This title is a celebration of some of the world's most glorious landscape and its people. It looks at how the Yorkshire Dales National Park has protected a unique environment over the last 60 years from shaky beginnings in 1954 through to its many present-day achievements. Future challenges are not neglected. The highly informative text breaks much new ground, as instanced in several chapters taking a detailed look at 'green' issues.
John Phillips (1800-74) was a geologist, cartographer, palaeontologist and passionate devotee of the Yorkshire landscape. This detailed biography of Phillips retraces his footsteps through Dales, Moor and Coast and suggests how Phillips was an inspirational force behind Britain's National Park and outdoor movement.
This is an important book about one of England's most fascinating regions - Yorkshire. Colin Speakman explores Yorkshire's origin as an independent Anglo- Viking Kingdom whose capital was York, which for many centuries was England's second city.
Ten short walks of six miles or under chosen by local expert Colin Speakman.
The Dales Way through the Yorkshire Dales to the Lake District is now one of Britain's most popular and best-loved long distance walks. This booklet traces the extraordinary story of how the enthusiasm, determination and dedication of a small group of ramblers 50 years ago turned their vision into reality.
Revised 2nd edition. The Yorkshire Wolds are one of Yorkshire and England's most magical but least known landscapes - dry grassy valleys through undulating chalk hills, unspoiled villages, a dramatic coastline, delightful market towns such as Beverley and Pocklington, and as a focal point, 2017 City of Culture, Kingston upon Hull.