Yorkshire Dales
The Yorkshire Dales lie in an area of high ground in North and West Yorkshire, England.
Although many valleys all over Yorkshire are called "(name of river)+dale", such as Airedale or Calderdale, the Yorkshire Dales are usually deemed to be those valleys north of the Wharfe. The dales themselves are 'U' and 'V' shaped valleys cut in flat limestone pavement by glaciation. The characteristic scenery is green upland pastures separated by dry-stone walls and grazed by sheep and cattle.
The moors above are covered with heather and famed for grouse shooting in the months following August 12 each year (the 'Glorious Twelfth'). See Yorkshire Wolds.
The beautiful Yorkshire Dales were made forever famous in the nostalgic literary works of local veterinarian James Herriot, beginning with If Only They Could Talk in 1970. The area is also shown on the television drama Emmerdale.
Yorkshire Dales National Park
In 1954 an area of 1,770 km² mostly lying in the modern county of North Yorkshire plus a small part in Cumbria was designated the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Over 20,000 residents live and work in the National Park, which attracts over eight million visitors every year.
Places and sights within the National Park include:
- Aysgarth Falls
- Clapham
- Cautley Spout waterfall
- Grassington
- Hawes
- Horton in Ribblesdale
- Malham
- Reeth
- Sedbergh
- Settle
- The Yorkshire three peaks
See also
External link
- Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority (http://www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/)
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