{"id":543,"date":"2017-08-17T21:20:03","date_gmt":"2017-08-17T21:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upperswaledaleholidays.co.uk\/gallery\/?p=543"},"modified":"2024-10-09T21:01:10","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T21:01:10","slug":"swaledales-heather-hills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upperswaledaleholidays.co.uk\/gallery\/the-area\/swaledales-heather-hills\/","title":{"rendered":"Swaledale&#8217;s Heather Hills"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Swathes of purple heather carpet the moors &amp; high fells above Upper Swaledale<\/h1>\n<h1><a href=\"http:\/\/www.upperswaledaleholidays.co.uk\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_5939.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-540\" src=\"http:\/\/www.upperswaledaleholidays.co.uk\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_5939-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.upperswaledaleholidays.co.uk\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_5939-300x198.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.upperswaledaleholidays.co.uk\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_5939-768x507.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.upperswaledaleholidays.co.uk\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_5939-1024x676.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.upperswaledaleholidays.co.uk\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_5939-2000x1320.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/h1>\n<h2>&#8216;The purple headed mountain&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.upperswaledaleholidays.co.uk\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_5944.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-541\" src=\"http:\/\/www.upperswaledaleholidays.co.uk\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_5944-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.upperswaledaleholidays.co.uk\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_5944-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.upperswaledaleholidays.co.uk\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_5944-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.upperswaledaleholidays.co.uk\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_5944-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.upperswaledaleholidays.co.uk\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_5944-670x500.jpg 670w, http:\/\/www.upperswaledaleholidays.co.uk\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_5944.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The river running by&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.upperswaledaleholidays.co.uk\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_5937.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-542\" src=\"http:\/\/www.upperswaledaleholidays.co.uk\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_5937-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.upperswaledaleholidays.co.uk\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_5937-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.upperswaledaleholidays.co.uk\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_5937-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.upperswaledaleholidays.co.uk\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_5937-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.upperswaledaleholidays.co.uk\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_5937-670x500.jpg 670w, http:\/\/www.upperswaledaleholidays.co.uk\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_5937.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are miles of public footpaths to enjoy in Upper Swaledale.\u00a0 Some snake over the high tops &amp; through the heather moors but there are plenty of easier paths to explore that are less challenging. 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The heather here is outstanding and the honey scent intoxicating.\u00a0 Write up and photos here\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/pryhousefarm.blogspot.com\/2023\/08\/walking-herriot-way.html\">https:\/\/pryhousefarm.blogspot.com\/2023\/08\/walking-herriot-way.html<\/a>\u00a0 Another source of walks is The Keld Resource Centre that organise several guided walks throughout the summer.\u00a0 For details visit<a href=\"http:\/\/www.keld.org.uk\">http:\/\/www.keld.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swathes of purple heather carpet the moors &amp; high fells above Upper&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":540,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[22,41,13,23,14,4,38,17],"class_list":["post-543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-area","tag-farmhouse-b-and-b","tag-photography-in-swaledale","tag-swaledale","tag-swaledale-b-and-b","tag-the-dales","tag-upper-swaledale","tag-walking-in-swaledale","tag-yorkshire-dales"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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