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.
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Meet us and experience it for yourself. You are very welcome to our talks or to join us.
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The Upper Wharfedale Field Society is constantly working hard behind the scenes. See what is happening here.
Grimwith Reservoir 19 December 2019
For the pre-Christmas visit, the Bird Group chose this local
Walk: Circular from Grassington via hole Bottom, Mossy Moor Ridge and Hebden
Edge Lane © UWFS Under a mizzling low
Staveley YWT 21 Nov 2019
It was a cold, but dry, day when nine of
Latest News & Articles
The Upper Wharfedale Field Society is constantly working hard behind the scenes. See what is happening here.
Visit to Cliffe Castle Museum, Keighley. 26th February 2020
Oh what irony! After so many days of heavy rain
Walk: Elbolton circular 18 Jan 2020
This was our annual short walk (4.5 miles) followed by
Eccup reservoir 16 January 2020
On a dry but cold windy morning 11 of us
Special Interest Groups
The Upper Wharfedale Field Society covers a wide range of special interest groups.
LOCAL HISTORY & VERNACULAR BUILDINGS
In the Yorkshire Dales, local history and its vernacular buildings are inextricably linked. 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.
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.
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.
“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
Events & Talks
Here’s what is coming up soon.
Abstract: The recently updated Local Plan for the Yorkshire Dales National Park, adopted in 2016, allows for a significant relaxation of planning control over the conversion of roadside barns to dwellings. Field barns, along with the networks of drystone walls, are key features that contribute to the special qualities of the Dales, and now recognised
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