Healaugh, Richmondshire

{{Short description|Village in North Yorkshire, England}}

{{for|the place in Selby district|Healaugh, Tadcaster}}

{{Use British English|date=November 2019}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| static_image = 153977 5721238c-Healaugh(CharlesRawding)Apr2006.jpg

| static_image_width = 240px

| static_image_caption = Healaugh village

| coordinates = {{coord|54.38709|-1.97477|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Healaugh

| population =

| unitary_england = North Yorkshire

| lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire

| region = Yorkshire and the Humber

| constituency_westminster = Richmond and Northallerton

| post_town = Richmond

| postcode_district = DL11

| postcode_area = DL

| dial_code =

| os_grid_reference = SE017990

}}

Healaugh (pronounced "hee-law"){{cite web|url=http://www.herriotway.co.uk/place.php3?place=Healaugh&p=7&walk=herriotway|title=Herriot Way|work=Sherpa Expeditions Limited|year=2007|accessdate=2007-06-29}} is a small village in the civil parish of Reeth, Fremington and Healaugh, in Swaledale in the Yorkshire Dales. part of the county of North Yorkshire, England and lies about 1 mile west of Reeth.

From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Richmondshire, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

The name Healaugh is derived from a Saxon word (Heah) meaning a high-level forest clearing.{{cite web|url=http://www.dalesman.co.uk/walks/healaugh.htm|title=Healaugh and the River Swale from Reeth|work=Dalesman magazine|date=2002-04-09|author=Dalesman Publishing Ltd|accessdate=2007-06-29}}

The village is small, with no amenities except a stone trough fed by a hillside stream, and the village telephone box. The latter is unusually well endowed, with a carpet, waste paper bin, ash tray, directories and fresh flowers. Visitors may leave a donation.

On 5 July 2014, the Tour de France Stage 1 from Leeds to Harrogate passed through the village.{{cite web|url=http://www.letour.com/le-tour/2014/us/stage-1.html|title=Tour de France Stage 1|accessdate=15 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140725103624/http://www.letour.com/le-tour/2014/us/stage-1.html|archive-date=25 July 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}