Yorkshire Travel Guide - Countryside

The Strid is a stretch of narrow chasms on the River Wharfe, north of Bolton Abbey. The Wharfe is generally wide and slow-moving, but here it narrows to create a series of chasms and swift rushing water. The Strid was formed by the movement of small stones against the soft underlying rock, creating potholes which then joined together the create the chasms.
Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire Dales, Yorkshire, England

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Thomason Foss is a pretty waterfall on Eller Beck, near the North York Moors village of Beck Hole. It is one of the easiest waterfalls to access in the National Park.
Beck Hole, North York Moors, Yorkshire, England

Attraction Type: Countryside - Waterfall
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The White Horse at Kilburn is a chalk figure carved into the hillside above this attractive North Yorkshire village. The chalk figure was the brainchild of Thomas Taylor, a Kilburn native, who in 1857 decided that his village needed a white horse even more grand and exciting than established chalk figures in the south of England (such as the one at Westbury, Wiltshire).
Kilburn, North York Moors, Yorkshire, England

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The Winskill Stones Nature Reserve is a 74-acre site near Settle, Yorkshire, known for its picturesque limestone pavement and limestone meadows. The reserve offers an abundance of plant life and fabulous views north to Yorkshire's famous Three Peaks.
near Cowside, Stainforth, Yorkshire Dales, Yorkshire, England

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The Wolds Way is one of England's national trails, a long-distance footpath stretching through the rolling hills of the Yorkshire Wolds from the Humber estuary to the North Sea. The going is not generally difficult, but the sense of wide-open space prevails. There are few villages along the trail, but the route does pass the most famous deserted village in Britain - Wharram Percy.
Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England

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One of the largest and most scenic of England's National Parks, the Yorkshire Dales is a landscape of open fields split by dry stone walls, with small villages in the valley bottoms. The Pennine mountains run roughly north-south through the park, and the Pennine Way national trail draws thousands of walkers every year. Quite apart from the scenic beauty of the Dales, this is walking country. It is also James Herriot country, for this is the area where Britain's favourite vet had his fictional adventures.
Yorkshire Dales, Yorkshire, England

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The Yorkshire Wolds is an area of gently rolling hills and attractive countryside stretching in a crescent shape from the northern bank of the Humber near Hull to the southern fringe of the North York Moors. For most of its length, the Wolds is an area of peaceful countryside, rolling hills, and farmland, with attractive little villages and the occasional small market town.
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Heritage Highlight: The deserted medieval village of Wharram Percy

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Young Ralph Cross is a wayside cross on Danby High Moor south of Castleton, in the North York Moors National Park. The cross may date to the 11th century though the cross head may be an 18th-century replacement. It is the symbol of the National Park.
Danby High Moor, Castleton, North York Moors, Yorkshire, England

Attraction Type: Countryside - Wayside Cross
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Heritage Highlight: The symbol of the North York Moors National Park

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