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Great Whernside is a fell in the Yorkshire Dales, England, not to be confused with Whernside, some 17 miles (27 km) to the west.Its summit is the highest point of the eastern flank of Wharfedale above Kettlewell.
This is a list of electoral divisions and wards in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire in Yorkshire and the Humber.All changes since the re-organisation of local government following the passing of the Local Government Act 1972 are shown.
The council was created in 1974, when local government in England was reformed and the non-metropolitan county of North Yorkshire was created, governed by a county council and seven district councils. On 1 April 2023, the districts were abolished and the county council took on their responsibilities, becoming a unitary authority.
The Yorkshire Dales National Park is a 2,178 km 2 (841 sq mi) national park in England which covers most of the Yorkshire Dales, the Howgill Fells, and the Orton Fells. The Nidderdale area of the Yorkshire Dales is not within the national park, and has instead been designated a national landscape .
The National Trust acquired the Fountains Estate from North Yorkshire County Council in 1983 and has restored the hall. Part of it has been divided into flats, one of which is a holiday let. Visitors to Fountains Abbey can view the oak-panelled stone hall and an adjoining exhibition room, and there are plans to restore the chapel.
County Hall in Northallerton, North Yorkshire, England, serves as the headquarters of North Yorkshire Council and the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority.The building was opened in 1906 and has also been the headquarters of the North Riding County Council (NRCC) until 1974, and then North Yorkshire County Council until 2023.
Ellerton Park Leisure Lake. Ellerton-on-Swale or Ellerton (historically known as Ellerton-upon-Swale) [2] is a small village and civil parish about a mile east of Catterick in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. [3] In 2015, North Yorkshire County Council estimated the population of the parish at 110. [1] [4]
Hawes is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, at the head of Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales, and historically in the North Riding of Yorkshire. The River Ure north of the town is a tourist attraction in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. [2] The population in 2011 was 887. [3]