The Yorkshire Dales National Park was established in 1954 W E S T M O R L A N D D A L E S Sedburgh Dent Ribblehead WHERNSIDE INGLEBOROUGH PEN-Y-GHENT Settle Malham Grassington Kettlewell Buckden Aysgarth Bainbridge Hawes Bolton Abbey Ravenstonedale Keld Gunnerside Reeth Kirkby Stephen About the Yorkshire Dales National Park... It was extended westward in 2016 by 24% today most of the park is in North Yorkshire with a sizeable area in Cumbria and a small part in Lancashire The National Park has a housing stock of 11,254 buildings, of which just over 21% are second or holiday homes The Yorkshire Dales is renowned for its geology, also known as Limestone Country, its limestone pavements formed over 350 million years ago by ancient glaciers The National Park has three peaks Whernside, Ingleborough & Pen-y-ghent with a 40km walking route between them There are 8,050kms of dry-stone walls with some dating back over 600 years to when they were built to repel wolves. In 2020 there were over 4 million day visitors to the National Park (Yorkshire Dales Visitor Survey 2020) 23,637 people live in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. 2,628kms of footpaths 618kms of bridleways 1,090 farms in the National Park buildings terrain roads water railway line The national park covers 2,179km2 97% of the land in the National Park is privately owned S WA L E DAL E WE NS L E Y D A L E WHAR F E D A L E R I B B L E S D AL E AR KE NGA R T HDAL E GA R SD AL E D E NT D AL E BI S HO P D AL E L I T T ONDAL E MA L HA MD AL E KI NGS DAL E BARBONDA L E COV E R DAL E R AY DAL E MAL L E R S T ANG COASTTOCOAST DAL ES WAY PENNI NE WAY R AI LWAY About the Yorkshire Dales National Park...
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