Westmorland Dales Landscape Partnership The Westmorland Dales Landscape Partnership Scheme finished in early 2024 with projects successfully delivered by a wide range of project partners, community groups and individuals. Over the coming months, we’ll be updating this site to highlight what’s been achieved, so please keep checking back. Welcome … … to the Westmorland Dales website. The Westmorland Dales Landscape Partnership Scheme aimed to unlock and reveal the hidden heritage of the Westmorland Dales, enabling more people to connect with, enjoy and benefit from this inspirational landscape. Specifically, its objectives were to: Reveal the area’s hidden heritage. Conserve what makes the area special. Engage people in enjoying and benefitting from their heritage. Sustain the benefits of the scheme in the long-term. This was achieved through a programme of projects developed and delivered through the Westmorland Dales Landscape Partnership, led by Friends of the Lake District and the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority, and mainly funded through the National Lottery Heritage Fund. It ran over a five-year period from March 2019 to February 2024. Here you can discover what makes the area so special, find out about the scheme’s projects, and view and download resources produced. The Westmorland Dales The Westmorland Dales is a beautiful area of Cumbria lying to the north of the Howgill Fells and located within the north-west corner of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. It stretches from Tebay in the south-west to Kirkby Stephen in the east and to Maulds Meaburn in the north-west. At its heart are the limestone fells above Orton and Asby, rich in natural and cultural heritage, and with magnificent views to the Pennines, the Howgills and the Lakeland fells. It drains into the Lune river catchment to the south and the Eden river catchment to the north. Relatively overlooked compared with its better-known neighbours, our projects have aimed to reveal its heritage for more to enjoy without detracting from its unique qualities. (Click on map for larger image) Contact information Friends of the Lake District Murley Moss, Oxenholme Road, Kendal, Cumbria LA9 7SS Main Telephone: 01539 720788 Email: [email protected] Yorkshire Dales National Park AuthorityYoredale, Bainbridge, Leyburn, North Yorkshire DL8 3EL Main Telephone: 01969 652300 Email: [email protected] Home About the Scheme Partners Funders The WDLPS Team Projects Connecting Heritage Cultural Heritage Natural Heritage Resources News Archive Newsletter Archive Film and Sound Archive Westmorland Dales Map Geology and Fossil Educational Resources Heritage Talks Archive Geology Resources Poetry Archive Volunteering Opportunities Sound Explorer Project Children from Crosby Ravensworth, Great Asby, Orton, Shap, Tebay and Kirkby Stephen Primary Schools have been working with Cumbrian sound artist, Dan Fox, to record pieces of music made entirely from natural sounds collected on a 'sound walk' around their villages. Some of the sounds experienced include the flowing and bubbling of the streams, birdsong and echos, rush of the wind through the trees, knocking of branches or the vibrations from the twanging of a fence! During this unique group experience Dan used industry standard , battery-powered location sound recording equipment linked via a wireless transmitter to each child who wears wireless headphones. He uses different types of microphones, to enable the group to listen to different aspects of the landscape. The sounds range from close-up sounds using hydrophones and contact microphones to a wider sonic image with boom microphones and a parabolic dish. Dan wears a headset mic to allow him to communicate to anyone wearing the wireless headphones. The children’s favourite sounds were recorded during the walk and were edited and mixed back in the classroom to create these extraordinary pieces of music. Crosby Ravensworth - 'The Hills are Alive' Your browser does not support the audio element. Please click here to download the file Asby Endowed School - 'Big Digger' Your browser does not support the audio element. Please click here to download the file Orton C Of E Primary School - 'Orton Chocolate' Your browser does not support the audio element. Please click here to download the file Shap CE Primary School - 'Shap Track' Your browser does not support the audio element. Please click here to download the file Tebay Primary School - 'Tebay Rocks' Your browser does not support the audio element. Please click here to download the file Kirkby Stephen Primary School - 'Spooky' Your browser does not support the audio element. Please click here to download the file Manage Cookie Preferences