Towns and villages in the Yorkshire Dales
- Arncliffe - for a quiet village surrounded by good walks, limestone scars, fly fishing for brown trout
- Askrigg - village with pub where James Herriot's 'All creatures great and small' was filmed.
- Austwick
- Aysgarth - for Aysgarth Falls, on the Herriot Way circular walk
- Bainbridge
- Bedale - Arboretum with Bird of Prey and Mammal Centre nearby
- Bolton Abbey - for Bolton Priory and gardens, walks, picnics
- Buckden
- Burnsall
- Catterick
- Clapham - walk to Ingleborough, Three Peaks, Norber Boulders, Ingleborough cave
- Embsay
- Grassington - quaint cobbled town centre, interesting shops, pubs, tea rooms
- Greenhow
- Grinton
- Hawes - charming town in Wensleydale, home to Wensleydale Cheeses, Wallace and Gromit
- Horton in Ribblesdale
- Hubberholme
- Ingleton
- Keld
- Kettlewell - scarecrow festival, traditional English fetes and fairs, pubs and tea shops
- Kilnsey
- Kirkby Stephen - to view rare Viking Loki Stone depicting a devil
- Langthwaite
- Leyburn
- Malham - for limestone cliff and pavement at Malham Cove, caves, peregrine falcons
- Masham - good walks, lively market, breweries to visit, sheep fair
- Middleham
- Muker
- Pateley Bridge - for Nidderdale Museum, oldest sweetshop in England
- Reeth
- Richmond - prosperous and attractive market town, river, shops, Coast to Coast walk
- Ripon - for cathedral, Law and Order Museums, Market Square & hornblower tradition
- Sedbergh - Cautley Spout waterfall, book shops galore and Book Festival in August
- Settle
- Skipton - start and end point for the circular Yorkshire Dales Cycle Way, Castle, canal boat trips and market
- Wensley
- West Burton
Interesting towns and cities to visit near the Yorkshire Dales:
- Harrogate
- Knaresborough - historic riverside town, boating, good walks, castle, lots of attractions