Latest press releases for the Nidderdale AONB, covering events,
planning news, initiatives and local interest stories.
27/07/2010A new Summer bus service in Upper Nidderdale started on Saturday 24th July. The Upper Nidderdale Rambler service links Pateley Bridge with Lofthouse, Studfold Trails, How Stean Gorge, Middlesmoor and continues up to Scar House Reservoir
more... 29/06/2010A group of year 12 students from Ripon Grammar School will be comparing fish and other creatures, such as shrimps and stoneflies, that live in the rivers Laver and Skell on Monday 5 July.
more... 13/05/2010A new project is about to get underway in the Nidderdale AONB and Yorkshire Dales National Park, to help local communities become more sustainable.
more... 29/04/2010'Flight' is a new installation which will be on show in number 3 King Street Workshops, Pateley Bridge from the 12th June to the 1st October.
more... 28/04/2010A day of adventure will take place for more than 200 young people at Yorkshire Water’s Thruscross Reservoir on May 8th
more... 14/04/2010A new booklet has just been launched to help people explore the beautiful Nidderdale area using public transport.
more... 13/04/2010Campaigners are calling for a crackdown on off-road vehicles churning up parts of the Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
more... 13/04/2010A planned new arts and heritage project in and around Pateley Bridge during 2010 is to have birds as its focus.
more... 11/01/2010The Yorkshire Dales and Harrogate Tourism Partnership are pleased to be able to offer a FREE sustainable tourism workshop day on Wednesday 20th January 2010.
more... 17/11/2009The Secretary of State Hilary Benn has signed the Order to confirm the South Downs National Park.
more... 29/10/2009Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and the RSPB have teamed up to help demonstrate to landowners how they can create new habitats for breeding wading birds.
more... 29/10/2009The new Nidderdale Rambler winter bus timetable is now available in various local outlets.
more... 22/10/2009A new project is underway in Nidderdale AONB to help reduce diffuse water pollution in the River Nidd.
more... 21/10/2009A number of volunteer tasks and traing days are taking place for Hackfall Volunteers
more... 15/10/2009The Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority (YDNPA) has teamed up with the Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) to launch a project aimed at creating a lasting record of two Dales reservoirs.
more... 23/09/2009Descendants of the Walker family, who have farmed at Studfold Farm and the environs of Lofthouse since the 1600s, were named today as first prize winners in the Friends of Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) Enterprising Farm Awards.
more... 16/09/2009The summer Nidderdale Rambler bus service has been extended this year and will now run every Sunday until the 18th October, providing the perfect opportunity to explore Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB)
more... 08/09/2009An exciting new study has just been commissioned by Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) to investigate the hydropower potential of the area.
more... 08/09/2009A support and information event will take place in the Yorkshire Dales LEADER area for potential project applicants to discuss their ideas, and to support projects currently working on applications for LEADER funding.
more... 08/09/2009The Friends of Nidderdale AONB are sponsoring an exhibition of photographs by the celebrated travel photographer Paul Harris at King Street Workshops in Pateley Bridge from 4 to 13 September 2009.
more... 19/08/2009Do your bit for declining garden birds and come along to our nest box making event.
more... 04/08/2009Volunteer botanists are getting behind a major new project to help protect Nidderdale AONBs important wildlife sites.
more... 04/08/2009New conservation awards from The Friends of Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and in partnership with Ripley Show are being launched at this year’s show to be held on Saturday 8th August.
more... 04/08/2009Friends of Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) in partnership with the Nidderdale Agricultural Society are promoting their annual Enterprising Farm Awards again this year.
more... 05/05/2009Nidderdale AONB has just got underway with a project to survey the Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation (SINC's) in the AONB.
more... 05/05/2009Nidderdale AONB Tree Wardens, Conservation Volunteers and Friends help to plant over 1700 trees.
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