prone to flooding the sports fields (and a few houses) that occupy the watermeadows . Nearby are the North Yorkshire hamlets of Middleton (1 mile), Denton (2.7) and Bolton Abbey (6); the villages of Addingham (3.1), Burley-in-Wharfedale (3.8) and Menston (5.4); and the towns of Guiseley (7.6) and Skipton (9.4). The