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Angram, Richmondshire

Angram
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Angram is located in North Yorkshire
Angram
Angram
Angram shown within North Yorkshire
OS grid reference SD888997
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town RICHMOND
Postcode district DL11
Dialling code 01748
Police North Yorkshire
Fire North Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
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54°23′35″N 2°10′30″W / 54.393°N 2.175°W / 54.393; -2.175Coordinates: 54°23′35″N 2°10′30″W / 54.393°N 2.175°W / 54.393; -2.175

Angram is a hamlet in the Yorkshire Dales in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated near to Keld to the north and Thwaite to the south. Angram forms part of the civil parish of Muker.

The hamlet is within the Richmond; the Swaledale ward of Richmondshire District Council and the Upper Dales Electoral Division of North Yorkshire County Council.

The hamlet is located on the B6270 between Thwaite and Keld below Great Shunner Fell and close to a small beck named Skeb Skeugh. The area around this beck, known as Angram Bottoms, has been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). It is made of seven fields covering 24.2 acres supporting a diverse habitat of flora. A combination of mire and wet grassland, due to many sinkholes and springs. Plants in the wet grasslands that can be found here include sharp-flowered rush, lesser spearwort, slender tufted-sedge, bottle sedge, common marsh-bedstraw, northern marsh-orchid, marsh-marigold and meadowsweet. Other areas of marsh support marsh lousewort, carnation sedge, flea sedge, star sedge, marsh valerian and marsh violet.


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