About the Dales

• About the National Park
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  • Yorkshire Dales fact file
  • Economy
  • Looking after wildlife
  • History of Yorkshire Dales National Park
  • UK National Parks
• Wildlife
• Landscape
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  • Dales and valleys
  • Hills and moors
  • Limestone features
  • Water
  • Caves and potholes
  • Landscape Character Assessment
• Heritage
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  • Everyday life
  • Religion
  • Recreation
  • Farming
  • Industry
  • Transport
  • Defence
• Experience
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  • Three Peaks
  • Workshops and experiences
• Boundary Extension
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  • Q&A with David Butterworth (Chief Executive)
  • Discover the new area

Living & Working

• Planning and development
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  • Contact the Planning Service
  • Planning application search
  • Applying for planning permission
  • Planning advice service
  • Forms
  • Fees and charges
  • Discharging conditions or amending permissions
  • Planning Committee
  • Appeals
  • Enforcement
  • Article 4 Directions
  • When planning permission is needed
• Farming
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  • Catchment Sensitive Farming
  • Agri-environment Schemes
  • High Nature Value farming
  • Natural flood management
  • Wensleydale Project
• Historic buildings and features
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  • Conservation areas
  • Listed buildings
  • Traditional farm buildings
  • Archaeology in the Yorkshire Dales
  • Contact the Historic Environment Team
• Trees and woodlands
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  • Creating new woodlands
  • Protected trees
  • Hedgerows
  • Tree health and diseases
  • Contact Trees and Woodlands Team
• Wildlife conservation
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  • Looking after wildlife
  • Places to see wildlife
  • Wildlife Crime
• Parish Wildlife Project
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  • Looking after wildlife
  • Discover the Dales
• Parish Councils and Forum Meetings
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  • Parish Forum Archive
  • PARISH-FORUM-minutes-north-march-2016GSandDB.pdf
  • 07a-Parish-briefing.pdf
• Planning policy
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  • Local Planning Policy (pre boundary extension)
  • Local Planning Policy (Eden)
  • Local Planning Policy (Lancaster)
  • Local Planning Policy (South Lakeland)
  • Richmondshire, Craven & South Lakeland Policy
  • Delivering new homes
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• Ranger Service
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  • Meet the Area Managers
  • Area-Manager-Map-Jan-2017.pdf
• Other services
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  • Tourism in the Dales
  • Using the National Park brand
  • Dales newspaper
  • Interpretation
  • Large-scale events
  • Learning and engagement
  • Education visits
  • Media office
• Other grants and funding
• Have your say
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  • Planning application search
• Sustainable Development Fund
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  • Wildlife conservation projects
  • Heritage projects
  • Broadband projects
  • Business & local produce projects
  • Community projects
  • Visiting, learning and enjoying
  • The SDF story so far...
  • Business & local produce
  • SDF-application-form-small-grants.docx

Visit the Dales

• The Visitor magazine
• Visitor Map
• What's on
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  • Go Wild! Days
  • Festivals, shows and galas
  • YDNPA guided walks
• Things to see and do
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  • Top 10 places to see
  • ...to enjoy wildlife
  • ...to enjoy the stars
  • ...on rainy days
  • ...on sunny days
  • ...to keep the kids happy
  • ...to enjoy heritage
  • Top attractions
  • Dales Countryside Museum
  • Workshops and experiences
  • What to do...
  • YorkshireDalesGuideToHealthHappiness2016.pdf
  • Interactive visitor map
• Get outdoors
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  • Yorkshire Three Peaks
  • Walking
  • Cycling
  • Mountain biking
  • Adventure activities
  • Horse riding
  • Geocaching
  • Where can I go?
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• Yorkshire Dales Cheese Festival 2018
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  • Cheese Festival programme
  • Wensleydale Creamery website
  • Beer & Beef Festival website
  • Whats on in the Dales
  • The Cheese Festival Programme
  • Cheese Festival @ Wensleydale Creamery
  • Beer & Beef Festival
  • The Churchmouse at Barbon
• Discover the Dales
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  • Market Towns
  • Wonderful villages
  • Our Dales
  • Wonderful waterfalls
  • Lovely lakes
  • Limestone features
  • Caves and potholes
• Eat Drink Shop
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  • Brilliant Businesses
  • Arts & Crafts
  • Theatres & Cinemas
  • Cafés and tea shops
  • Pubs and restaurants
  • Markets
  • Farm shops and delis
  • Butchers and cheesemongers
  • Ales in the Dales
• Where to stay
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  • Where to stay search
• Essential information
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  • National Park Centres
  • Maps
  • Apps
  • Access for all
  • Car parks and toilets
  • Travel information
  • Tours and excursions
  • Weather
  • Wifi and mobile phone reception
  • Take care while you're here
  • Dogs and the Dales
  • Tips for motorcyclists
  • Travel Information

About us

• Our people
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  • Staff
  • Members
  • Volunteers
  • Current volunteering opportunities
• How we work
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  • National Park Management Plan
  • National Park Strategies
  • Committee meetings
  • Our priorities
  • Corporate Plan
  • Who we work with
• Our service to you
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  • Compliments and complaints
  • Access to information
  • What we aim to do
  • Our performance
  • Open Data
  • Website terms and conditions
• Contact us
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  • Website terms and conditions

Looking after

• How you can help
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  • Pitch in for Whernside
  • Volunteering
  • Donate to the Three Peaks
  • Friends of the Three Peaks
  • Friends of DCM
  • Friends of the Dales
  • Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust
  • Campaign for National Parks
  • Corporate Partnership Explained
• What needs looking after?
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  • Natural beauty
  • Cultural heritage
  • The experience of being here
  • Wildlife
• Our vision
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  • Landscape
• Achieving our vision
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  • Wildlife
  • Landscape
  • The experience
  • Climate change
  • Communities
  • Economy
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