is the A65 Leeds to Kendal road. There has been a long-running campaign to have a by-pass built around the village. Gargrave railway station is served by rail services to Skipton and Leeds to the east and Morecambe and Carlisle to the west. Gargrave has bus links to Skipton, Settle, Malham, Barnoldswick and Preston. Religion The parish church is dedicated to St Andrew was built in 1521 and restored in 1852, though there is thought to have been a church on the site long before this time. Robert of Newminster who was born in the parish in about 1100 was an early rector. Former Chancellor of the Exchequer Iain Macleod is buried in the south-east corner of the churchyard. Leisure Being on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park and having the Pennine Way National Trail going through the village, Gargrave is a popular destination for hikers and cyclists. Gargrave has a village hall hosting art exhibitions, tea dances, snooker, lectures, indoor bowls and pantomimes. Sport Gargrave AFC, the village football club, had an A and a B team playing in the Premier Division and Division 1 of the Craven League until 2016 when they withdrew from the league. The cricket club has first and second team playing in the Craven and District Cricket League. There is also a snooker club and a bowling club in the village as well as the Craven Lawn Tennis Club being sited there. Since the turn of the century there is a golf society run from the Masons Arms public house in the village. Notable people St Robert of Newminster (c.1100–1159), priest and abbot, was born in Gargrave. Adam Osgodby (died 1316), English lawyer and parson of Gargrave. Robert Shute (died April 1590), English judge and politician, was born in Gargrave. Robert Story (1795–1860), known as "the Craven Poet", lived in Gargrave. The Rt Hon Iain Macleod (1913–1970), British politician and government minister, is buried in Gargrave churchyard. The Rt Rev'd Ian Harland (1932–2008), former Bishop of Lancaster and Carlisle, retired to Gargrave in 2000. Julian Sands, actor, lived in Gargrave from 1963 until the mid-1970's References External links The Leeds Liverpool Canal in Gargrave Genuki Homepage Gargrave Homepage Craven and District Cricket League Masons Arms Golf Society Gargrave Parish Council Villages in North Yorkshire Civil parishes in North Yorkshire Craven District