Where the infant River Eden oozes from the peat of the Pennines and begins its journey to the Solway Firth, it’s known
Read More »Depending on how you measure your waterfalls, Cautley Spout has the longest drop of any in England. This astounding waterfall plummets in
Read More »Mallerstang is a quiet, rather isolated valley south of Kirkby Stephen, hemmed in on both sides by windswept moorland that rises to
Read More »Like much of Cumbria, the Howgill Fells make excellent walking country, but this compact group of brooding giants in the county’s south-east
Read More »One of more than 40 named valleys in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, Dentdale is home to the River Dee which meanders
Read More »The Yorkshire Dales National Park consists of 860 square miles of beautiful and varied countryside that straddles the Pennines, the long chain
Read More »The little-visited valley of Longsleddale lies to the north of Kendal. From Garnett Bridge, near the A6, as you follow the River
Read More »Wet Sleddale is one of several quiet valleys cutting into the eastern Lake District fells. Easily reached from the A6 south of
Read More »Mardale is one of the better-known valleys of the far eastern Lake District – largely on account of its history. In the
Read More »Off the beaten track, secluded, remote… Swindale is all of these things. There are a handful of cottages and farmhouses here, but
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