Cray, North Yorkshire

Cray
Cray
	Cray Location within North Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SD941791
Civil parish	Buckden;
District	Craven;
Shire county	North Yorkshire;
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SKIPTON
Postcode district	BD23
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Skipton and Ripon;

Cray is a hamlet on the B6160 road on a steep hill above Wharfedale in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England. It is near Buckden and the River Wharfe. It is a very popular walking area and is renowned for several waterfalls known collectively as Cray Waterfalls.

Cray Gill Waterfall

On 5 July 2014, the Tour de France Stage 1 from Leeds to Harrogate passed through the village. The village was also the start of the Category 4 climb, Côte de Cray, which lasted for 1.6 kilometres (0.99 mi) at an average gradient of 7.1%. The climb was at the 68 kilometres (42 mi) point in the stage and Benoit Jarrier was the first rider over the top to claim the only point available for the King of the Mountain Competition [1] The climb will be repeated during the Elite Men's race in the 2019 UCI Road World Championships.[2]

References

"Tour de France Stage 1". Archived from the original on 25 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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Map sources for Cray, North Yorkshire

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[1] "Tour de France Stage 1". Archived from the original on 25 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)