For most of the year the North Yorkshire moors present a pattern of deep green, broken here and there by beige swaths of ripening wheat and barley. But starting around mid-August the green on the h… ...

Why debate on grouse moor heather burning in Yorkshire is so heated. ... 16:45 BST. A controlled heather burn on the moors above Castleton in the North Yorkshire Moors National Park.

These expansive Yorkshire moors--open, rolling uplands covered with heather--were made famous by the Bronte sisters in their popular novels. Between the lonely, forbidding and wind-swept moors lay ...

Scarborough was Britain's first seaside resort, while Harrogate has a long history as a spa town. Today, beach yoga, Turkish ...

DAMAGE to moorland surrounding Keighley and the Worth Valley is set to worsen due to the annual burning season, warn anti-blood sports activists.

It is feared Yorkshire's moorland could lose its distinctive purple heather due to swarms of beetles. The heather beetle has been blamed for moorland turning from purple to shades of orange and brown.

THE Yorkshire moor is high, ill-drained, peaty, and over-grown with heather. Moors of this type abound in Scotland, and creep southward along the hills into Yorkshire and Derbyshire, breaking up ...

Yorkshire’s ‘God’s Own Country’ boastfulness can be annoying, but when it comes to moorland heather, there’s no contest. Like a hallucinogenic haze of pinks and purples, this twiggy ...

The sun setting over Ilkley Moor which is covered with purple flowering heather. Picture Bruce Rollinson Tech Details: Nikon D4, 24-70mm Nikkor lens, 125th sec @f8, 400iso.

The future of the North Yorkshire Moors' famous rolling heather landscape and its native moorland sheep are in line for a near £3m grants boost.

Set in the Wharfe Valley at the southern edge of the Yorkshire Dales, Ilkley’s stone townhouses and tree-lined streets speak to its past glories as a fashionable 19th-century spa town. On the ...

From the Yorkshire Moors in England to the South African wilderness, star bathing is emerging as a transformative wellness trend – offering awe, calm and a cosmic reset.