Muker

Muker
Muker Village looking west. The beck in the foreground is the Straw Beck, a tributary of the River Swale which it joins a short distance away to the north-east.
Muker is located in North Yorkshire
Muker
Muker
Location within North Yorkshire
Population249 (2011 census)[1]
OS grid referenceNY8901
Civil parish
  • Muker
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townRICHMOND
Postcode districtDL11
Dialling code01748
PoliceNorth Yorkshire
FireNorth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Yorkshire
54°22′34″N 2°08′24″W / 54.376°N 2.140°W / 54.376; -2.140

Muker is a village and civil parish at the western end of Swaledale in North Yorkshire, England, within the Yorkshire Dales.

The parish includes the hamlets and villages of Angram, Keld, Thwaite, West Stonesdale and Birkdale, as well as the Tan Hill Inn, the highest in England. At the 2001 census the civil parish had a population of 309,[2] reducing to 249 at the 2011 census.[1] In 2015, North Yorkshire County Council estimated the population to be 260.[3]

  1. ^ a b UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Muker Parish (E04007508)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  2. ^ UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Muker Parish (36UE069)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  3. ^ "2015 Population Estimates Parishes" (PDF). northyorks.gov.uk. December 2016. p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 June 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2020.