The Yorkshire Dales are divided into several major areas or dales.
Read our Guides to the Northern Yorks Dales
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Swaledale and Wensleydale
Our Guides on the Eastern Dales
Read Information about the Western Yorkshire Dales
- The Three Peaks.
Find Out About the Southern Dales
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Malhamdale, Ribblesdale, Upper and Lower Wharfedale and Airedale.
Some of the valleys or dales, such as Nidderdale to the east of the national park are Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Rivers or becks (streams) runs through the dales and often lend their name to that particular valley - the River Nidd flows through Nidderdale, the River Wharfe through Wharfedale. Find out more about each of the dales that comprise the Yorkshire Dales National Park by clicking on their names below.
Including the smaller lesser known dales, the list of Yorkshire Dales is:
Arkengarthdale
Barbondale
Birkdale
Bishopdale
Chapel-le-Dale
Clapdale
Coverdale
Deepdale
Dentdale
Garsdale
Kingsdale
Langstrothdale
Littondale
Malhamdale for cottage holidays
Nidderdale
Raydale
Ribblesdale
Swaledale
Waldendale
Wensleydale
Wharfedale
The dales were originally formed by glaciers in the ice age which carved out these deep valleys and produced this beautiful landscape.
If you would like somewhere comfortable of good quality to stay, check out a list of self catering cottages in the Yorkshire Dales.
