Despite the predominance of the great reservoirs of Angram, Scar House and Gouthwaite in the landscape of upper Nidderdale, much remains...

This 6 mile walk explores the northern slopes of Eskdale between Lealholm and Carr End. The return leg follows the Esk Valley Walk along...

Whatever the season the middle reaches of the Tees valley are always worth exploring on foot. It's a gentle landscape of fertile farmland...

The highest inn in England at 1732ft, Tan Hill Inn sits in the middle of the featureless wastes of Stainmore which is broken only by the...

Under its new ownership great changes have already happened to Auckland Castle and its environment and far reaching developments to...

In his 'North Riding'  published in 1941, Arthur Mee describes Glaisdale  as 'the name of a dale shut off from the world by the moors and...

The rolling countryside of Coxwoldshire, a name used in medieval times for the villages lying between the Hambleton and Howardian Hills,...

"A village that cannot be hid, Crayke is a fine sight from the Plain of York, its houses climbing the hill to the church and the castle...

A few years ago [written in 2009] the rights of way in the Howardian Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty were improved with new...

Between the great reservoirs of Gouthwaite and Scar House upper Nidderdale is flanked by high moors. Their network of rights of way...

Goathland's many attractions were first discovered by the Victorians after its isolation came to an end with the building of one the...

Downstream from Richmond the Swale still has over three miles to flow between wooded banks and across rich pastureland before it reaches...

In the middle of the rolling grasslands of the Vale of Mowbray and about half way between Northallerton and Darlington is Pepper Arden...

The gentle rolling hills adjoining the Skerne valley a few miles north of Darlington are well worth exploring. The green landscape is...

In its middle reaches, between Darlington and Stockton, the River Tees meanders in a series of loops so exaggerated that they have...

Sedgefield is described by H. Thorold in the Shell Guide to County Durham of 1980 as a 'small town of Georgian houses and wide greens in...

In 2012 the new Pennine Bridleway officially opened to the public. This 200 mile route stretches from Derbyshire to Ravenstonedale in...

One of the less frequented dales, Dentdale is only 10 miles long and never more than half a mile wide. Its appeal lies in it being...

If you enjoy woodland walking, then the Forestry Commission's Hamsterley Forest is for you. The estate was purchased from the Surtees...

Buckden, where the Wharfe turns south after flowing eastwards through Langstrothdale, has some of the finest scenic walking in the dales....