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Burley Woodhead is a hamlet in the City of Bradford, in West Yorkshire, England. The hamlet is 1 mile (1.6 km) to the south-west of Burley in Wharfedale and is approximately 3 miles (5 km) from the spa town of Ilkley.[1] Burley Woodhead comprises chiefly of a small cluster of farms and homes along the road from Ilkley to Guiseley at the foot of Burley Moor, though the village is at 560 feet (170 m) above sea level,[2] with the moor being some 1,300 feet (400 m) above sea level. The local public house is The Hermit.[3]

Burley Woodhead
Central part of the settlement
Burley Woodhead Location within West Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SE155445
• London	175 mi (282 km) SSE
Civil parish	Burley
Metropolitan borough	City of Bradford
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ILKLEY
Postcode district	LS29
Dialling code	01943
Police	West Yorkshire
Fire	West Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Shipley
List of places UK England Yorkshire 53.893°N 1.766°W / 53.893; -1.766

Between 1832 and 1976, the hamlet had its own school.[4] The building itself is a grade II listed structure and is now in private hands.[5][6] The primary schooling is in the nearby village of Burley in Wharfedale at the Burley and Woodhead Primary School.[7] The former Wesleyan Chapel, which dates from 1867, is now a private residence.[8]

The moors to the west have attracted meteorologists and tourists to a weather phenomenon known as the brocken spectre. This occurs when it is foggy and the observer is above the fog with the sun behind them, which creates a shadowy figure. The phenomenon is normally associated with mountains, but occurs on Burley Moor because of the local geography and weather conditions. These same conditions produce fog at Leeds Bradford Airport south 2.5 miles (4 km) to the south-east.[2][9]

To the west of the village is the former quarry workings of Burley Woodhead Moor; the face of the quarry is now used by climbers.[10] The hamlet is also crossed by the Ebor Way and the Dales Way walks.[11]

Carr Beck runs through the southern half of the hamlet and is a tributary of the River Wharfe. The beck is dammed to the west of the village and forms Carr Bottom Reservoir, which is not used as a drinking supply, but as a compensation reservoir.[12] White clawed crayfish have been found in the beck.[13] The reservoir is part of the South Pennines SSSI area.[14]

See also

• Listed buildings in Burley in Wharfedale

References

External links

• "Burley Woodhead", Burley Local History Group

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