On Waterfall Wednesday we're sharing this view of Aysgill Force just outside Gayle and Hawes in Upper Wensleydale. #YorkshireDales #WaterfallWednesday

Built in 1399 by Richard le Scrope, Lord Chancellor to Richard II, Bolton Castle was designed not just as a fortress but as a family home. Despite the Civil War damage, the castle remains one of the best-preserved in England. 📸 Wendy McDonnell | #TuesdayThoughts #YorkshireDales

For Monday motivation we're sharing some autumnal views at Kilnsey 🍂 Have a great week. 📸 Wendy McDonnell | #Kilnsey #YorkshireDales #MondayMotivation

Happy Sunday! Looking for a Wharfedale wander today? Check out our FREE walking app, which has walks around Buckden, Burnsall, Grassington, Kettlewell and more 👇 ow.ly/vYq050X2L2e #YorkshireDales #Walking #Autumn

Happy Saturday! If you're around the National Park this weekend, please: 🐄 Be Cattle Aware 🚮 Take Your Litter Home 🏞️ Respect the Land, the community, and each other Public transport options: 🚌 Buses & Trains - ow.ly/Ru2950WjwO5 🚆 Public Transport guide - ow.ly/IbRc50WjwO8 📸 Wendy McDonnell

Happy Friday! If you're around the National Park this weekend, please: 🐄 Be Cattle Aware - Cattle may become protective especially around calves 🚮 Take Your Litter Home - Leave no trace 🏞️ Respect the Land, the community, and each other 📸 Wendy McDonnell

A view of Semerwater from Sunday morning with the water right up the side of the lane, completely covering the foreshore! Semerwater is one of 3 natural lakes in the National Park, the other's being Malham Tarn and Sunbiggin Tarn. #YorkshireDales #ThursdayThoughts

Following last week’s #WaterfallWednesday, Brian’s sent another gem – Hull Pot full to the brim in January 2023! After heavy rain, Hull Pot Beck spills in, creating a spectacular waterfall. Occasionally, it even fills completely! 🌧️ #Ribblesdale #YorkshireDales #StepInToNature

For many the equinox marks the start of autumn and this year the equinox takes place TODAY. 📸 Wendy McDonnell | #YorkshireDales #Autumn #MondayMotivation

💡 Did you know? Askrigg was once celebrated for its clock makers. There are several fine examples of their work on display at Dales Countryside Museum in Hawes. 📸 Wendy McDonnell | #YorkshireDales #Askrigg

Happy Saturday! If you're around the National Park this weekend, please: 🐄 Be Cattle Aware 🚮 Take Your Litter Home - Leave no trace 🏞️ Respect the Land, the community, and each other ☔ There's a weather warning in place for rain 📸 Wendy McDonnell

If you're around the National Park this weekend we ask that you please: 🐄 Be Cattle Aware - Cattle may become protective especially around calves and dogs 🚮 Take Your Litter Home ☔ Be aware of a weather warning in place for rain 📸 Upper Wharfedale

The #YorkshireDales Explorer is a Saturday train connecting Lancashire with the heart of the National Park. And from Saturday you can bring along a friend, partner, or family member with an additional 25% off. T&Cs 👇 www.northernrailway.co.uk/tickets/york...

Today's #WaterfallWednesday is Hull Pot in #Ribblesdale – captured on Monday during some rather damp weather that we had ☔️ Kindly shared with us by Brian Stallwood 🙏 Taken on his morning run with his dog, Luna - much respect, Brian! 🏃‍♂️ #YorkshireDales #GetOutdoors

Gaping Gill is one of the largest underground chambers in Britain. The main shaft drops 98m (322ft) straight down, and the stream known as Fell Beck plunges into the cave, creating the highest unbroken waterfall in England. #TuesdayThoughts #GapingGill

🌄 Monday Motivation 🌄 We're kick starting the week with this breath-taking view of Upper Wharfedale, looking towards Cray. 💧 Cray is home to the Cray Waterfalls, a series of stunning cascades tucked into the hillside. 📍 #YorkshireDales #MondayMotivation

Introducing the #SettleCarlisle line: 🚂 Ribblehead Viaduct is the most famous structure on the line 🏞️ The route spans 72 miles from Settle to Carlisle. 🐾 At Garsdale there’s a statue of a collie who stayed by his deceased owner’s side for 11 weeks. #YorkshireDales

