Scenes from the Yorkshire Dales National Park, the North Pennines and parts of East Cumbria and North Yorkshire in Northern England

 Interesting places to visit, places to stay, good walking areas

1. Swaledale (1) Walking up Gunnerside Gill from Gunnerside Village

2. The Town of Richmond

3. Swaledale (2) Marske - circular walk via Clints Wood and Orgate Force

4. Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria and a walk from Sedbergh to Brigflatts

5. Bordley Town Circular Walk

6. Dentdale, Cumbria - Dent to Gawthrop circular walk including the 'Ocky' and anothor short walk on the 'Green Lane'

7. Swaledale (3) Fremington Edge and River Swale walk near Reeth

8. Swaledale (4) Oxnop Gill circular walk from Low Oxnop

9. Janet's Foss and Gordale Scar

10. East Cumbria, Climbing Cross Fell from Kirkland

11. Garrigill to Ashgill Force circular walk (near Alston)

12. Wharfedale (1) Grassington, Linton & 'Heart of Wharfedale Walk'

13. Walking over from Gordale Scar to Malham Cove a classic of the Yorkshire Dales and up Watlowes, Comb Scar & Pikedaw Hill and on to Malham Tarn

14. Aysgarth Falls tea stop, then a walk from Masongill near Ingleton in the limestone country of Kingsdale

15. The Ingleton Waterfalls Walk, Yorkshire Dales National Park

16. An East Cumbrian walk in Barbondale

17. Cumbria, The parish church and town of Appleby-in-Westmorland

18. Cumbria, Appleby & River Eden circular walk to Great Ormside

19. Langstrothdale-Wharfedale (2) Circular walk: Buckden, Hubberholme, Yockenthwaite, Cray

20a. East Cumbria, Dufton Village & Pike and High Cup Nick

A 60th Birthday Walk and Party with base camp at Dufton Youth Hostel

20b. Three Craven Villages Walk - Rylstone, Hetton and Flasby

21. Melmerby, Skirwith Church, views of Dufton Pike and sunset over the Eden Valley and the Lake District

22. Eden Valley, Cumbria - River Eden Walk (2) - Long Meg & her Daughters, Lacy's Caves, Ravendale Bridge

23. Crummack Dale - Circular Walk from Austwick

24. Cumbria, Two red sandstone medieval churches: St Luke's Church, Ousby near Townhead and St. Margaret and St. James, Long Marton

25. The Road to Sedbergh Town

26. A great walk over the Howgills (1) - Sedbergh - Cautley Spout to the Calf summit and back over to Sedbergh

27. Another walk over the Howgills (2) from Howgill Church to the Calf and Arant Haw

28. Dent Village, Dentdale, Cumbria

29. A Walk on the limestone ridges of the Stennerskeugh and Fell End Clouds

30. Walking by the River Dee in Dentdale

31. A River Eden circular walk (3) from Bolton Village near Appleby, Cumbria

32. Penrith Town, Cumbria

33. Attermire Scar , Victoria Cave and Warrendale Knots Circular Walk near Settle

34. Swaledale (5) Muker, Keld & River Swale walking in Swaledale

35. Walking in Swaledale (6) Swinner Gill continued and return journey via Muker, Reeth & Grinton

(and a summary of pages 02, 34 and 35 via a sequence of pictures taken on one walk)

36. Walking through Malhamdale from Airton Village to Malham Cove via Kirkby Malham and walking back through Malhamdale from Malham Cove back to Airton

37. Stainforth Circular Walk

38. Gargrave and the Leeds-Liverpool Canal

39. Walking in Littondale, Litton and Arncliffe, Yorkshire Dales

40. The highest town in England - Alston in Cumbria

41a Ainderby Steeple Church  *  41b Bedale Town

41c Snape village and castle  *  41d The village and church at Well

41e Village and church at West Tanfield  *  41f Masham Town  *  41g. Crakehall Village

42a. Swaledale (6) Calling at Reeth and walking from Langthwaite, Arkengarthdale up Sleigill

42b. The Historic Market Town of Settle

43a. The Wensleydale Railway

43b. Castle Bolton and Redmire & Wensley Villages and a circular walk from Aysgarth Falls via Bolton Castle

44. A circular walk from Jervaulx Abbey

45a. The Village of Burnsall

45b. The village of Appletreewick and walking to Parcivall Hall via the River Wharfe

