Mayor's Diary

Each week, our mayor writes a brief diary about his previous week. This is available for you to view here in PDF format

Diary Notes (4.5Kb)
5th July 2008
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Yorkshire Dales

Boroughbridge is located close to one of the finest upland areas of Britain which is ideal for outdoor recreation or touring between the area's many picture postcard towns and villages.
 
The Yorkshire Dales is one of two National Parks close to Boroughbridge, it became a National Park in 1954 because of the range of wildlife, habitats, beautiful scenery and local history.
 
The National Park covers 1,773 square kilometres of England's finest countryside has been described in many different ways; as wild, expansive, tranquil and at times awesome and bleak.
Over 20,000 residents live and work in the National Park. The area is also visited by over 8 million visitors every year who come to see the wonderful landscape and wildlife, as well as experience village life in places such as Grassington, Burnsall, Dent and Muker.
 

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