 The Yorkshire Dales form
a lovely upland area of limestone hills and pastoral valleys
at the heart of the Pennines, with the Lake District to the west
and the North York Moors to the east. The Yorkshire Dales
spread north from the market and spa towns of Settle, Skipton,
Ilkley and Harrogate in North Yorkshire, with most of the larger
southern dales, Ribblesdale, Malhamdale and Airedale, Wharfedale
and Nidderdale, running roughly parallel from north to south.
The more northerly dales such as Wensleydale, Swaledale and Teesdale
run generally from west to east. There are also many other smaller
or lesser known dales such as Arkengarthdale, Barbondale, Bishopdale,
Clapdale, Coverdale, Dentdale and Deepdale, Garsdale, Kingsdale,
Littondale, Langstrothdale, Raydale, Waldendale and the Washburn
Valley whose tributary streams and rivers feed into the larger
valleys. The Yorkshire Dales' famous Three Peaks, Pen-y-Ghent,
Ingleborough and Whernside, attract hikers and pot-holers to
the area, while the Pennine Way cuts right through the heart
of the Dales. |
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