Yorkshire Dales National Park
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The Yorkshire Dales National Park is a 2,178 km2 (841 sq mi) national park in England which covers most of the Yorkshire Dales, the Howgill Fells, and the Orton Fells. The Nidderdale area of the Yorkshire Dales is not within the national park, and has instead been designated a national landscape. Most of the park is within North Yorkshire, with a sizeable area in Cumbria and a small part in Lancashire. The park was designated in 1954, and extended in 2016. More than 95% of the land in the park is privately owned; there are over 1,000 farms in this area.[1]
Yorkshire Dales National Park | |
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IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape) | |
Location | North Yorkshire, Westmorland & Lancashire, England |
Coordinates | 54°15′N 2°13′W |
Area | 2,178 km2 (841 sq mi) |
Max. elevation | Whernside 736 m (2,415 ft) |
Designation | National Park |
Established | 1954 |
In late 2020, the park was named as an International Dark Sky Reserve. This honour confirms that the area has "low levels of light pollution with good conditions for astronomy".[2]
As of 2017,[update] some 23,500 residents live within the park boundary; a 2018 report estimated that the park attracted more than four million visitors per year.[3] The economy consists primarily of tourism and agriculture.[4]