• conserve and enhance the natural beauty
• encourage social and economic development that contributes to the natural beauty of the AONB
• improve the management of recreation and tourism

Management of the AONB's nationally important landscape is carried out on a day to day basis by farmers, the AONB's shooting estates, individual householders and many others besides.  Their work, together with the legacy left by generations of land managers, is manifested in the AONB's special qualities and is the reason for the designation.

Management of the designation is about making sure that individual land management decisions, together with actions by local authorities, government agencies and private sector organisations, can contribute to the AONB objectives. 

Responsibility for managing the designation rests with the AONB's Joint Advisory Committee and the AONB Team based in Pateley Bridge.

The AONB team is funded by Defra, Harrogate Borough Council, North Yorkshire County Council and a number of other organisations. 

For more information download a Nidderdale AONB - Understanding the Designation leaflet.  PDF 311KB