Burnsall

Leeds and proud: Jonny Brownlee ahead of the 2017 World Series event in his home city of Leeds

Jonny Brownlee retires: Yorkshire great on his 'superpower' and Olympic career
On the day Jonny Brownlee announced his retirement as a professional athlete by conducting a round of interviews with the local media he has always appreciated,...

Alastair Harvey, lead countryside and woodland advisor at Yorkshire Water, said: “Sadly, we’ve seen incidents this year in Yorkshire where people have lost their lives in reservoirs and other open water."

Bank holiday warning over reservoir dips following tragedies

Many Yorkshire Post readers responded to the announcement by sharing memories of family picnics, summer days by the River Wharfe and walks through Burnsall stretching back decades.

Warning from national park to visitors following Burnsall Park closure

Burnsall in Wharfedale in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Photograph by Tony Johnson. 25th March 2026

Readers share memories and back owners after Burnsall Park closes

Palwasha Akbar aged 13 who tragically died after being rescued from the River Wharfe near Burnsall

Teenager pulled from River Wharfe during heatwave died from drowning

Yorkshire Water launches free water safety sessions for schools during Drowning Prevention Week

Yorkshire Water launches free water safety sessions after deaths

Palwasha Akbar aged 13 who tragically died after being rescued from the River Wharfe near Burnsall

Family pay tribute to girl who died after being rescued from river

Police at Ferry Boat Lane, Old Denaby. River Don in Mexborough: Search continues for 11-year-old boy missing in river

Missing 11-year-old boy named as police continue searching River Don

Emergency services at the scene at the River Wharfe near Burnsall. Credit: Erlend Iversen Skarsholt

13-year-old girl dies after being rescued from River Wharfe

Robert Ogden, artistic director of the Northern Aldborough Festival, outside St Andrew's Church, Aldborough, North Yorkshire, the festival’s principle venue. Credit: Lorne Campbell / Guzelian

'I run a festival amidst Roman ruins - it's a snapshot of Yorkshire at its best'

Robert with his wife Alison

70-year-old Robert gets ready to scale new heights for Sue Ryder

The Great North Air Ambulance Service attended the incident.

Credit: Great North Air Ambulance Service

Air Ambulance responds to two North Yorkshire emergencies where one man died

The River Wharfe in Burnsall

Man in his 30s dies after getting into difficulties in River Wharfe

Burnsall, Wharfdale

The Yorkshire village which feels like a holiday resort with its own beach

The patio with plenty of space to sit and drink in the views

Rare chance to buy a home in one of the Yorkshire Dales best loved villages

Beautiful Burnsall's The Red Lion rural retreat (photo Daniel Thwaites PLC)

Rural retreat: Red Lion revamp is a roaring success

The old Linton Camp in Wharfedale.

Former World War Two evacuees' camp in the Yorkshire Dales for sale

Stony Croft is an idyllic rural spot

Dales home with annexe for sale in an idyllic rural hamlet in reach of Skipton

Members of the public enjoying the unseasonably mild winter weather during a day out exploring Bolton Abbey. (Pic credit: James Hardisty)

The most beautiful places for a winter walk in Yorkshire according to residents

Rainfall is heading towards Yorkshire this week. (Pic credit: Stu Norton)

Yorkshire weather forecast: When and where will it rain in Yorkshire?

Walkers enjoy the limestone landscape of the dry valley above Malham Cove, which has been one of the most popular destinations in the Yorkshire Dales National Park this year. (Photo: Bruce Rollinson)

TikTok video of Yorkshire Dales 'must visit' locations goes viral
A TikTok video showcasing the best of the Yorkshire Dales has taken off on the video sharing platform.
Caroline Howley

The video showed the popular walking spot under water

Dramatic video shows picturesque Yorkshire Dales village under water

Red Lion in Burnsall

Red Lion in Burnsall sold to Daniel Thwaites

Linton

New rangers to be recruited on summer contracts to patrol Dales hotspots

Blackburn House in the hamlet of Thorpe, near Burnsall, is for sale as a whole or in three lots via Carter Jonas.

This dream house in the Dales near Burnsall is for sale with a barn to convert

Burnsall village

Farmer's parking scheme for Burnsall approved despite comparison to multi-storey

All Creatures Great and Small has helped to promote Yorkshire tourism.

Plan needed to deal All Creatures effect on Dales traffic: YP Letters

The stepping stones at Bolton Abbey

Child rescued from water after near-drowning incident at Bolton Abbey

The Wharfe at Ilkley

A firefighter explains why the River Wharfe is so dangerous

Linton Falls

A teenager has drowned while swimming in the Yorkshire Dales

Daffodils on The Stray in Harrogate.
Picture: Gerard Binks

David Behrens: After the deluge, thoughts of spring spread a little happiness

Is horse racing under threat?

YP Letters: MPs display their ignorance on horse racing and welfare
From: John Clark, Burnsall, Skipton.
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Dean Hoyle. PIC: Tony Johnson

My Yorkshire: Huddersfield Town's Dean Hoyle

My Yorkshire: Dean Hoyle, Huddersfield Town chairman

My Yorkshire: John Sutcliffe

PIC: Bruce Rollinson

A visual winter's hymn to God's Own County

Sheffield author Simon Beckett.

My Yorkshire: Author Simon Beckett on his favourite people and places

Calendar Girls Lynda Logan , Beryl Bamforth, Trish Stewart, Angela Baker and Christine Clancy outside Burnsall Village Hall

18 years and Â£4m later, Yorkshire's Calendar Girls prove they were no flash in ...

The views of the late Sir James Goldsmith could still influence the EU referendum debate.

YP Letters: Lessons from James Goldsmith's EU refernedum campaign

Roger Tempest at Broughton Hall.

Roger Tempest - A 21st century lord of the manor

Tim Firth and Gary Barlow outside the Grand Theatre, Leeds, which will stage the premiere of The Girls musical

Video: Singer Gary Barlow named ‘honorary Yorkshireman’ as Calendar Girls premie...

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April 21: Food banks not fault of ‘nasty party’

Gary Barlow, Tim Firth and the original Calendar Girls. Pictures: Matt Crockett and Tony Johnson

Take that: Gary Barlow joins the village people on Calendar Girls - The Musical

Star Trails over Barden Tower in Wharfedale. PIC: Bruce Rollinson

Picture Post: Ancient ruin is the perfect place for stargazing

High Woodhouse

Interiors: Setting High standards

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Welcome support for rescue teams

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Put Prince Charles in charge of environment

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Beware green belt’s irresistible lure to developers

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Bell that has been silent rings out again to mark Olympics

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Walkers and runners set for Trot

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Bracken peril for landowners

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If these walls could talk

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A carry-on at your conveniences

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The Red Lion, Burnsall

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Student marks gap year on high note with own choir

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Cyclist, 79, dies onBolton Abbey trip

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Vikings return to Dales for weekend celebration

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Colourful procession carries 1,000-year-old burial cross found by heating engine...

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