 reeth is a village about 11 miles west of richmond in the richmondshire district of north yorkshire, england, located within the civil parish of reeth, fremington and healaugh. it is considered to be the principal settlement of upper swaledale.reeth, yorkshire dales ==history== thumb|left|the swing bridge at reeth, originally built in 1920 was demolished by an uprooted tree in 2000, what stands now is a replica, opened in 2002 in saxon times, reeth was only a settlement on the forest edge, but by the time of the norman conquest it had grown sufficiently in importance to be noted in the domesday book. later it became a centre for hand-knitting and the local lead industry was controlled from here, but it was always a market centre for the local farming community. on 5 july 2014, the tour de france stage 1 from leeds to harrogate passed through the village. ==governance== the village lies within the richmond (yorks) parliamentary constituency, which has been represented since 1989 by conservative william hague. it also lies within the upper dales electoral division of north yorkshire county council and the reeth and arkengarthdale ward of richmondshire district council. ==geography== reeth is located on the b6270 road that crosses the entirety of swaledale, linking richmond with kirkby stephen in cumbria. nearby settlements to reeth include the fellow parish villages of fremington  east and healaugh  to the west, as well as grinton,  to the east. reeth is situated at the meeting point of the two most northerly of the yorkshire dales: swaledale and arkengarthdale. it is also near to reeth that arkle beck from the north joins the river swale. the village is overlooked by the fells of fremington edge and calver hill. ===demography
Richmondshire Swaledale Villages_in_North_Yorkshire