Walking in Yorkshire
Clapham located on western side of the Dales, Clapham is a small village just to the south of Ingleborough. The history of Clapham has been largely dominated by the fortunes of the Farrer family. It was Oliver Farrer who bought the shooting rights and created an estate stretching to the head of Ribblesdale. They also [...]
On the western edge of Dales, Dent is a scenic large village/small town. Today, Dent is sheltered and secluded, with feel of the past with its cobbled main streets. In Dent you will find more of Britain’s best real ale, with the famous Dent bitter and local brewery. There is plenty of arts and craft [...]
Here the three counties of Yorkshire, Lancashire and Cumbria meet at the western part of the Yorkshire Dales. The dales include Mallerstang, Garsdale, Dentdale and The Lune Valley. These dales are some of most remote areas of the Yorkshire Dales with little or no settlements/villages and higher mountains. This area of dales goes from the [...]
Masham is a small, market, upland farming and arable town and area of the eastern edge of the dales. Masham claim to frame is that it is home to the world-famous Threakston brewery industry. This independent family brewery has grown in Masham since 1827 when it first started as a cottage industry at [...]
Thirsk has a Viking name and derives from the word Thraesk meaning lake or fen. It is now a small market town located within the Vale of York, south of Northallerton, north east of Ripon and to the north of Easingwold. Thirsk is divided by the Cod Beck, a tributary of the River Swale which [...]
Located on the eastern edge of the Dales, Pateley Bridge is an attractive little market town. Pateley Bridge contains has a narrow main High Street that slopes steeply up from the valley. This street is lined with shops, cafés, art studios, guest houses and public houses which are all worth a visit. There are several [...]
The eastern part of the Yorkshire Dales is Nidderdale. This area is characterised with unique landscapes, mountains and hills as well as containing castles, a ruin monastery, villages, churches and gardens to visit. Nidderdale is a area of outstanding natural beauty, with its stunning moorland scenery and tapestry of lush green meadows. In addition, [...]
nown as ‘Olicana,’ Ilkley is the largest the town per population in the Yorkshire Dales. Built by the Romans, Ilkley is the mixture of tree-lined avenues, with stoned and brick houses and buildings and roads. Dominated above Ilkley is the famous Ilkey Moor which provides an impressive back-drop to this large town located in the [...]
Grassington is a lovely large village with plenty of shops, pubs and restaurants. It even has a National Park Visitor center to keep you entertained. Historically, Grassington pre-dates the Normanan Conquest and was granted a charter in 1282 enabling it to hold a weekly market and annual fair, which still held today. In the nineteenth [...]
Skipton is a large market town in the south-western part of the Dales. This market town boosts an impressive castle and has traded in limestone, fertiliser, clothes and food throughout its long and impressive history. Cotton-spinning has also been dominated industry in the town since the 18th century. Every Monday, Skipton has a cattle market. [...]