Yorkshire Dales Archives

Middleham Castle visitor guide: Opening hours, tickets, and how to plan your visit

Middleham Castle is a ruined medieval castle in the market town of Middleham in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, managed by English Heritage as a paid visitor attraction. This guide covers opening hours, ticket prices, transport, parking, accessibility, and practical visitor tips for planning your visit. This…

Stump Cross Caverns, Nidderdale: Visitor guide with prices, times & advice

Stump Cross Caverns is a show cave and family visitor attraction on the B6265 at Greenhow Hill, between Pateley Bridge and Grassington. It's in the Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty on the southern fringe of the Yorkshire Dales. This 2026 visitor guide covers opening…

Linton Falls, Yorkshire Dales: Ticket prices, hours, parking & visitor guide (2026)

The River Wharfe drops over a geological fault line where rocks shifted millions of years ago, creating Yorkshire's most accessible waterfall just minutes from a car park. After heavy rain, standing on the footbridge by Linton Falls can feel precarious as the full force of…

Lower Force at Aysgarth Falls, North Yorkshire.

Aysgarth Falls, Yorkshire Dale: 2026 visitor guide with parking fees and best viewpoints

The first thing that surprised me about Aysgarth Falls in the Yorkshire Dales was that they're not one waterfall but three separate cascades spread across nearly a mile of the River Ure. The second surprise was watching families paddling in the upper falls' pools whilst…

The Ribblehead Viaduct in the Yorkshire Dales, Yorkshire.

Ribblehead Viaduct, Yorkshire Dales: Ticket prices, hours, parking & visitor guide (2026)

Standing beneath the arches, craning your neck upwards at 32 metres of Victorian engineering, you feel humbly small. Twenty-four limestone piers march across Batty Moss in perfect formation, carrying trains across terrain that shouldn't be crossable. What really struck me about the Ribblehead Viaduct in…

Malham Cove in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

Malham Cove, Yorkshire Dales: Ticket prices, hours, parking & visitor guide (2026)

The first time I stood at the base of Malham Cove in North Yorkshire, I couldn't quite grasp the scale until someone at the top waved. That person — a tiny speck against the limestone — was 80 metres above me. This curved amphitheatre of…