A bit about our Village

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Melmerby is a hamlet situated in Coverdale in the Yorkshire Dales, roughly four and a half miles SSW of Leyburn. The village stands on a sloping plateau between 250 and 290 metres above sea level. South of the village, the ground drops away to the river Cover, while to the north, the ground climbs over Melmerby Moor to the bulk of Pen Hill (520 metres above sea level).
There are about 30 people living here full time and another 14 or so who own 7 holiday homes here and visit regularly. There are 4 working farms.
The village has its own spring water supply - housed below Melmerby Moor, for which a treatment plant was installed about 3 years ago. This is looked after on a rota basis by some of the villagers. (See picture on Melmerby PRESENT page).

There are bed and breakfast and holiday cottages for rent in the village. Click on the "local businesses" button on the home page for more details of (West Close Farmhouse) and (Mile House East).

There is also an antique furniture restorer and cane furniture restorers - see local businesses link on home page. (AA and LA Jones) on "local businesses" link.

The Methodist Chapel's services are shown on a link from the home page and are updated resularly.
This site was created by Dot Relph and Tony Keates.If anyone has any information to offer to add to our site, please contact us via the email button on homepage.

On August 2nd 2003 Melmerby was flooded following torrential rain and below are some pictures of the event.

Protecting our house
Standing in the porch watching the floods
The village water plant nearly submerged.