This is a list of dales in the Yorkshire Dales, arranged geographically from south to north. Side dales are indented under the dale from which they branch. An alphabetical list follows at the end.
The Yorkshire Dales are dales in the Pennine area of the historic county of Yorkshire in northern England. They do not include dales south of Airedale or dales in other areas of Yorkshire, for example in the North York Moors. They are now mainly in the county of North Yorkshire, but some are now in Cumbria or County Durham. Most of the dales are in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.Yorkshire Dales National Park website: Dales in the National Park Nidderdale, Washburndale and Colsterdale are in the Nidderdale National Landscape. Teesdale and its side dales, historically in the North Riding of Yorkshire, and sometimes considered part of the Yorkshire Dales,Eagle Intermedia's Yorkshire Dales website are in the North Pennines National Landscape.
On 1 August 2016, the area of the National Park was increased by nearly a quarter, with an extra 161 square miles (417 square kilometres) of upland landscape given protected status.
Dales draining to the North Sea Airedale Goredale Malhamdale, the upper valley of the River Aire Wharfedale Washburn Valley also known as Washburndale Mossdale Littondale Langstrothdale, the valley of the River Wharfe above Hubberholme Nidderdale Wensleydale Colsterdale Coverdale Apedale Waldendale Bishopdale Raydale Cragdale Bardale Sleddale Fossdale Widdale Cotterdale Swaledale Arkengarthdale Birkdale Uldale Little Sled Dale Great Sled Dale East Stonesdale Moresdale Skegdale West Stonesdale Whitsundale (or Whitsun Dale) Teesdale, historically shared by Yorkshire and County Durham Deepdale (or Deep Dale) Baldersdale Lunedale
Dales draining to the Irish Sea Ribblesdale, the valley of the River Ribble above Hellifield Clapdale Silverdale, between Pen-y-Ghent and Fountains Fell Stockdale Crummackdale, the valley of Austwick Beck above Austwick Lonsdale, the valley of the River Greta Kingsdale Doedale/Twisleton Dale or Chapel-le-Dale, the valley of the River Doe Barbondale Dentdale Deepdale Garsdale Grisedale (Mallerstang) Ravenstonedale
Alphabetical list Airedale Apedale Arkengarthdale Baldersdale Barbondale Bardale Birkdale Bishopdale Chapel-le-Dale (Wisedale) Clapdale Coalsgarthdale Colsterdale Cotterdale Coverdale Cragdale Crummackdale Deepdale (off Dentdale) Deepdale (off Teesdale, now in Durham) Dentdale Dibbdale Doedale/Twistletondale East Stonesdale Fossdale Garsdale Goredale Great Sled Dale Grisedale Langstrothdale Little Dale Little Sled Dale Littondale Lonsdale Lunedale Kingsdale Malhamdale (Mallerstang) Moresdale Mossdale Nidderdale Ravenstonedale Raydale Ribblesdale Silverdale Skegdale Sleddale Smardale Stockdale Swaledale Uldale (NW of Grisedale) Uldale (N of Little Sled Dale) Waldendale Washburndale Wensleydale West Stonesdale Whitsundale Widdale Wharfedale
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