Pool-in-Wharfedale

{{Short description|Village and civil parish in West Yorkshire, England}} {{use British English|date=January 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | official_name = Pool-in-Wharfedale | pushpin_map = United Kingdom Leeds | population = 2,284 | population_ref = ''(2011)'' | civil_parish = Pool<ref>{{cite web|url=http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/doc/7000000000016635|title=Pool|publisher=Ordnance Survey|accessdate=4 November 2021}}</ref> | metropolitan_borough = City of Leeds | metropolitan_county = West Yorkshire | region = Yorkshire and the Humber | constituency_westminster = Leeds North West | post_town = OTLEY | postcode_district = LS21 | postcode_area = LS | dial_code = 0113 | os_grid_reference = SE244453 | coordinates = {{coord|53.903|-1.630|type:city(2000)_region:GB|display=inline,title}} | static_image = Pool in Wharfedale Church.jpg | static_image_width = | static_image_caption = Pool-in-Wharfedale Anglican Church | london_distance = }}

'''Pool-in-Wharfedale'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/doc/4000000074569225|title=Pool-in-Wharfedale|publisher=Ordnance Survey|accessdate=4 November 2021}}</ref> or '''Pool in Wharfedale''',<ref name="parishcouncil">{{cite web |title=Welcome to Pool in Wharfedale Parish Council |url=http://www.poolparishcouncil.gov.uk/ |publisher=Pool in Wharfedale Parish Council |accessdate=30 July 2018}}</ref> usually abbreviated to '''Pool''', is a village and civil parish in Lower Wharfedale, West Yorkshire, England, {{convert|10|mi}} north of Leeds city centre, {{convert|11|mi}} north-east of Bradford, and {{convert|2|mi}} east of Otley. It is in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, and within the historic boundaries of the West Riding of Yorkshire.

Pool in Wharfedale is connected to the rest of West Yorkshire and surrounding areas by trunk roads and buses. It had a railway station, which linked the village to Leeds, until it closed as part of the Beeching Axe, but Weeton railway station is nearby. It had a population of 2,284 at the 2011 Census,<ref>{{NOMIS2011|id=1170211002|title=Pool Parish | access-date=30 July 2018}}</ref> up from 1,785 in 2001.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790272 |publisher=Office for National Statistics |title=Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Leeds |accessdate=10 September 2009 |work=Neighbourhood Statistics |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319120527/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790272 |archivedate=19 March 2015 }}</ref>

Pool is a scenic village and enjoys views in most directions, including The Chevin, the Arthington Viaduct and Almscliffe Crag. Running past the outskirts of Pool is the River Wharfe, which is prone to flooding. Nearby is Pool Bank, a steep hill.

There is a parish council, the lowest tier of local government.<ref name=parishcouncil />

== History == The name Pool derives from the Old English ''Pofel'', a word of unknown meaning and origin, perhaps related to the Scots word ''poffle'' meaning 'a small piece of land'.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Yorkshire%20WR/Pool|title=Pool |website=Key to English Place-Names |publisher=The Institute for Name-Studies |access-date=27 October 2025}}</ref>

The history of Pool-in-Wharfedade is well documented, with an archive held by Pool Parish Council.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|title=POOL-IN-WHARFEDALE – A JOURNEY BACK IN TIME|url=https://www.poolinwharfedalehistory.co.uk/|access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref> It is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Pouele in the Liberty of Otley.<ref name=":0" />

In 1881 the diarist John Dickinson wrote: "The people down at Pool are chiefly poor working people who are dependent on the paper mill and stone quarry and those trades are very bad just now. But there are several gentlemen's residences occupied by retired tradesmen from Leeds."<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Harker |editor-first=Ronald |date=1988 |title=Timble Man: Diaries of a Dalesman |publisher=Hendon Publishing |page=35 |isbn=0-86067-110-0 }}</ref>

On 5 July 2014, the Tour de France Stage 1 from Leeds to Harrogate passed through the village.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.letour.com/le-tour/2014/us/stage-1.html|title=Tour de France Stage 1|accessdate=15 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140725103624/http://www.letour.com/le-tour/2014/us/stage-1.html|archivedate=25 July 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The village is represented in association football by Pool AFC who compete in the West Yorkshire Football League and play at the sports complex on Arthington Lane.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.poolafc.com/contact|title=Contact Pool AFC|website=www.poolafc.com|accessdate=7 May 2026}}</ref>

In recent years the village has rapidly increased in size with the construction of many new homes.

==Amenities== The village amenities include a pub, a post office, a garage, one primary school, a petrol station, a sports and social club with bar and the village hall. It also has two parks and miles of riverside walks. The church of St Wilfred was rebuilt in 1839 on the site of a chapel of ease; its architect was Robert Dennis Chantrell.

==Gallery== <gallery> File:Half Moon Inn, Pool-in-Wharfedale.jpg|Half Moon Inn, now closed File:The White Hart, Pool-in-Wharfedale.jpg|The White Hart File:Pool-in-Wharfedale war memorial.jpg|War memorial listing those from Pool who died in the Great War, the Second World War and the Iraq conflict File:Shell filling station in Pool-in-Wharfedale.jpg|Shell filling station File:River Wharfe at Pool-in-Wharfedale.jpg|The River Wharfe looking downstream from the A658 bridge File:Victorian terrace houses in Pool-in-Wharfedale.jpg|Victorian Terraces in the village File:Pool-in-Wharfedale Post Office.jpg|The Post Office File:Pharmacy in Pool-in-Wharfedale.jpg|The village pharmacy </gallery>

==Location grid== {{NSEW|Stainburn|Bramhope|Arthington|Otley|||||}}

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==External links== {{Commons category|Pool-in-Wharfedale}} * {{Genuki|county=WRY|Otley||Pool}}

Category:Villages in West Yorkshire Category:City of Leeds Category:Wharfedale Category:Civil parishes in West Yorkshire