The fells and valleys of Upper Wharfedale are overflowing with delights from which, once under their spell, very few can escape.
Upper Wharfedale Field Society works to increase the enjoyment derived from the area by deepening and widening understanding of its many and various elements.
Open any of the pages of this site and see what we do.
The Society is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year with “70 years in 7 days”. Search “70in7” to find our special Anniversary activities.
Meet us and experience it for yourself. You are very welcome to our winter talks or to join us.
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Some Future Talks
A list of future Talks February 11, John Flood, Bhutan:
Grass Wood and Hubberholme
Taking a short walk in Grass Wood on a sunny
Eccup Reservoir January 17 2019
On a sunny, but bitterly cold Thursday morning, ten of
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Gouthwaite reservoir
Despite thick fog over Greenhow, 10 members of the Ornithology
Circular from Aysgarth via Low Thoresby, Castle Bolton, Ponderledge Scar and Carperby
WALK ON SATURDAY 20th OCTOBER 2018 Leader: Phyllida Oates On
Ornithology and Botany
Group Reports evening 28th January 2019 As in previous years
Special Interest Groups
The Upper Wharfedale Field Society covers a wide range of special interest groups.
LOCAL HISTORY & VERNACULAR BUILDINGS
This Group was originally two groups but amalgamated in 2012 due to the compatibility of both with its members. We have especial interest in all local history, through all aspects of industry including farming, social history from peasant to aristocrat, early trading, tracks and coach routes.
GEOLOGY
The earth formations and movements of the past have created an area of outstanding natural beauty. The most recent apparent dominant force is glaciation which has created the landscape which we see today, in particular the Upper Wharfedale Valley, but there is much more to the valleys, hills and rocks of the Yorkshire Dales.
ARCHAEOLOGY
There are a considerable number of archaeological sites in Upper Wharfedale and Archaeology is regularly represented the Society’s talks programme . In recent years we have had guest speakers from Bradford University and York Archaeological Trust as well as presentations on field work being carried out locally in Wharfedale, Nidderdale and Ingleborough.
BOTANY
The Botany Group holds its meetings every other Tuesday from end of April to mid August usually for the whole day. The meetings vary from those sites very close to Grassington eg Kilnsey park, the banks of the Wharfe, to further afield e.g. the west coast for dune systems, reserves in Cumbria and our National Natures Reserves as around Ingleborough. In this way we can become familiar with plants that are not on our doorstep and sites away from limestone grassland.
ORNITHOLOGY
Our principal aims are to enjoy and learn more about the birds in our area by improving our recognition skills of both appearance and calls.
“The fells and valleys of Upper Wharfedale are overflowing with delights from which, once under their spell, very few can escape.”
Upper Wharfedale Field Society
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