Gollinglith Foot
{{Short description|Hamlet in North Yorkshire, England}}
{{use British English|date=December 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country = England
| coordinates = {{coord|54.2244|-1.7662|display=inline,title}}
| official_name = Gollinglith Foot
| static_image = Gollinglith Foot from Coal Road - geograph.org.uk - 278701.jpg
| static_image_caption = Gollinglith Foot from the west
| population =
| civil_parish = Healey
| unitary_england = North Yorkshire
| lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire
| region = Yorkshire and the Humber
| constituency_westminster =
| post_town = RIPON
| postcode_district = HG4
| postcode_area = HG
| dial_code =
| os_grid_reference = SE154810
}}
Gollinglith Foot ({{respell|GOWN|li|_|FOOT}}), historically also spelt Gownley Foot,e.g. in record of Elizabeth Verity (1858) at {{cite web|url=http://www.grewelthorpe.org.uk/Family-History/verity-family|publisher=Grewelthorpe village website|title=Verity family|accessdate=29 April 2020}} is a hamlet in the civil parish of Healey in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It lies on the River Burn near the foot of Colsterdale.
It takes its name from the moorland ridge known as Gollinglith {{convert|2|mi|0}} west of the hamlet, between the valleys of the River Burn and Spruce Gill Beck.
Gollinglith Foot was once a thriving mining community. Iron, lead and coal have all been mined from the area. It once had its own school, founded in 1787.{{cite web|url=http://www.visitoruk.com/Richmond/healey-C592-V24462.html|publisher=Welcome to Richmond|title=Healey}}
From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Harrogate, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.
The Six Dales Trail passes through the hamlet.{{cite book|title=The Six Dales Trail|first=John|last=Sparshatt|year=2011|page=32|isbn=978 0 9564441 1 0}}
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