Arngill Cottage, Muker, nr Richmond, North Yorkshire, DL11 6DN, England Tel: +44 (0)1325 710175
If you're reading this then your browser does not support inline frames or is currently configured not to display inline frames. So much has been said about the beauty of the Yorkshire Dales that we're not going to try and wax too lyrical on these pages, its all been said before and guide books abound to the extensive walking possibilities available from this location - the Pennine Way and Coast-to-Coast walks meet just a short way up the valley via a walk that is featured as a classic in many books. Following glaciation from the last ice-age the landscape has a rich heritage that goes back to prehistoric times - iron-age forts and burial sites, castles, lead-mining and many ages of agriculture have all formed the landscape that you see now. Most obvious are the dry-stone walls that separate the fields, stone barns (over 1000 in Swaledale alone!) The Swale is England's steepest mountain river and between Muker and Keld cuts its way through picturesque farmland and limestone gorges with many waterfalls. Kisdon Force provides an ideal summer swimming hole. Red kite, hobby, peregrine, buzzard and osprey have all been sighted in recent years (source Swaledale birds) The moors and farmland provide pheasant, grouse and black grouse, lapwing, oystercatcher, curlew, snipe, redshank, golden-plover In summer the sky is filled with swallows, swifts and martins.
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