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Yorkshire Dales

British

plural noun

Also called: the Dales. the valleys of the rivers flowing from the Pennines in W Yorkshire: chiefly Ribblesdale, Swaledale, Nidderdale, Wharfedale, and Wensleydale; tourist area

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A campervan owner herself, Julie-Anne said she had just returned from a trip away to the Yorkshire Dales, where she spent £15 a night to park on a designated site.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

For four generations, Neil Heseltine's family have worked on Hill Top Farm, perched on the hillside of Malhamdale amid the dramatic landscape of the Yorkshire Dales.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

A volunteer mountain rescuer was pictured scaling a frozen Gordale Scar waterfall in the Yorkshire Dales National Park after temperatures dropped in parts of the UK.

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2026

Snow settles on the higher ground of the Yorkshire Dales, as the UK experiences its first arctic blast of the winter.

From Barron's • Nov. 19, 2025

Cardiff has already had twice as much rain this month than in an average September with almost 70mm of rain falling in mid Wales, the Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors.

From BBC • Sep. 23, 2025

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