January 20, 2017: Swaledale Barns, Muker, North Yorkshire

Muker is a village and civil parish at the western end of Swaledale, one of the Yorkshire Dales, in North Yorkshire, England. It is within the district of Richmondshire. The parish includes the hamlets of Angram, Keld, Thwaite, West Stonesdale and Birkdale, as well as the Tan Hill Inn, the highest inn in England. At the 2001 census the civil parish had a population of 309, reducing to 249 at the 2011 census.

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