If you're in or around the National Park this weekend, please: 🔥 No BBQ's, open fires or discarded cigarettes 🚮 Take your litter home And check out: 🚌 Weekend Buses & Trains - ow.ly/Ru2950WjwO5 🚆 Our Public Transport guide - ow.ly/IbRc50WjwO8 📸 Hebden Beck

Abbotside Common, above Hawes, features several distinct cairns, particularly around the summits of Lovely Seat and these ones around High Clint. #ThursdayThoughts #YorkshireDales #StepIntoNature

Ancient drystone walls and field barns are defining features of the Dales landscape - shaped over thousands of years by people and nature. There are over 5,000 miles of drystone walls in the National Park. #YorkshireDales #TuesdayThoughts

For Monday motivation we're sharing one of the most shared views in the Yorkshire Dales National Park 📸 📍 Thwaite, Swaledale by Wendy McDonnell | #YorkshireDales #MondayMotivation

📸 Yorkshire Dales Landscape Photography Show has started this week! 🗓️ 3 Sept – 31 Oct 📍 The Old School Art Gallery, Muker, Swaledale 🎟️ Free entry Credit: Paul Clark, Lizzie Shepherd and Richard Walls #LandscapePhotography #YorkshireDales #NationalPark

Ingleborough National Nature Reserve has been expanded, and is now one of the largest and most wildlife-rich reserves in northern England! 📸 Liz Coates, David Berry, Finn Varney 🔗 ow.ly/VNh850WRM6T @naturalengland.bsky.social | @yorkswildlife.bsky.social #YorkshireDales

Appersett viaduct, at just under 100m long, was designed by J. S. Crossley, who built most of the viaducts along the Settle and Carlisle line, and was opened in 1878. #ThursdayThoughts #YorkshireDales #StepIntoNature

Hawes 👇 🌄 One of England’s highest market towns 🧀 A Cheese Capital, famous for producing Wensleydale cheese 🏭 Gayle Mill, an 18th-century water-powered mill ✨ A Dark Sky destination, boasting some of the darkest skies in England #TuesdayThoughts #YorkshireDales

Work will begin soon on an environmental restoration project focused on cleaning up Barney Beck in Swaledale, an area historically impacted by lead mining dating back to Roman times. Read more 👇 www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/park-authori... 📸 Wendy McDonnell

Morning, welcome to the weekend Full details of bus and train services into and around the Yorkshire Dales this weekend are available online at dalesbus.org, and in timetable booklets from National Park Visitor Centres and many other local outlets 📍 Fore Gill Gate

Happy Friday! If you're in the #YorkshireDales this weekend; 🤝 Respect the life and work of those who live here 🌊 Take care around rivers, waterfalls and lakes 🚮 Take all your litter home ​🔥 NO fires or BBQs Thank you 🙏 📷 Ribblehead Viaduct - Tom Kolour

Every day we share some of our favourite views of the Dales with you 💚 We love this view of an old field barn in Wensleydale taken yesterday - what a cracking morning 🌞 📷 Wendy McDonnell I #GetOutdoors #StepIntoNature #YorkshireDales

💦 Waterfall Wednesday calls for a fresh look at one of our favourites - Aysgarth Falls Footage taken on a previous visit. 📍 At our Visitor Centre: 🌿 Free Tramper hire ☕ Coppice Café 🚶‍♀️ Walks More 👇 www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/places/aysga... #YorkshireDales #WaterfallWednesday #AysgarthFalls

Your #PictureOfTheDay is of #Crummackdale, which is one of the smaller and quieter dales in the #YorkshireDales National Park. 🐑 It was formed by glacial and fluvial processes that shaped its limestone landscape. 📷 Wendy McDonnell I #TuesdayThoughts #StepIntoNature

Whatever your plans, have a great Bank Holiday Monday. For Monday motivation we’re sharing this view of Appersett Viaduct from yesterday. #YorkshireDales #Appersett #MondayMotivation

🌿 Sunday in Wensleydale This view near Askrigg shows a classic Dales field barn surrounded by green pastures – a familiar sight in the Dales 💚 Where’s your favourite view in the National Park? 📷 Wendy McDonnell I #SundayViews #GetOutside #YorkshireDales

