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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 Yorkshire Dales are dales in the Pennine area of the historic county of Yorkshire in northern England. They do not include dales south of Airedale or dales in other areas of Yorkshire, for example in the North York Moors. They are now mainly in the county of North Yorkshire, but some are now in Cumbria or County Durham.
The majority of the dales are within the Yorkshire Dales National Park, created in 1954. [1] The exception is the area around Nidderdale, which forms the separate Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The landscape of the Yorkshire Dales consists of sheltered glacial valleys separated by exposed moorland. [2]
Dentdale is a dale or valley in the north-west of the Yorkshire Dales National Park in Cumbria, England. [1] It is the valley of the River Dee , but takes its name from the village of Dent . The dale runs east to west, starting at Dent Head, which is the location of a railway viaduct on the Settle-Carlisle Line .
Starbotton is a village of around 60 houses in Upper Wharfedale in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, by the River Wharfe. The resident population is around 48 and many village houses are used for holiday accommodation.
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Birkdale (sometimes written out as Birk Dale) is a dale in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, in North Yorkshire, England. [1] It lies at the far western end of Swaledale, close to the border with Cumbria. The dale is one of the smallest of the Yorkshire Dales. [2] The hamlet of Birkdale is in the lower part of the dale, 2 miles (3.2 km) west ...
Langthwaite is one of the few villages in Arkengarthdale, North Yorkshire, England.It is 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north of Reeth and sits 870 feet (270 m) above sea level. [1] [2] It is the main settlement in the dale and is one of the most northerly settlements in the whole of Yorkshire Dales National Park. [3]