The Small Market Town of Settle, North Yorkshire

The small market town of Settle, North Yorkshire, England lies within the western region of the county, which itself lies in the northeastern part of the country. It is a small town, with a population of only around 2,500 people. It is also a popular tourist destination, attracting people from all around the world.

Settle has its own railway station, and is only 29 or so miles from the international airport located in the much larger city of Leeds. It lies at the southern edge of the Yorkshire Dales, a large national park of some significance, and only a few miles away from the nationally-known Three Peaks, a grouping of three low mountains of around 2,600 feet in height.

There is a large and lively market held in the town every Tuesday. Many shops and stores surround this market, and several of them offer goods that are unique to the town and the region. Tourists are also drawn to Settle for the quality of its local caves, many of which contain artifacts of prehistoric character. Specimens of mammoth and hippopotamus have been found in them, along with flint and other ornaments.

There are also many sites of historic interest in the region surrounding the town. Additionally, the Yorkshire Dales, created as a national park in 1954, offers ample opportunity for exploration, hiking and sightseeing. Settle itself is part of the Craven district, which is one of seven such entities within the county.

The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of North Yorkshire, in which Settle resides, boasts a current population of around 1.1 million people. It is also the largest ceremonial county in all of England, by land area, being created in 1974 as the result of the Local Government Act of 1972. Both the market town of Settle and the county itself present numerous opportunities for touring and sightseeing across its whole breadth and depth.