Yorkshire Dales

Les Yorkshire Dales (« Vallons du Yorkshire ») sont une région d'Angleterre ainsi que le nom d'un parc national anglais qui s'étend sur les comtés de Yorkshire du Nord et de Cumbria. Dale se traduit en français par « vallée » ou « vallon ». Son symbole est le mouton swaledale.

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Yorkshire Dales

The Yorkshire Dales are a series of valleys, or dales, in the Pennines, an upland range in England. They are mostly located in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, but extend into Cumbria and Lancashire; they are entirely within the historic boundaries of Yorkshire. The majority of the dales are within the Yorkshire Dales National Park, created in 1954. 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. The predominant rock is Carboniferous Limestone, which is particularly visible in the south-west in features such as Malham Cove. It is overlain in many areas by the Yoredale Series of alternating weak shales and hard limestones and sandstones, which give the dales their characteristic 'stepped' appearance. Most of the dales contain rivers, and the area contains seven primary catchments: the Swale, Ure, Wharfe, Aire, Nidd, Ribble, and Lune. There are several notable cave systems in the area, including part of the longest system in the United Kingdom, the Three Counties. Agriculture and other land management has significantly affected the appearance of the Dales, through the creation of pastures and meadows for livestock grazing and moorland for red grouse shooting. Dry stone walls and field barns are characteristic of the valley floors, particularly Wensleydale and Swaledale in the north. Wensleydale cheese is a particularly famous product from the region. The dales are popular for hiking, and are crossed by the Dales Way, Pennine Way, and Coast to Coast long-distance footpaths. The Yorkshire Three Peaks is a walking trail entirely within the area which takes in three of its mountains: Ingleborough (723 m (2,372 ft)), Whernside (736 m (2,415 ft)), and Pen-y-ghent (694 m (2,277 ft)). The extensive cave systems are a major centre for caving in the UK.

Low Gill Moor Wetlands

Low Gill Moor Wetlands is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) within Yorkshire Dales National Park in North Yorkshire, England. It is located 1.5km southwest of the village of Thornton Rust in moorland referred to as Thornton Rust Moor. This area is protected because of the plants, mosses and animals that occur in and around the calcareous streams here. The streams here drain into the River Ure in Wensleydale.

2.5 km

Addlebrough

Addlebrough is a fell in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, England. It is 481 m (1,578 ft) high. Bronze Age inhabitants built homes and enclosures on the fell's southern slopes.

2.8 km

Longridge Farmhouse

Longridge Farmhouse is a historic building in Bishopdale, North Yorkshire, a valley in England. The farmhouse was built for George and Elizabeth Dodsworth, and is dated 1653, although its kitchen may be older. The building was Grade II* listed in 1969, along with its outbuilding, which appears to have originally been part of the house, and has been converted into a garage. The farm is a long-term tenancy, and was sold in 1997 for £125,000. Nikolaus Pevsner simply describes the building as "good", while Yorkshire Life praises its "two-storeyed porch and other fine details". The farmhouse and outbuilding to the left are in stone with a string course and a stone slate roof. There are two storeys, three bays, and a rear outshut. The middle bay projects as a two-storey gabled porch containing a doorway with a quoined surround, a moulded arris and a triangular head, over which is an initialled and dated inscription. The inner doorway has a similar inscription on sunken spandrels. On the returns of the porch are round-headed windows with a chamfered surround, and elsewhere are double-chamfered mullioned windows, some with hood moulds. Inside, there is a large fireplace with a pointed arch with a salt box and a beehive oven, a triangular-headed fireplace in the parlour, and various exposed beams.

St Matthew's Church, Stalling Busk

St Matthew's Church, Stalling Busk is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Stalling Busk, North Yorkshire.

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