Yorkshire Dales

British

plural noun

Also called: the Dales. the valleys of the rivers flowing from the Pennines in W Yorkshire: chiefly Ribblesdale, Swaledale, Nidderdale, Wharfedale, and Wensleydale; tourist area

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Two projects – one in the Yorkshire Dales and another on Marsden Moor near Huddersfield – are reintroducing mosses to the uplands, which it is hoped will also create diverse habitats for wildlife.

From BBC

The sphagnum austinii has been brought from Scotland, where it still grows, to the Yorkshire Dales and is being propagated in local nurseries before it is planted within the blanket bogs.

From BBC

A volunteer mountain rescuer was pictured scaling a frozen Gordale Scar waterfall in the Yorkshire Dales National Park after temperatures dropped in parts of the UK.

From BBC

A campaign group has been formed to oppose plans for a major wind farm on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales.

From BBC

Snow settles on the higher ground of the Yorkshire Dales, as the UK experiences its first arctic blast of the winter.

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