This is a documentary film made by Ken Leckenby of Leeds Mercury Movie Makers, providing a running commentary of the places and their history going through Nidderdale in Yorkshire. Title – Focus on Nidderdale KL Films The film begins with a montage of various places in Nidderdale.  It then begins proper with Nidderdale Church followed by views over the valley and Pateley Bridge.  Families wander over the rocks by the stream.  A girl pushes a smaller girl on a rope swing on a tree in the...

This is a documentary film made by Ken Leckenby of Leeds Mercury Movie Makers, providing a running commentary of the places and their history going through Nidderdale in Yorkshire. Title – Focus on Nidderdale KL Films The film begins with a montage of various places in Nidderdale.  It then begins proper with Nidderdale Church followed by views over the valley and Pateley Bridge.  Families wander over the rocks by the stream.  A girl pushes a smaller girl on a rope swing on a tree in the village green of Lansdale outside the York Arms Hotel.  There is the Hostelry, the Sportsman’s Arms in Wath, with a view looking down onto Gouthwaite Reservoir where several species of birds are seen.  The film moves on down the river towards Pateley Bridge is the 35ft water wheel.  A visitor goes into Stump Cross Caverns, followed by a tour of Pateley Bridge. At Brimham Rocks, families are enjoying a day out.  Moving towards Knaresbrough where the river meets the weir at Birstwith, the river cascades down a series of steps.  At the village of Hampsthwaite, the filmmaker takes a look around the village and church before moving onto the nearby ruins of Fountains Abbey, the village, and the old stocks.  At Ripley, the castle and church can be seen.  The church has with bullet holes where Cromwell’s men carried out executions after the Battle of Marston Moor.  Then it’s to the Valley Gardens at Harrogate, with the Sun Colonnade, the shopping centre, and the new International Conference Centre and The Shay.  In Knaresborough, the castle and Plumton Rocks in autumn can be seen.  Finally onto the maypole at Nunn Monkton, and the duck pond, where the River Nidd joins the Ouse.  Here, there are men fishing. Title – Filmed and produced by Ken Leckenby Cine Sync, sound recording system The End A KL Production