45c. Parcivall Hall and Gardens

45d. Walking from Parcevall Hall to Appleteewick via Trollers Gill

46. The Village of Kettlewell and its Scarecrow Festival!

47. The Lambley Viaduct Railway Walk

48a. The Town of SKIPTON * 48b. A CANAL TRIP from Skipton

49. A Circular Walk from Alston via Whitley Castle, Kirkhaugh and the South Tynedale Railway

It is not my intention to provide detailed routes for walking, but to convey to the potential visitor, whether touring motorist, or a serious fell walker, the wonderful holiday country of the Yorkshire Dales and the North Pennines, with occasional snippets of East Cumbria. All the digital photographs are taken 'off the cuff' on the many walks and places we visit from which we derive considerable pleasure. We normally stay in youth hostels but there numerous friendly and hospitable bed and breakfast places or holiday cottages to rent. The site is dedicated to the friendship of Phil and Molly Brown, Pam Shepherd and Ian McCulley, Dave and Cath Wright and Peter and Anni Hicks, and may our boots wear out together for as long as possible. Annie, sadly, is no longer with us, but she loved the Dales as much as any of us.

  PICTURES  *  Top: Dent Village  *  Top left : Goredale Scar  *  Top right: Oxnop Scar * Lower pictures above: Driving through the Yorkshire Dales.

*  Recommended Regional District Books and Maps  *

Mike Harding "Walking the Dale" (a knockout read!)

Paul Hannon "Walking Country - Alston and Allendale in the North Pennines"

Paul Hannon "Walking Country - Howgill Fells"

Paul Hannon "Walking Country - Eden Valley where Cumbria meets the Pennines"

Paul Hannon "Walking Country - Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales"

Paul Hannon "Walking Country - Teesdale in the North Pennines"

David Leather - Collins Rambler's Guides - "Yorkshire Dales"

Terry Marsh "The Pennine Mountains - The Cheviots, the Northern Moors, the Howgill Fells, the Yorkshire Dales and High Peak"

Cheap 1 sheet Stile Maps by Stile Publications, Ilkley e.g. "Sedbergh (Howgills)"

Stephen I. Robinson "Her Master's Walks - Swaledale"

Keith Watson "Walking in Teesdale" (a pocket guide in the Mini-Book Dalesman series)

Jack Keighley "A Cicerone Guide - Walks in Dales Country - Thirty Scenic Walks"

Anthony Burton "Weekend Walks - The Yorkshire Dales - Fourteen full-day walks in the National Park"

Alan Hall "Dalesman walking Guides - North Pennines - 43 walks in Teesdale, Weardale and South Tyneside"

Roland Smith "On Foot in the Yorkshire Dales - 35 circular walks from the Nidd to the Swale"

David Bellamy & Brendan Quayle "England's Last Wilderness - A Journey through the North Pennines"

Rob Talbot & Robin Whiteman "The Yorkshire Moors and Dales"

Edward Gower "Exploring the Yorkshire Dales" (a handy reference place guide in the Mini-Book Dalesman series)

Peter Metcalf "Place-Names of the Yorkshire Dales"

* PLEASE get further publishing details from the internet *

The Yorkshire Dales National Park in North Yorkshire and East Cumbria and the North Pennines form a wonderful part of Northern England to visit for walks or car touring holidays. The scenery is magnificent and the countryside, villages and towns rarely seem overcrowded and the people always have friendly approach to tourism. There is lots to see and do and plenty of places to visit and a great variety of accommodation available from hostels, hotels, bed and breakfast, self-catering holiday cottages for tourists etc. whether for weeks or a weekend mini-break and lots of excellent walking.  Pictures of walks and interesting places to visit and stay for walking holidays based in historic towns, pretty villages and beautiful landscapes to suit all tastes in walks and sightseeing. Apart from good fell walking, mounting walking, industrial archaeology and lots of tourist attractions and accommodation to suit all tastes and budgets.  docspics digital images photographs pictures views scenes scenic pics photos snaps webshots © Phil Brown of walking and touring holidays in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, North Yorkshire, East Cumbria, North Pennines top class hotels dining out travel tours top tourist destinations tourist information weekend breaks mini-breaks family holidays restaurants touring coach trips continental tours cruise ships pleasure cruises summer breaks spring breaks continental winter breaks England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland top class hotels dining out travel tours top tourist destinations tourist information weekend breaks mini-breaks family holidays restaurants touring coach trips continental tours cruise ships pleasure cruises summer breaks spring breaks continental winter breaks European winter holidays spring holidays summer holidays  Tourist information, Walks, Holidays in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, North Yorkshire England, Top tourist attractions, luxury hotels, B&B, pubs, restaurants, walking holidays, touring coach tours docspics images photos pictures © Phil Brown