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Yorkshire Dales National Park
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The Dales has many moods; wild, windswept, calm, peaceful, with valleys of hay meadows, dry stone walls and barns. One of the country’s most picturesque places. The official National Park Authority BlueSkySocial account
Calling all woodland owners in the #YorkshireDales National Park 🔈

We are holding a woodland management open day (FREE EVENT)
📌Cleatop Park Woodland
📅13 Jan 10am - 2pm
🍽️Lunch provided
👇Booking essential - [email protected] | 01756 751 606
December 5, 2025 at 5:55 PM
A hill farmer in the National Park has credited the #FarmingInProtectedLandscapes grant programme funded by #Defra for making his farm “sustainable and profitable”. Read more 👇

https://www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/fipl-brings-upland-farm-into-profit/

📸 Andrew Fagg | #YorkshireDales #FiPL
December 5, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The snow highlights the distinct pattern of irregular piecemeal dry-stone wall enclosures and field barns around Gunnerside resulting from centuries of small-scale farming.

📌Gunnerside, Swaledale
📷 Wendy McDonnell

#yorkshiredales #ChristmasCalendar
December 5, 2025 at 4:00 AM
If you're planning to spend time in the National Park this weekend, please:

🌧 Be weather prepared
🚮 Take all your litter home
🐄 Be cattle aware while walking
🤝 Respect the life and work of people who live here

#YorkshireDales #StepIntoNature
December 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
In the Yorkshire Dales National Park, we have many names for barns 👇
Laithe
Cow'us (cow house)
Shippon
Byre

What do you call them?

📌 Hawes, Wensleydale
📷 Wendy McDonnell

#Yorkshiredales #ChristmasCalendar
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Dairying has been at the heart of the Wensleydale economy since records began. The legacy of this dairying heritage is all around, perhaps most noticeably in the abundance of barns - locally known as cow houses.

📷 Wendy McDonnell

#yorkshiredales #ChristmasCalendar
December 3, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Barn fact: Did you know there are over 6000 barns in the Yorkshire Dales National Park - over 1,044 of these field barns are in Swaledale and Arkengarthdale.

We count 14 barns in this photo of a small section of Swaledale alone.

📌 Swaledale
📷 Wendy McDonnell

#yorkshiredales #ChristmasCalendar
December 2, 2025 at 4:00 AM
We are counting down to Christmas with our festive digital calendar, celebrating the Yorkshire Dales National Park and highlighting the qualities that make this place so special ✨

Each week we will be focusing on a different special quality - starting with BARNS!

📷 Wendy McDonnell
December 1, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Each morning we open a window to the Dales and share some of our favourite views, like this of Stainforth Foss in Ribblesdale.

📸 Wendy McDonnell | #YorkshireDales #StepIntoNature
November 30, 2025 at 5:55 AM
She's been coming for over 20 years and she's back again! Come meet Mother Christmas on Saturday 6 December at Dales Countryside Museum! Booking is required (below), with time slots available from 10:30am – 3:30pm.

https://ow.ly/2wvt50XvGme

#YorkshireDales #Christmas
November 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Morning, happy Saturday! If you're planning to spend time in the National Park this weekend, please:

🌧 Be weather prepared
🚮 Take all your litter home
🐄 Be cattle aware while walking
🤝 Respect the life and work of people who live here

📸 Park Rash by Ken Readshaw
November 29, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Morning, and happy Friday! If you're after some weekend inspiration there are stunningly beautiful river walks to experience right across the National Park, including this one. Recognise it?

📸 Wendy McDonnell | #YorkshireDales #Weekend
November 28, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Ancient dry-stone walls and field barns are defining features of the Dales landscape - shaped over thousands of years by people and nature. This view is from the edge of Grass Woods (Grassington) looking in the direction of Conistone.

📸 Ken Readshaw | #YorkshireDales
November 27, 2025 at 9:53 AM
For waterfall Wednesday we're sharing this view of Cautley Spout. Situated in the Howgill Fells, on the western edge of the National Park, it's the highest - above ground - cascade waterfall in England.
📸 Christopher Werrett | #WaterfallWednesday #YorkshireDales
November 26, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Troller's Gill has inspired several folk tales through the ages, including one about a magical dog called the Barguest that turns you to stone with one look from its huge eyes 👀

📸 Christopher Werrett

#YorkshireDales #TuesdayThoughts #StepIntoNature
November 25, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Whatever your plans in the National Park over the coming days, please:

🚮 Take all your litter home
🐄 Be cattle aware while walking
🤝 Respect the life and work of people who live here

#YorkshireDales #Weekend #StepIntoNature
November 21, 2025 at 9:06 AM
The name 'Aysgarth' is from Old Norse, brought by Viking settlers to the area. It means 'open space in the oak trees'. The falls have attracted famous figures for over 200 years, including Wordsworth, J.M.W. Turner, and Ruskin.

#YorkshireDales #ThursdayThoughts #StepIntoNature
November 20, 2025 at 8:55 AM
On Waterfall Wednesday we're sharing this view of Thornton Force along the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail. The River Twiss drops 14 metres off a cliff of limestone that was laid down over 350 million years ago.

📸 Lou Sadler | #YorkshireDales #WaterfallWednesday
November 19, 2025 at 8:53 AM
The Waterside Viaduct in the Lune Valley was built between 1857 & 1861 for the Ingleton Branch Line of the London & North Western Railway. It's Grade II listed and features a striking cast-iron arch flanked by sandstone arches.

📸 Chris Werrett #YorkshireDales #TuesdayThoughts
November 18, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Each morning we open a window to the Dales and share some of its special qualities. We particularly love this dramatic view across Littondale 🙏

📸 Wendy McDonnell | #YorkshireDales #Littondale #MondayMotivation
November 17, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Cotter Force is a beautiful and relatively secluded waterfall in the Upper Wensleydale, just a couple of miles outside of Hawes. It is one of the most accessible waterfalls in the Dales.

#YorkshireDales #Cotterdale #Autumn
November 14, 2025 at 6:53 AM
National Park rangers have upgraded a section of the “Coast to Coast” path to National Trail quality standard. A 3km stone-flagged surface has been laid over a notoriously treacherous peat bog in Birkdale. More 👇

www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/coast-to-coa...

📸 Wendy McDonnell | #YorkshireDales
November 13, 2025 at 3:33 PM
On Waterfall Wednesday we're sharing this view of Pecca Falls along the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail.

📸 Lou Sadler | @IngletonFalls | #YorkshireDales #WaterfallWednesday
November 12, 2025 at 6:05 AM
We've been asked by one of our Facebook followers to feature more views of Coverdale. And we're only too happy to oblige! Here's a throwback to the summer when all the heather was out across the Dale.

📸 Wendy McDonnell | #TuesdayThoughts #Coverdale #YorkshireDales
November 11, 2025 at 8:50 AM
A typically autumnal view from Malhamdale 🍂🍁🧡

📸 Andy Kay | #YorkshireDales #Malham #Autumn #MondayMotivation
November 10, 2025 at 8:57 AM