Yorkshire Dales, Upland and Upland Fringe
Author(s): Jeremy Lake
The Yorkshire Dales is a large-scale, upland landscape of high moorland, dissected by often deep dales, which forms part of the Pennine uplands running up the centre of Northern England. It is separated from the North Pennines by the Stainmore Trough faults and from the more industrialised South Pennines by the Craven Faults. Just 0.3% of the area is urban, 4% is woodland and 26% is upland grazing. Of the area, 71% falls within the Yorkshire Dales National Park and 17% within the Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), whilst 30% of the area is designated as Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).
- Report Number:
- 25/2020
- Series:
- Research Report
- Pages:
- 19
- Keywords:
- Landscape Farmstead Historic
