River Wharfe

River Wharfe
Linton Falls, on the upper Wharfe near Grassington
Location
Country	England
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Beckermonds, Langstrothdale Chase
• coordinates	54°13′03″N 2°11′39″W / 54.217481°N 2.194231°W / 54.217481; -2.194231
• elevation	310 m (1,020 ft)
Mouth
• location	River Ouse at Wharfe's Mouth, near Cawood
• coordinates	53°50′39″N 1°07′46″W / 53.8441°N 1.129544°W / 53.8441; -1.129544
• elevation	4.9 m (16 ft)
Length	65 mi (104.6 km)

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Legend
Oughtershaw Beck/Green Field Beck Deepdale Bridge Deepdale Gill Hagg Gill Bowther Gill Strans Gill Hubbersholme Bridge Kirk Gill Cow Close Gill Buckden Bridge Buckden Beck Step Gill Cam Gill Beck Falcon Beard Beck Hush Gutter Kettlewell Beck  B6160  Kettlewell New Bridge Black Keld River Skirfare How Beck Conistone Bridge White Beck Davy Keld Scar Lash Waterfall Dib Beck Robin Hood's Beck  B6265  Grassington Bridge Captain Beck Linton Falls Hydro Linton Falls (lower weir) Tin Bridge (footbridge) Brow Well Isingdale Beck Howgill Beck Suspension Bridge (footbridge) Hebden Beck Sandbed Beck Burnsall Bridge Barben Beck The Old Gutter Mill Island Hall Wells Dike Foul Sike Fir Beck Bumby Dike Gill Beck Barden Bridge Footbridge/Aqueduct Barden Beck The Strid Hollin Beck Posforth Gill Ludd Stream Islands Footbridge Cowpert Gill Stead Dike Pickles Beck Waterfall Bridge (footbridge) Raven's Gill Beck Bolton Bridge  A59  Bridge Kex Beck Lathehouse Beck Wine Beck Footbridge Footbridge West Hall Beck Footbridge Dean Beck Mill Stream Hawksworth Island Footbridge New Brook Street Bridge Ilkey Footbridge Beanlands Island Denton Bridge West Beck Burley Hydro Mill Dam Beck Boot's Beck  B6451  Bridge Street Otley Footbridge River Washburn The Goit  A658  Pool Bridge Railway Bridge (York-Harrogate-Leeds Line) Weeton Beck Mill Race  A61  Harewood Bridge Stank Beck Woodhall Bridge (footbridge) Linton Bridge Collingham Collingham Beck Footbridge  A661  Wetherby  A58  Wetherby  A1  Wetherby Thorp Arch Bridge Boston Spa Wharfe Bridge (dismantled railway) Hay Dike Viaduct Walk Tadcaster (footbridge) Limit of navigation  A659  Tadcaster Bridge  A64  Bridge Cock Beck Railway Bridge (York-Leeds/Sheffield Line) Footbridge Owl Sike East Coast Main Line Railway Bridge Pailbank Drain The Fleet River Ouse

The River Wharfe (/hwɔːrf/ WHORF) is a river in Yorkshire, England originating within the Yorkshire Dales National Park. For much of its middle course it is the county boundary between West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire. Its valley is known as Wharfedale.

The watercourse first becomes known as the River Wharfe at the confluence of Greenfield Beck and Oughtershaw Beck at Beckermonds. Flowing initially through Langstrothdale, it then passes by, or in some cases through, Kettlewell, Grassington, Bolton Abbey, Addingham, Ilkley, Burley-in-Wharfedale, Otley, Wetherby and Tadcaster. It then flows into the River Ouse near Cawood. The section of the river from its source to around Addingham is in Upper Wharfedale and has a very different character to the river downstream.

The Wharfe is 65 miles (104.6 km) long (before it joins the Ouse), making it the 21st longest river in Britain.^[1] It is a public navigation from the weir at Tadcaster to its junction with the Ouse near Cawood and is tidal from Ulleskelf to the Ouse.