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Wensleydale near Hawes. Wensleydale is a valley in North Yorkshire, England. It is one of the Yorkshire Dales, which are part of the Pennines. The dale is named after the village of Wensley, formerly the valley's market town. The principal river of the valley is the Ure, which is the source of the alternative name Yoredale. [1]
Wensley is a small village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It consists of a few homes and holiday cottage, an inn, a pub and a historic church. [2] It is on the A684 road 1 mile (1.6 km) south-west of the market town of Leyburn. The River Ure passes through the village.
Harmby is a village and civil parish in Lower Wensleydale, [2] one mile south-east of Leyburn, in North Yorkshire, England. [3] It is located roughly three miles east of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Harmby has close links with Spennithorne, a village half a mile to the south-east. The two villages have a joint sports association. [4]
Snaizeholme is a small side valley of Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales National Park (YDNP), North Yorkshire, England.The valley is noted for its red squirrel reserve, the only place within the North Yorkshire part of the Yorkshire Dales National Park where red squirrels are known to live, and a tree re-wilding project.
Hawes is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, at the head of Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales, and historically in the North Riding of Yorkshire. The River Ure north of the town is a tourist attraction in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. [2] The population in 2011 was 887. [3]
Walden is a dale and hamlet in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England. The dale is a side dale of Wensleydale, sometimes known as Waldendale [1] or Walden Dale to distinguish it from the hamlet. The hamlet lies 2 miles (4 km) south of West Burton at the mouth of the dale.
The Nidderdale National Landscape is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in North Yorkshire, England, bordering the Yorkshire Dales National Park [1] to the east and south. It comprises most of Nidderdale itself, part of lower Wharfedale , the Washburn valley and part of lower Wensleydale , including Jervaulx Abbey and the side valleys west ...
The name Sleddale first appears in documents in 1280 as Seldalegile.The name is a combination of the Old English words of slæd and dæl, meaning slow-dale. [3] The name of the beck which flows down the valley (Duerley Beck), has not influenced the name of the dale (or vice versa), which does occur in the Yorkshire Dales, but is uncommon.