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The Dales

The Harrogate District is an area of outstanding beauty. On the west horizon are the Yorkshire Dales and the spectacular peak of Great Whernside which is surrounded by the high land of Nidderdale. To the east are the North Yorkshire Moors and Marston Moor where the last great battle of the Civil War was fought in 1644. Nidderdale falls within the District whilst Wensleydale is on its northern boundary and Wharfedale on the southern.

Nidderdale
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Wharfedale

Nidderdale
NIDDERDALE
Upper Nidderdale can easily be explored from Pateley Bridge. The scenery is well wooded in places and often referred to as England’s ‘Little Switzerland’. The head of Nidderdale takes on a more rugged and wild appearance. In February 1994, Nidderdale was designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). It is one of 40 areas in England and Wales which have been similarly designated because of the high quality of their landscape.

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Wensleydale
WENSLEYDALE
Takes its name from the town of Wensley at the foot of the Dales and contains most of the beautiful scenery and locations immortalised in the internationally acclaimed James Herriot novels.

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WHARFEDALE
WHARFEDALE
One of the most spectacular and varied of the Dales, which follows the River Wharfe from its origin on Cam Fell for 70 miles to where it joins the River Ouse near Cawood.

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