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Yorkshire Dales

British  

plural noun

  1. 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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Squeagle - a four-year-old female - is fitted with a tag which showed she had travelled through Northumberland, the Pennines and the Yorkshire Dales.

From BBC Jun. 26, 2026

At Craven Cattle Marts on the outskirts of Skipton, North Yorkshire, the auction ring is buzzing as farmers from across the Yorkshire Dales and Pennine Moors come to buy and sell livestock.

From BBC Mar. 5, 2026

The sphagnum austinii has been brought from Scotland, where it still grows, to the Yorkshire Dales and is being propagated in local nurseries before it is planted within the blanket bogs.

From BBC Feb. 8, 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

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