Scarborough: North York Moors
Few places in northern England have a history as closely tied to heather moorland and upland farming as the North York Moors. Designated a national park in 1952, this broad upland stretches from wooded dales and pasture to one of England’s largest expanses of heather moorland, then meets the North Sea on the Yorkshire coast. Around Scarborough, its southern fringe is a patchwork of hedged fields, farm tracks and woodland rather than an unbroken wilderness. Grazing has long helped shape the open moors, while forests and small settlements occupy sheltered valleys. It is a landscape of working land as well as long-distance walking and cycling routes, marked by the contrast between exposed high ground and enclosed rural lanes.
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