access to neighbouring Wharfedale to only bridleways and footpaths, and at its foot the acclaimed village of West Burton sitting at the juncture of Walden, Bishopdale and Wensleydale.

There is no village, only farms and houses scattered on the hillsides amid woodland and tree lined meadows that rise from the bubbling Walden Beck to the open, heather topped fellsides above.  The valley gently twists and turns shyly revealing more of its charm with every bend.  A truly upland dale of small proportions but with immense character and deep tranquillity.