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Yorkshire Dales Experiences and Learning Activities

​Try something different, learn a new skill and enjoy unusual experiences in the Yorkshire Dales. Take a look at the providers below or browse and book with our booking partners, Beyonk. 

Outdoors 

Boatfield Fly Fishing Experiences

Semerwater Alpaca Ambles

The Dales Dipper

Flyfishing experiences in the Yorkshire Dales catered to every skill level.
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Alpaca experience by Semerwater
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Wild Swimming in the Yorkshire Dales.
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Learn to look after Swaledale Sheep

History, Mystery, Hills and Gills - Discovery walk

Reconnecting with Nature - Discovery walk

A practical introduction to keeping, looking after and handling sheep, whether you want to keep them or just get an insight.
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Enjoy an intriguing history and mystery walk up Buckden Pike via Buckden Gill,
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Full exploration of the landscape and nature of Gunnerside Gill.
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Sunset over the Yorkshire Dales - Discovery walk

Hill Tops and Train Tracks - Discovery walk

Family Adventure Walk - Discovery walk

Watch the sun set over the Dales from Muddy Boot's favourite spot.
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Start with a scenic journey on the Settle-Carlisle Railway before going on an off-the-beaten-track walk, taking in stunning views.
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Family fun day out in the countryside while also picking up some handy skills and knowledge to inspire kids to become independent explorers.
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 Where2Walk - Guided Walks & Navigation Courses

Wensleydale Farm Tours & Experiences

Yorkshire Trike Tours

Where2walk offers walkers the opportunity to hire a guide for the day in order to see places you wouldn't ever visit on your own. Find out more
Wensleydale Farm Tours and Experiences are great ways for the family to enjoy the countryside and meet the farm animals. Find out more
Experience a chauffeur driven, guided tour around the Yorkshire Dales. Find out more

Large Outdoors - Guided Walks

River Mountain Experience

BOBH Day Tours of Yorkshire

Large Outdoors offers a variety of different guided walks within the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Find out more
River Mountain Experience are providers of skills courses, instruction and guiding in a variety of different activities. Find out more
BOBH offers a friendly, relaxed, small-group, guided, road trip experience that couples, individual travellers and families are all welcome to join. Find out more

Alfresco Adventures

Ingleborough Cave - Cave Tours

Settle Falconry - Falconry Experience

Alfresco Adventures is an outdoor activity provider which offers the opportunity to experience and learn about the outdoors in new and interesting ways. Find out more
Ingleborough Cave is one of the Yorkshire Dales' premier show caves. Find out more
Get hands on with birds of prey in the Yorkshire Dales. Find out more


​Mark Reid Team Walking

​Richard Duckworth Mountain Leader - Courses and Guided Walks

Yorkshire Dales Guides - Adventure Specialists

​Mark Reid's Team Walking offers a fantastic range of outdoor adventures from sociable Boots & Beer Walking Weekends to guided mountain hikes and philosophy walks. Find out more
Richard Duckworth is a Qualified Mountain Leader based in Howgill Fells, who runs navigation courses and guided walks. Find out more
Based in the heart of the Dales, Yorkshire Dales Guides provide a wide range of outdoor activities led by an expert team of instructors who are passionate about inspiring and educating visitors of all ages and abilities. Find out more

Muddy Boots Social Walks

Muddy Boots are really excited to be offering a new programme of small-group, guided ‘social walks’ for 2022. Find out more

Creative Activities

Natural Light Photography Workshops

Felt making Experiences

Introduction to Collagraph Printmaking

Landscape photography workshops.
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Wet Felting for beginners, Wet and Needle Felting and Felt and Stitch.
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Dales landscape and wildlife as inspiration for this exciting printmaking method.
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Plant and Herb Folkore

Art in the landscape

Beginners Watercolour Painting

Discover the background of plants you walk past everday on a guided walk in the Yorkshire Dales.
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Allows for observing, touching and understanding the elements of the natural environment which will bring you calm, distance you from the stress of working life and make you happier.
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The session will follow a progression of simple steps in a relaxed and informal style - we are all artists!
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Guerilla Art with Josie Beszant

Adventures in Collage

Broadrake Craft Courses

Guerilla art - the art of interruption - a space, someones thoughts, a viewpoint. Spend some time thinking about what positive change you would like to be in the world and how to act on it through art.
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Experiment with different materials and techniques and go away with a good understanding of the medium and plenty of resources to draw on.
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Visitors to Broadrake welcome the chance to learn skills as diverse as spoon carving and weaving a willow curlew. Find out more

The Threshing Barn - Craft Courses

ArtisOn - Craft Courses

Malham Smithy - Blacksmithing Courses

At the Threshing Barn, there are a variety of craft courses on offer to you, including weaving, spinning, rug making, felt making, Batik painting and much more. Find out more
ArtisOn is home to a small and enthusiastic team who provide a wide range of art and craft workshops within Masham in the Yorkshire Dales. Find out more
In these blacksmithing courses, you will get straight into having a go at forging with hammer and anvil. Find out more

Bentham Pottery - Pottery Courses

Gullwing Photography - Photography Tuition

Yorkshire Dales Photography School - Photography Courses

Take part in a pottery course within a working pottery located in the beautiful Yorkshire Dales near Ingleton. Find out more
Gullwing Photography is run by Guy Carpenter, an experienced photographer based in the North of England. Find out more
Yorkshire Dales Photography School specialises in teaching all aspects of photography. Find out more

That Wild Idea - Photography Workshop

That Wild Idea's Yorkshire photography workshop will provide you with in-depth knowledge of how to take stunning landscape photos. Find out more

Food & Drink

​Humble Pie Cookery Kitchen

Laceys Cheese - Cheese Making Courses

Courtyard Dairy - Cheese Making Course

Explore the delicious produce Wensleydale has to offer via a hands-on cookery experience.
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Laceys cheese making courses are a truly unique day out in the dales. Find out more
Spend a day learning how to make cheese in this purpose-built cheese dairy. Find out more

Town End Farm Shop - Butchery Courses

Inspired Chocolate Leyburn - Chocolate Workshops

Town End Farm Shop runs Pork Butchery, Charcuterie & Salumi days in Malhamdale in the Yorkshire Dales. Find out more
Inspired Chocolate Leyburn hosts a variety of chocolate making workshops. ​Find out more

History Events

Markenfield Hall Tours & History Events

Markenfield Hall is a family home with a warm welcome. Find out more
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