Imagine digging Britain’s longest canal by hand. At 127.25 miles long, the Leeds Liverpool Canal took thousands of navvies 46 years to build, starting…

You've heard of the Yorkshire 3 Peaks but what about the Dales 30? Love to walk and tick places off your list? Jonathan Smith at Where2Walk is keen to…

Has anyone ever made a 'laughing stock' of you? I love noticing small details, bits of history that have been around for ever, half-forgotten. Village…

What links wet feet, The Cure, Wordsworth, Scottish Raiders and the Yorkshire Dales? Have you been to this place and stayed dry?

Is it possible to cr…

How well do you know Ribblesdale? It's packed with 'big names' of Yorkshire Dales attractions as well as some more hidden landscape features.

Many fi…

Have you travelled along the Dales route described as "scenic but scarey!" and "England’s only truly spectacular road*”?

The Buttertubs Pass is one …

You can tell a lot about the history of places in the Yorkshire Dales from their name. Ham, ley, ton, pen, foss... all give clues to the past.

First …

Why is there a statue of a dog at Garsdale station? Why is "Hawes" railway station actually in Garsdale? It straddles the Yorkshire/Cumbrian border an…

Mooker, Muck-er, mew-ker... However you say it, Muker* in Swaledale is a tiny place, much-loved and especially popular with walkers and photographers.…