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Hawes house 01
Stone houses in Hawes, a typical example of Dales architecture
Dry stone wall 20
Limestone hills and dry-stone walls in the west of the Yorkshire Dales. This part of the national park is popular with walkers due to the presence of the Yorkshire three peaks.

The Yorkshire Dales (also known as the "Dales") is the name given to an upland area, mostly in Yorkshire, in Northern England. Most of the area falls within the Yorkshire Dales District National Park, created in 1954. The "Dales" is one of the twelve National parks of England and Wales. The area is so called because it is a collection of river valleys ("dale" comes from a Danish word for valley), and the hills in between them. The area is mainly in the historic county of Yorkshire, but today is partly in three modern counties : North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, and Cumbria.

List of Dales

Janet's Foss 2
Janet's Foss, near Malham
Ingleborough mountain 02
Inglebourough Mountain

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  • Typical yorkshire village B 9079

    A typical village in the agricultural area of the Yorkshire Dales

  • Field barn muker 9118

    Tourists approaching a field barn in Muker

  • Pub bullshead Hawes 177

    A traditional pub with rooms to let in Hawes, in the Dales of North Yorkshire

  • Aysgarth Falls 9190

    A small section of Aysgarth Falls

  • Gaping Gill

    Gaping Gill

  • High Barn - geograph.org.uk - 168529

    Typical Dales barn, near Selside

  • Ingleborough whole

    Ingleborough as seen from the peat bog below

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