Yorkshire Dales England Holidays

• 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 - village located on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, close to Ingleborough National Nature Reserve and White Scar Cave.
• Aysgarth - for Aysgarth Falls, on the Herriot Way circular walk
• Bainbridge - a village on the A684 in the north Dales
• Bedale - Arboretum with Bird of Prey and Mammal Centre nearby
• Bolton Abbey - for Bolton Priory and gardens, walks, picnics
• Buckden - in the shadow of Buckden Pike and home of the Buckden Fells Race
• Burnsall - another location for annual fell run held in August
• Catterick - a charming village that plays host to the military
• Clapham - walk to Ingleborough, Three Peaks, Norber Boulders, Ingleborough cave
• Embsay - a good place for a circular moors walk
• Grassington - quaint cobbled town centre, interesting shops, pubs, tea rooms
• Grinton
• Hardraw for Hardraw Falls, the highest in England
• Hawes - charming town in Wensleydale, home to Wensleydale Cheeses, Wallace and Gromit
• Horton in Ribblesdale
• Hubberholme
• Ingleton - lovely village on the edge of the National Park, situated close to scenic waterfalls, caves and woodland walks.
• Keld - surrounded by grouse moors
• Kettlewell - scarecrow festival, traditional English fetes and fairs, pubs and tea shops
• Kilnsey - for Kilnsey Crag and country park
• 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
• Oughtershaw
• 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 - with fine stone buildings, cafes, shops and a setting by the hills of the Dales, Settle offers warmth and charm.
• Skipton - start and end point for the circular Yorkshire Dales Cycle Way, Castle, canal boat trips and market
• Wensley
• West Burton
• West Witton

Interesting towns and cities to visit near the Yorkshire Dales:

• Harrogate
• Knaresborough - historic riverside town, boating, good walks, castle, lots of attractions