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This photograph is taken from my garden and shows the river in winter. Needless to say my fishing rights off my garden wall are of no use to me this week! The Bain is a short river but has a high flow-rate as it drains the glacial lake, Semerwater, and all the smaller dales off Raydale which is a blind ending dale off Wensleydale. One kilometre to the north of Bainbridge village the Bain flows into the River Ure.
©Geoff Keeble
This view of the village is from the Roman Fort above the Bain to the East and shows the 18th century waterpowered mill and the Congregational Chapel dating from 1851. In the distance the Roman Road climbs West towards Lancaster.
©Geoff Keeble
©Richard Slessor
©Richard Slessor
©Richard Slessor
The Bain is reputed to be the shortest river in England, running just over two miles from Semerwater to the Ure.
©Gordon Hatton
A view towards Bainbridge from the north.
©Gordon Hatton
©John Firth
©John Firth
Dist:0.1km<br/>Upper Wensleydale was the birthplace of Quakerism and is still something of a hotbed of the faith. Old millstone in foreground, probably from the former mill just to the south of this spot on the bank of the River Bain.
©David Pickersgill
Dist:0.1km<br/>The Quaker chapel in Bainbridge. The Yorkshire Dales has a long history of Quakerism, with meeting houses in many villages.
©Gordon Hatton
Dist:0.2km<br/>Strangely the date given on the menus is AD 1425
©John Firth
Dist:0.2km<br/>This complex of buildings [minus the 20th century additions]was built originally as a grammar school in the 19th century. It is interesting to note the difference between the rather humble school building in the foreground and the much grander headmaster's house beyond. For several decades the buildings were used as offices for the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority, but they moved into new purpose built accommodation at the other end of the village in 2005. Yorebridge House is now a hotel.
©Gordon Hatton
Dist:0.2km<br/>View from Brough Pasture looking down towards the Rose & Crown Hotel in Bainbridge.
©Peter McDermott
Dist:0.2km<br/>Village stocks in the left foreground. The white building is the Rose & Crown Hotel.
©David Pickersgill

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