The erratic boulders are an endearing feature of the Dales. The most famous being the Norber Boulders in Crummockdale. Have you seen them? Where these came from is still debated by geologists 🤔 ℹ️ dalesrocks.org.uk/ribblesdale/... 📸 R Duckworth | #ThursdayThoughts #YorkshireDales

🌿 Love the outdoors? In partnership with the Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust, we have an exciting opportunity for a local young person to be an Apprentice Ranger. 📅 Apply by 29 Aug 👇 yorkshiredales.org.uk/park-authori... 📷 Jon Chappell #Jobs #Apprenticeship #YorkshireDales

Every morning we open a window to the #YorkshireDales and share some of our favourite views, like this one looking down into #Swaledale 💚 #MondayMotivation 💛 📸 Wendy McDonnell | #GetOutdoors #NatureTherapy

Who loves Appletreewick? ✋ A charming village with two traditional #YorkshireDales pubs, The Craven Arms and The New Inn 🍻 The village is also just a short hop to Grassington, where you'll find our National Park Visitor Centre. ℹ️ Find out more on our website #Wharfedale

10/10 the Hawes Yarnbombers 🙌 #YorkshireDales #Hawes #Yarnbombing

There's been some fantastic misty mornings in the #YorkshireDales. As the land cools overnight after a warm day, mists form; shown beautifully in this image taken previously by Kev Lockwood 💚 📍 Kilsnsey Crag in Wharfedale #YorkshireDales #FridayFeeling #NatureTherapy

Feeling the heat? 🌡️ Here's a cool blast from the past to help chill you out on #WaterfallWednesday ❄️ 📍 Cauldron Falls in West Burton 📸 Wendy McDonnell I #YorkshireDales #NatureTherapy

The charming riverside St Wilfrid’s Church in Burnsall. You can take an easier access route that starts in Burnsall and follows the River Wharfe. Whilst walking along the river, look out for pied and grey wagtail, dipper, common sandpiper and oystercatcher 💚 #TuesdayThoughts #YorkshireDales

We love Swaledale at this time of the year 💮 We thought we'd share this view for some #MondayMotivation! We hope you had a good weekend. Share your Dales photos with us, and we may post them on our social media accounts 🙌 📸 Mark Sadler | #GetOutdoors #NatureTherapy

Every morning we open a window to the Dales and share some of our favourite views. And at this time of year the moorlands are awash with shades of purple, like here - looking towards Calver Hill in Swaledale 💮 📸 Wendy McDonnell | #YorkshireDales #GetOutdoors

If you're spending time in or around the Yorkshire Dales this weekend, please: 🌊 Stay safe around water as we've had some rain! 🚮 Take all your litter home 🤝 Respect the community living and working here Have a great time 😎 www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/things-to-do... 📸 Wendy McDonnell I Kilnsey

Who's looking forward to the weekend? We are starting Friday with this fantastic image of the purple haze which is creeping across the fells of the #YorkshireDales #NationalPark 💜 📸 With thanks to Nick Akroyd who took this image previously #Swaledale #Weekend #FridayVibes

Who recognises this view? St Margaret’s Church in Hawes was built in 1850, replacing a chapel likely built around 1620 which stood in front of the White Hart Inn. The new hilltop site gave the church a commanding presence over the town and Wensleydale. 📷 Wendy McDonnell | #YorkshireDales

💦 It's #WaterfallWednesday! Framed by summer greenery, Hardraw Force is England’s highest above-ground single-drop waterfall, plunging 100ft into the gorge below. 🎬 Featured in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves! 📍 Near Hawes in Wensleydale 📸 Paul Harris #YorkshireDales

🧱 The Yorkshire Dales National Park is crisscrossed by around 5,000 miles (approximately 8,000 km) of dry stone walls. Some date back to the 13th century - likely originally built to mark out boundaries and keep livestock in. As for the skill of the dry stone wallers? Legendary! 📷 Wendy McDonnell

Looking for some #MondayMotivation? Here’s a cracking view of the River Wharfe with Simon’s Seat in the distance - where on a clear day, the views are simply breathtaking 💚 📸 Rich Fox | #YorkshireDales #Wharfedale #NatureTherapy #GetOutdoors

Happy Sunday! Cotterdale is a small side dale and hamlet of Wensleydale. You can visit this Dale on our FREE GPS-enabled walking app, which offers 42 fantastic trails throughout the NationalPark👇 www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/things-to-do/yorkshiredales-walkingapps/ 📸 Wendy McDonnell