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The Yorkshire Dales covers an area of approximately 700 square miles in North Yorkshire and East Cumbria, and was designated a National Park in 1954 in recognition of the region’s outstanding natural beauty. Some of the most dramatic and picturesque scenery in England can be found in the Yorkshire Dales, and the region is characterised by limestone crags, remote fells and uplands, swooping river valleys, dales, heather clad moorland, ancient forests and a fair smattering of tarns, scars, waterfalls and caves. The three main dales are Wensleydale, Wharfedale and Swaledale; there are several others including Garsdale, Coverdale, Ribblesdale and Arkengarthdale but the first three are those with which most visitors will be familiar. Yorkshire is fortunate to have two National Parks – the other of course being the beautiful North York Moors National Park; other counties with more than one National Park include Devon (Dartmoor and Exmoor), Hampshire (New Forest and South Downs) and Cumbria (Lake District and the very western edges of the Yorkshire Dales) . If this were not enough, on the edges of the Yorkshire Dales can be found the Nidderdale, the Forest of Bowland and the North Pennines Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

The Yorkshire Dales make excellent walking country, and provide a diverse range of walks to suit all ages and abilities; you’re never far from a breathtaking view or a welcoming ramblers’ inn in the Yorkshire Dales. The region is also abundant in caves and attracts cavers and potholers from around the world, keen to explore the labyrinthine limestone caverns. Many of the caves are more accessible, such as Stump Cross Cavern; although much of it is difficult to reach, there are guided tours of the caves nearer the surface, and Stump Cross is regarded as one of the UK’s finest show caves. Other natural features in the Yorkshire Dales that attract visitors and provide photographic opportunities include the massive limestone scar and remarkable grykes of Malham Cove and the yawning Gordale Scar; both of these features were formed by the action of glaciers and the subsequent effects of the melt water during and after the last Ice Age. Many a proud Yorkshireman may describe the county as being ‘God’s Country’ – you may or may not agree with this claim, but it is difficult to argue that the Yorkshire Dales are anything other than breathtaking.

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