Oughtershaw is a hamlet in the Yorkshire Dales

Yorkshire Dales

The Yorkshire Dales is the name given to an upland area in Northern England.The area lies within the historic county boundaries of Yorkshire, though it spans the ceremonial counties of North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Cumbria...

, North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan or shire county located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and a ceremonial county primarily in that region but partly in North East England. Created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972 it covers an area of , making it the largest...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. It lies on a road it shares with other small villages. Gayle

Gayle, North Yorkshire

Gayle is a hamlet sited a mile south of Hawes in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, England.Gayle was originally a farming settlement but the population grew during the late 18th century to around 350 with employment in local quarries, coal-mining in Sleddale and in a water-driven cotton mill on Gayle...

, Deepdale, Yockenthwaite

Yockenthwaite

Yockenthwaite is a hamlet in the Langstrothdale valley in the Yorkshire Dales in the north of England.Yockenthwaite lies on the north bank of the River Wharfe...

 and Hubberholme

Hubberholme

Hubberholme is an old village in Upper Wharfedale in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England, at the point where Langstrothdale meets Wharfedale. It is quite secluded and the nearest village is Buckden....

. Contrary to popular belief the river running past Oughtershaw is not the Wharfe, it is in fact Oughtershaw Beck which runs down to Beckermonds

Beckermonds

Beckermonds is a small hamlet in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. It lies on the conversion of the Green Field Beck and the River Wharfe. The hamlet lies on the Langstrothdale Chase, from which the River Wharfe originates.-External links:*...

 and then merges with Greenfield Beck to source the River Wharfe

River Wharfe

The River Wharfe is a river in Yorkshire, England. For much of its length it is the county boundary between West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire. The name Wharfe is Celtic and means "twisting, winding".The valley of the River Wharfe is known as Wharfedale...

 at the Langstrothdale

Langstrothdale

Langstrothdale is a valley in the Yorkshire Dales in North Yorkshire, England. The uppermost course of the River Wharfe runs through it, but Wharfedale does not begin until the Wharfe meets Cray Gill, downstream of Hubberholme....

chase.
Oughtershaw is one of the hamlets on "The Dalesway" a long distance walk that starts in the West Yorkshire town of Ilkey and travels eighty two miles to Windermere in Cumbria