The Upper Nidderdale Landscape Partnership was a four year National Lottery Heritage funded partnership programme working to conserve and enhance the unique natural and cultural heritage of Upper Nidderdale
Upper Nidderdale is a distinctive, deeply rural, upland valley of 158 square kilometres in the heart of Nidderdale AONB.
The area is characterised by the contrasting nature of the vast, windswept high moorlands and the narrow dale below, with its patchwork of fields enclosed by dry stone walls, small stone-built villages and the imposing reservoirs at Angram, Scar and Gouthwaite.
Pateley Bridge, a small market town of 1,140 people, is the largest settlement and lies at the foot of the dale.
The Landscape Partnership brought together local communities, volunteers, farmers, land managers and a wide range of organisations to:
Find out much more about the Upper Nidderdale Landscape partnership on the project’s dedicated website: uppernidderdale.org.uk