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  north of the Howgill Fells and 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
 Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority
Yoredale, Bainbridge, Leyburn, North Yorkshire DL8 3EL
Main Telephone:  01969 652300

Partners

A huge range of organisations, groups and individuals have an interest in the landscape and heritage of the Westmorland Dales so working in partnership has essential to how we have operated. The delivery of the scheme has been overseen by the Westmorland Dales Landscape Partnership Board with representatives from the organisations listed below. Friends of the Lake District has acted as the lead partner, employing the Westmorland Dales team, and the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority as the accountable body, managing the finances and reporting to the principal funder the National Lottery Heritage Fund. A wide range of other organisations, too many to mention by name, have been involved with individual projects including parish councils, local heritage and community groups, and schools. All have contributed to the scheme’s success.

Friends of the Lake District
Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority
CLA
Cumbria GeoConservation
Cumbria Wildlife Trust
Eden Rivers Trust
Electricity North West
The Farmer Network
Lunesdale Archaeology Society
Natural England
NFU
Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust
Westmorland and Furness Council
Woodland Trust
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