Life in the Yorkshire Dales

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You might be wondering what it's really like to live in the Yorkshire Dales, or maybe even thinking of moving here? You've come to the right place!

The Yorkshire Dales are a very welcoming place where people are friendly, and appreciate meeting anyone who shares their love of the area. We'd like to encourage more people to move here, especially if you have young children who'd benefit from our fantastic schools and happy communities. 

What do you need to consider before making the move? How easy is it? What can you get for your money? Where's the best place to live? If any of these questions are running through your mind, we'd like to help! 

Here's my story of why I wanted to move back to Yorkshire, along with some questions you might want to ask and the 'milk test'.

Why & how to move

Some advice about moving to the Yorkshire Dales, how to decide if its right for you and 10 great reasons to move to the Yorkshire Dales

Get insider views

We've asked some of the people who live and work in the Yorkshire Dales what makes them happy and why they love where they live. Read their insider tips here.

How easy is it to move?

Find out how easy it is to actually move here with some interviews with people who have recently moved to the Yorkshire Dales. Read how it was for them here

Buy or rent a house? 

Online property searches: 
Rightmove
Primelocation
On The Market
Purplebricks

Estate Agents:
JR Hopper 
Robin Jessop
GSC Grays
Dacres
Neil Wright
Cobble Country
Strutt and Parker
Carter Jonas​

Schools?

We'd love to encourage more people with children to come to live here.

​The Yorkshire Dales offer such a fantastic environment in which to bring up children, and we have some really excellent schools.

Find a local school here or get details on school admissions here.

Buy a business? 

Perhaps you'd like to move here to start a business? Or to buy and build an existing business? 
Take at look here, here and here for details of businesses for sale in the Yorkshire Dales. 

Broadband? 

One question many people ask, especially if they want to run a business here, is can I get broadband? It's now getting much easier and broadband is faster and faster, superfast in some areas. Take a look here and here for more details.