Settle is a little market community as well as civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is served by Settle railway station located near the community centre, as well as Giggleswick railway station which is a mile away. It is 29 miles (47 km) from Leeds Bradford Airport. The main road through Settle is the B6480, which links to the A65, linking Settle to Leeds, Ilkley, Skipton and also Kendal. The community has a population of 2,421 according to the 2001 Census increasing to 2,564 at the 2011 Census. Work out belonged to the West Riding of Yorkshire. It lies in Ribblesdale, at the southerly edge of the Yorkshire Dales, within a few miles of the Three Peaks. Instantly ignoring the community is Castlebergh, a 300 feet (91 m) limestone crag, and to the eastern is Malham which remained in the former Settle Rural Area. The River Ribble gave power for Settle's former cotton mills, as well as is currently being used by Settle Hydro, a micro hydroelectric scheme, to supply 50 kW of power to the National Grid.