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The Northern Dales encompass a delightful array of contrasting valleys, historic market towns and traditional villages plus lots to discover from spectacular castles and fascinating museums to family attractions.
Explore the numerous high quality craft workshops and galleries. Try our mouth-watering Yorkshire Dales food and drink, especially the cheese and beer. Most of our produce is readily available from local shops, markets, pubs, tearooms and at many accommodation providers.
If outdoor activities are on the agenda, there are miles of footpaths and the Pennine Way and Coast to Coast long distance routes are easily accessible. Organised guided walks are available along with mountain biking, pony trekking, water sports and fishing, plus the spectator thrills of motor or horse racing. Click here for more information.
Breathtaking Wensleydale is at the heart of the Northern Dales, with broad, fertile meadows skirting astonishing waterfalls and soaring high fells. Hawes is one of the highest market towns in England and is a renowned centre of cheese production. Leyburn is known as ‘a town for all seasons’, as it has something to offer visitors all year round, while the historic castle is just one of many attractions in Middleham.
More information about Wensleydale is available from the website of the Upper Wensleydale Business and Tourism Association.
To the north, Swaledale and Arkengarthdale provides a blend of rolling hills and sleepy riverside meadows, brimming with wild flowers in early summer. Reeth in Swaledale has a wealth of traditional craft workshops, while Richmond boasts a superb castle, intriguing museums and one of the best conserved Georgian theatres in the world.
To the north-east lie the gentle rolling fields of Lower Teesdale which surround quiet picturesque villages with tidy village greens and excellent, welcoming pubs.
To the south, the valleys of Bishopdale and Coverdale join Wensleydale to create unforgettable views. Bishopdale’s twisty turny lanes reveal delightful villages such as West Burton with its pretty village green complete with an antiques shop, hidden waterfall and the fascinating cat pottery! Coverdale’s high undulating road dramatically transports you through the villages of Carlton, West Scrafton and Horsehouse before climbing over open moorland and dropping into Wharfedale in the Southern Dales.
Visit our market towns and villages pages for more information. Click here to search for accommodation in the Northern Dales
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Northern Dales
