Yorkshire Dales

Our countryside is open, however we encourage people to stay home, avoid travel and observe social distancing.

Although our countryside is open, we encourage people to stay home and go for walks locally, avoid travel and observe social distancing.

Although our countryside is open, we encourage people to exercise locally, avoid travel and observe social distancing.

Our countryside is open, however we encourage people to stay close to home to walk their four-legged friends, avoiding travel.

We are delighted to announce that the tramper at Malham Tarn is now available to hire.

Please see article for information on the 2021 fishing season.

Water voles are flourishing at Malham Tarn, Yorkshire Dales, following a reintroduction in 2016. Rangers released a further 100 of these rare mammals in 2017.

Roisin is one of the rangers helping to reintroduce water voles. Here she tells us about her work, what she loves about being a ranger and what to spot in the wildlife-rich Malham Tarn.

Much of our conservation work benefits pollinators. Find out more about these insects and why they are so important.

Whatever the season, if the sun is shining and there isn’t too much wind it’s always enjoyable and interesting to birdwatch in the Yorkshire Dales.

There are an estimated 80 million ash trees in the UK, helping to shape some of our best loved landscapes. Ash dieback could kill up to 95% of these trees and change these landscapes forever.

Two Exmoor ponies have been introduced at Malham Tarn National Nature Reserve. Their grazing on the reserve will help conservation management of this special landscape, with their progress and well-being closely monitored by rangers.

In the Yorkshire Dales we are working with National Trust farm tenants to trial a new approach to payments for methods of farming which result in a better outcome for the environment.

Learn more about our grasslands at Hudswell Woods and how we are working to restore them and increase the number and types of wildflower.