Askrigg Foundation News Today

A unique archive captures more than two centuries of life in a Yorkshire Dales village – and new contributions are welcome. Betsy Everett reports

A development which has created three affordable homes for rent in a Yorkshire Dales village has been opened.

ASKRIGG parish council, which has been asked to nominate a trustee to serve on the board of the Low Mill Outdoor Education Centre, should look for somebody strong, outspoken, and probably female, members heard at their recent meeting. “There are no women at all on that board. It needs somebody local, somebody really strong who’s not afraid to speak their mind,” said Councillor Greta Kirkbride. Clerk to the council Karen Lynch said Low Mill had told the council it wanted to strengthe...

A RESIDENT who was knocked down by a car in the main street of Askrigg asked Askrigg and Low Abbotside Parish Council to take seriously the problem of “illegal” pavement parking in the village at a meeting conducted via Zoom. Tony Hutchinson of Brecon Bar said in an email that “sooner or later someone will get killed. No more procrastinating; this illegal parking on the pavement throughout the village has to be taken more seriously and addressed as a matter of urgency,” he wrote. An...