Stean is a small village in upper Nidderdale in North Yorkshire, England. It is north of Pateley Bridge. The village is located on Stean Beck, a tributary of the

River Nidd The River Nidd is a tributary of the River Ouse in the English county of North Yorkshire. In its first few miles it is dammed three times to create Angram Reservoir, Scar House Reservoir and Gouthwaite Reservoir, which attract a total of aroun ...

. Below Stean the beck flows through How Stean Gorge which includes a cave named after Tom Taylor, a

highwayman A highwayman was a robber who stole from travellers. This type of thief usually travelled and robbed by horse as compared to a footpad who travelled and robbed on foot; mounted highwaymen were widely considered to be socially superior to footp ...

who is rumoured to have hidden there.

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Nidderdale Villages in North Yorkshire {{harrogate-geo-stub