| Coverdale | |
|---|---|
 View of Coverdale looking towards Melmerby | |
.svg)  Coverdale Location within North Yorkshire | |
| OS grid reference | SD055825 |
| Civil parish | |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | DL8 |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
Coverdale is a dale in the far east of the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England. It takes its name from the River Cover, a tributary of the River Ure. The dale runs south-west from the eastern end of Wensleydale to the dale head at a pass, known as Park Rash Pass,[1] between Great Whernside to the south and Buckden Pike to the north. It is accessible by a single track road, which runs the length of the dale and over the pass to Kettlewell in Wharfedale.[2][3] The name is taken from that of the River Cover, which is of Brittonic origin. Ekwall suggested that it might mean "hollow stream", but more recently Andrew Breeze has argued that it is cognate with Welsh gofer "streamlet".[4]
- ^ Yorkshire Dales National Park website: Kettlewell Archived 7 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Coverdale". yorkshiredales.org.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ^ "98" (Map). Wensleydale & Upper Wharfedale. 1:50,000. Landranger. Ordnance Survey. 2016. ISBN 9780319261965.
- ^ Coates, Richard; Breeze, Andrew; Horovitz, David (2000). Celtic Voices English Places: Studies of the Celtic Impact on Place-Names in England. Stamford: Shaun Tyas. pp. 58–60. ISBN 9781900289412. Retrieved 10 March 2021.