River Skirfare

[5][6][7] The upper reach of the river above the hamlet of Litton is known to dry up in the summer months with the water flowing underground.[8] It is known that there are huge caverns underneath Littondale where the water sinks, but it reappears south of Arncliffe.[10] The water seeping underground is what Marie Hartley and Joan Ingilby state is the reason that saved the valley of Littondale from becoming a huge reservoir.[11] Leeds council considered taking the waters from the river in the 1850s, which they labelled as the "Skirfare Scheme.Imported signal crayfish were kept in a trout farm on the Wharfe in 1983, and it is thought they have got into the river system from there.
River Skirfare in a dry state
EnglandRiver Wharfe B6160 North YorkshireLittondaleOld Norselady's slipper orchidThe White Doe of RylstoneWordsworthHalton GillHesledenLittonArncliffeHawkswickSmith, A. H.Historic EnglandNational Heritage List for EnglandAike BeckArram BeckDerwentDriffield BeckFoulnessGypsey RaceHedon HavenHumberLambwath StreamPocklington BeckTrent FallsWest BeckWinestead DrainArkle BeckBedale BeckBishop DikeCock BeckCod BeckCosta BeckCrimple BeckEller BeckGreta (Lune)HertfordHodge BeckHolgate BeckMalham BeckOak BeckPickering BeckRamsdale BeckRibbleRiccallRisedale BeckSea CutSkeeby BeckSkelton BeckSpital BeckWashburnWenningWharfeBlackburn BrookCheswoldDearneEa BeckLimb BrookLittle DonLoxleyMeers BrookOld Hay BrookPorter BrookRivelinRotherShire BrookTotley BrookWyming BrookBradford BeckBlack BrookCalderHarden BeckHebble BrookHebden WaterHolme BeckLaneshawMeanwood BeckPudsey BeckRyburnTyersal BeckWyke Beck