54°36′00″N 2°12′32″W / 54.600°N 2.209°W / 54.600; -2.209
Grassholme Reservoir and Bridge, Lunedale. The flat grass hill on the horizon is in fact the dam of Selset Reservoir .
Lunedale is the dale , or valley, of the River Lune , on the east side of the Pennines in England, west of Middleton-in-Teesdale .[ 1] Its principal settlements are Grassholme , Thringarth and Bowbank .
Lunedale is also the name of a civil parish which covers most of the north side of the dale. The population of the parish was not counted separately at the 2011 census , but the combined population of Lunedale and Holwick parishes was 187.[ 2] Most of the south side of the dale is in the civil parish of Mickleton .
Lunedale was historically in the North Riding of Yorkshire , but since 1974 has been in County Durham .
The River Lune flows through Lunedale before reaching Teesdale where it joins the River Tees . The river flows through two reservoirs on the way: Selset Reservoir and Grassholme Reservoir . Running roughly parallel to Lunedale to the south is Baldersdale .
The Pennine Way passes through Lunedale on its way to Middleton-in-Teesdale , and crosses Grassholme Bridge over Grassholme Reservoir.
A former railway viaduct from the now-closed Barnard Castle to Middleton-in-Teesdale line crosses the River Lune just north of Mickleton .
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