It is a public navigation from the weir at Tadcaster to its junction with the Ouse near Cawood and is tidal from Ulleskelf to the Ouse. The Wharfe is 65 miles (104.6 km) long (before it joins the Ouse), making it the 21st longest river in Britain. The section of the river from its source to around Addingham is in Upper Wharfedale and has a very different character to the river downstream. It then flows into the River Ouse near Cawood. Flowing initially through Langstrothdale, it then passes by, or in some cases through, Kettlewell, Grassington, Bolton Abbey, Addingham, Ilkley, Burley-in-Wharfedale, Otley, Wetherby and Tadcaster. The watercourse first becomes known as the River Wharfe at the confluence of Greenfield Beck and Oughtershaw Beck at Beckermonds. For much of its middle course it is the county boundary between West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire. The River Wharfe ( / hw ɔːr f/ WHORF) is a river in Yorkshire, England originating within the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
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