A map of the Yorkshire Dales National Park (can be printed any size A4-A1)(pdf to be added). Fact sheets on the Yorkshire Dales for teachers and students (pdf to be added).
1: National Treasure
2: Yorkshire Dales
3: Geology
4: Wildlife
5: Heritage
6: Farming
7: Tourism
8: Malham
9: Access
10: Quarrying
11: Climate change
Cultural heritage resources
- Dairy Days: The story of dairying in Wensleydale. Cross-curricular teachers pack and resources (pdf to be added)
- Every Barn Tells a Story: Muker Barns. A cross-curricular resource pack for primary schools (pdf to be added)
- A Way Through: A research project into the spectacular routes through the Westmorland Dales and the people that used them; such as its Roman roads, drovers roads and railways.
Visiting Malham
- 1:25000 OS map of Malham
- 1:2500 OS map of Malham
- The geology of Malham
- Walks from Malham
- Activities to do with groups in Malham
Visiting Aysgarth Falls and Freeholders Wood
- 1:25000 map of Aysgarth Falls
- Walks from Aysgarth Falls
- Aysgarth Falls group leader’s education pack
- Activities to do with groups at Aysgarth Falls
Visiting Grassington and Hebden
- 1:25000 OS map of Grassington
- 1:5000 OS map of Grassington
- A walk to Grass Woods from Grassington
- A meadows walk from Grassington
- Audio trail for walk from Grassington to Lea Green
- Activities to do with groups in Grassington
- Resources to support the planning of your visit
Teaching resources
The National Parks UK website offers a range of resources on National Parks, including a map, facts and figures and a KS2 National Park Curriculum.
Green Careers
A video on young people’s careers in the YDNPA
Careers with the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority: Teaching Pack
- Introduction to the toolkit for teachers and young people
- Career cards and individual stories
- Teachers’ notes, schemes of work
- Future career and project-based learning PowerPoint
- Student resource sheets
Further resources can be purchased through our online shop
Other useful website links:
BBC Bitesize
Countryside Classroom
Dales Rocks
Forestry England
Learning outside the classroom
Out of Oblivion (details to come)
Outdoor providers in the Yorkshire Dales
The Field Studies Council
The Wildlife Trust
The Woodland Trust
The Yorkshire Peat Partnership
Yorkshire Wildlife Trust
Woodland Classroom