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Family Aysgarth Falls Yorkshire Dales UK

Located between the Lake District and the Peak District, Yorkshire Dales National Park offers rolling hills as well as encompassing Pen-y-ghent, Ingleborough and Whernside peaks.

Stone villages and homesteads are scattered throughout the dales with popular bases being Hawes, Pateley Bridge and Middleham.

Otters, hares and hedgehogs can be spotted in the dales as well as the occasional red squirrel.

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The best hiking destinations and routes in Europe

Europe serves up a feast for hikers – and the menu is dizzyingly extensive and varied. Sure, there are loftier mountains, deeper canyons, more remote wildernesses to be found elsewhere. But there’s surely no other region that packs this much diversity in such a small area, and with such well-developed infrastructure...read more

  • Low Row

    Low Row

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  • Keld

    Keld

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  • West Witton

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  • Hawes

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  • Aysgarth

    Aysgarth

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  • Middleham

    Middleham

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  • West Burton

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  • Askrigg

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  • Hardraw

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  • Wensleydale

    Wensleydale

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  • Malham

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  • Burnsall

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  • Linton

    Linton

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  • Kettlewell

    Kettlewell

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  • Arkengarthdale

    Arkengarthdale

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  • Reeth

    Reeth

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  • Buckden

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  • Ravenstonedale

    Ravenstonedale

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  • Sedbergh

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Yorkshire Dales National Park Tours

Herriot Way Walking Holiday

Self-guided Yorkshire walking holiday

6 daysFrom £435
Yorkshire
Tour Type Custom itinerary, Self-guided tour
Activity Active, Walking, Nature & Wildlife

Southern Yorkshire Dales

3, 4 or 7-night self-guided walking holidays

3 daysFrom £259
Yorkshire
Tour Type Custom itinerary, Self-guided tour
Activity Active, Walking, Nature & Wildlife, National Parks

Wensleydale and its Tributaries

Self-guided walking holiday in Wensleydale

6 daysFrom £530
Yorkshire
Tour Type Self-guided tour
Activity Adventure, Backpacking, Hiking & Trekking, Navigating, Active, Walking, Nature & Wildlife, National Parks

Highlights of the Southern Dales

Self-guided walking holiday to the Southern Dales

5 daysFrom £430
Yorkshire
Tour Type Self-guided tour
Activity Adventure, Backpacking, Hiking & Trekking, Navigating, Active, Walking, Nature & Wildlife, National Parks

Remote Swaledale and Arkengarthdale

Self-guided walking holiday in Swaledale

5 daysFrom £410
Yorkshire
Tour Type Self-guided tour
Activity Adventure, Backpacking, Hiking & Trekking, Navigating, Active, Walking, Nature & Wildlife, National Parks

The Wharfedale Ramble

Self-guided walking holiday exploring Wharfedale

7 daysFrom £520
Yorkshire
Tour Type Self-guided tour
Activity Adventure, Backpacking, Hiking & Trekking, Navigating, Active, Walking, Nature & Wildlife, National Parks, Culinary, Food

Yorkshire Dales National Park Travel Companies

Walkers' Britain

Explore the UK & Europe with Walkers' Britain
Europe
Custom itinerary, Self-guided tour
Family, Adventure, Hiking & Trekking, Active, Walking, Cycling, Nature & Wildlife, National Parks, Culture, Solo Travel

HF Holidays

UK walking holidays since 1913
South America, Europe
Custom itinerary, Small group tour, Private guided tour, Self-guided tour
Family, Adventure, Hiking & Trekking, Active, Walking, Nature & Wildlife, Solo Travel

Lost Earth Adventures

Mountain adventures in the Lake District, Peak District, Scotland and Wales
The United Kingdom
Small group tour, Private guided tour
Family, Adventure, Backpacking, Climbing, Hiking & Trekking, Water Sports, Kayaking, Active, Walking, Cycling, Nature & Wildlife, National Parks, Solo Travel

Muddy Boots

Walking holidays to the Yorkshire Dales
England
Custom itinerary, Private guided tour, Self-guided tour
Family, Adventure, Backpacking, Hiking & Trekking, Navigating, Active, Walking, Nature & Wildlife, National Parks, Culinary, Food

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