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• Updated: 15/04/2021 - 18:43
Straddling the Pennines, the Yorkshire Dales dominates the landscape of northern England with outstanding natural beauty. A place rich in history and lost in time, it’s my home.
I’m lucky to have been raised in between its breathtaking valleys: carved into the limestone by glaciers, segmented neatly by iconic dry stone walls. The national park has just been awarded best in Europe. Here’s why.
Idyllic Market Towns
The town of Richmond sits on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Referred to as the ‘gateway to the Dales’ by locals - it’s the last town before kilometres of rolling limestone valleys and farmland.
THE leader of one of England’s largest councils by area is calling for the Government to make allowing elected members to vote through decisions remotely a permanent option. Councillor Angie Dale will ask Richmondshire District councillors to support writing to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government urging that the temporary Covid-19 measures change to the meeting rules be made permanent so that after May the council had the flexibility to hold meetings remotely or physically or by using a combination of the two. Cllr Dale is also urging the council to back writing to Rishi Sunak MP, North Yorkshire County Council, town and parish councils and the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority asking for support for this flexible approach to council meetings.
Since November 2020, scaffolding towers have moved across seven of the viaduct’s 24 arches to carry out masonry, drainage and repainting work. The £2.1M
Ribblehead Viaduct, repaired in time for a ‘staycation summer’ with a Network Rail worker in the foreground. Picture Network Rail WORK to restore Ribblehead viaduct in the Yorkshire Dales for rail passengers and tourists is now complete. From last Friday, visitors to the Ribble Valley and to Whernside were able to see the iconic piece of Victorian railway architecture on the Settle to Carlisle line in all its glory after months of specialist repairs by Network Rail. Since November 2020, 100ft high scaffolding towers have moved across seven of the viaduct’s 24 arches to carry out masonry, drainage and repainting work.
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