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Discover and Explore
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Caring for the AONB
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Our Landscape
Welcome to Nidderdale National Landscape - a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
Exceptional countryside in the heart of Yorkshire
Nidderdale National Landscape is full of contrasts and rich in wildlife. Exhilarating windswept moorlands and steep river valleys merge into gently rolling pastoral scenes, peaceful woodlands and tranquil expanses of water.
This is a landscape protected for you. Come explore it, enjoy it and help conserve it.
Welcome to Nidderdale National Landscape - a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
Exceptional countryside in the heart of Yorkshire
Nidderdale National Landscape is full of contrasts and rich in wildlife. Exhilarating windswept moorlands and steep river valleys merge into gently rolling pastoral scenes, peaceful woodlands and tranquil expanses of water.
This is a landscape protected for you. Come explore it, enjoy it and help conserve it.
Nature Recovery
The Nidderdale National Landscape Nature Recovery Plan - find out more
Nidderdale National Landscape
The new name for Nidderdale AONB.
Free tree planting advice
Do you want to plant trees on your property in the National Landscape? We can help you!
Farm support
The way farmers and land managers get financial support is changing. Stay fully informed.
Latest news
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A Walk for Curlew
Wednesday 16th April 2025
Join Matt Trevelyan, in full costume, on a journey through Curlew country In the run-up to World Curlew Day (April 21st) join Matt Trevelyan, Farming in Protected...
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Calling all farmers and landowners interested in FiPL funding
Tuesday 15th April 2025
Farmers and landowners within the Nidderdale National Landscape (NNL) area are encouraged to express interest in the FiPL funding programme, which has been extended by DEFRA until March...
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Urgent call for help to protect Nidderdale’s Curlew
Friday 4th April 2025
Nidderdale National Landscape (NNL) is urgently appealing for help to protect the iconic and much-loved Eurasian Curlew, which is in serious decline. The curlew’s distinctive call signals...
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Plastic Free Trees
Thursday 21st November 2024
Plastic tree shelters protect new trees as they grow, enabling many saplings to survive that would otherwise die due to rabbits, deer and other mammals. However, the plastic they leave...
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Nidderdale AONB
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