Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust

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Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust A registered charity, working to enhance and protect the rivers of the Yorkshire Dales for the benefit of wildlife and people. This was for pragmatic reasons.

Sign up to our e news at: www.ydrt.org.uk A major driver for founding the trust was the lack of effort towards engaging local communities, farmers and landowners in conservation and restoration. This was seen a prime barrier to cooperation and thus for improving the condition of the dales catchments. Without these partnerships conservation and restoration had been piecemeal, inefficient and poorly supported. From inception the trust formed the principle that all decisions and work would be based on the best science available. Yet scientific knowledge can be fallible and so direct relationships with landowners is again needed in order to corroborate findings developed using remote methods. The science has to be viewed as a guiding hand rather than an absolute. A second founding principle was that restoration measures would begin in the uplands before moving downstream. Work carried out to restore a section of river can be diminished if upstream processes deliver pollutants, or other stressors, to the section. The final principle that directs the trust is that research will be at the catchment scale moving investigation towards smaller scales as and when the need arises. Over the next decade, the Trust will deliver a real improvement to the rivers, floodplains and hills of this very special part of England. If you are interested in what we do, please find further information on these web pages. We would particularly welcome your support as a member or in terms of possible projects to be explored, and we very much hope to hear from you soon.

Read our latest - and hear from our our and officer Heather Challis about how healthy and aerated are better for...
04/10/2026

Read our latest - and hear from our our and officer Heather Challis about how healthy and aerated are better for business as well as 👇 👇
https://www.ydrt.org.uk/improving-soil-resilience
🚜NB. we also have a bespoke page for farmers and landowners @ Root Returns Farmers Group

Here's YDRT's project officer Patrick Lane checking the solar-run cameras we installed on Hundwith Beck on the Denton Re...
02/10/2026

Here's YDRT's project officer Patrick Lane checking the solar-run cameras we installed on Hundwith Beck on the Denton Reserve 📸 helping us build a picture of how the channel behaves over time following our recent removal of two barriers to passage 🐟
💦A three-year monitoring programme is now tracking how the channel responds to the restoration work and the benefits it brings for fish and other wildlife 🐟🌿
💦Look out for the coming soon... sign up to our monthly e news on our website to be one of the first to hear🤩
👉This work was completed in partnership with the The Wild Trout Trust and thanks to funding.

Take a look at our latest - this time by our project manager about her role in the replacement of a concrete ford ov...
29/09/2026

Take a look at our latest - this time by our project manager about her role in the replacement of a concrete ford over Skeeby Beck with a new bridge - and the difference this is making to and other aquatic life within the stream 🐟
👉Read it here: https://www.ydrt.org.uk/skeeby-beck-a-river-reconnected

It's been a real pleasure to be part of this project and remediate and polluted by the legacy of historic metal mini...
29/09/2026

It's been a real pleasure to be part of this project and remediate and polluted by the legacy of historic metal mining.
This has been a true partnership project in collaboration with the landowners, farmers, contractors, Mining Remediation Authority, Yorkshire Dales National Park, North Pennines National Landscape, Environment Agency and many more!
👉 The unimaginable was made possible as we transformed loose, barren soils into a green biodiverse landscape! 🌳🍃

🌍💧 This World Rivers Day, we’re celebrating the rivers and streams that run through the Healthy rivers are vital. They ...
27/09/2026

🌍💧 This World Rivers Day, we’re celebrating the rivers and streams that run through the

Healthy rivers are vital. They provide homes for , support communities and , and give us wonderful places to connect with . 🌳

But our rivers face growing pressures - from and habitat loss to the impact of 🌏

is an important reminder that our precious waterways need our support, not just today, but all year round 👌

Our work involves working with communities, , landowners and other partners to protect and restore our rivers and create healthier, more resilient catchments for wildlife and people - 👉head over to our website and/or sign up to our monthly e newsletter to find out more about our work or to get involved! 😍

Just four days left to come and have as much fun as these people in the photos are having at our exhibition - which en...
24/09/2026

Just four days left to come and have as much fun as these people in the photos are having at our exhibition - which ends Sunday. 😍

From 10am to 4pm, until 27 September, at the in Hawes. Entry is £5 for adults and FREE for children under 16.

Rivers4Life is made possible with The National Lottery Heritage Fund. Thanks to National Lottery players, we have been able to extend our education and engagement programme to connect schools and communities with and .

💦It's important to get young people involved in caring for and understanding what a healthy watercourse looks like...👌👉S...
23/09/2026

💦It's important to get young people involved in caring for and understanding what a healthy watercourse looks like...👌

👉So even if you missed out getting a kit for this year's FreshWater Watch - there's still time to get involved in some watching 💪

Download the The Rivers Trust free Big River Watch app (available on Apple and Android) & head to a river - just remember to submit your surveys by the end of Thursday 24th September 💦🍀

Helping our precious rivers couldn’t be easier! 💙💦No training, no expertise, no experience needed.Just you, your local r...
22/09/2026

Helping our precious rivers couldn’t be easier! 💙💦
No training, no expertise, no experience needed.
Just you, your local river, and the The Rivers Trust free Big River Watch app 📲
Every survey helps fill vital gaps in our understanding of river health across the UK and Ireland.
Download the app, head to a river, and complete a survey before the 24 September 💪👌

We are into the final week of our amazing -friendly exhibition at the in Hawes 💦With an exciting mixture of facts...
21/09/2026

We are into the final week of our amazing -friendly exhibition at the in Hawes 💦

With an exciting mixture of facts, challenges, films, sound stations, artefacts, community and schools artwork, dress-up clothes, interactives, , an underwater installation, and an amazing stop-frame animation, it's a real celebration of our beautiful rivers! 💦

Open 7 days a week from 10am to 4pm, until 27 September. Entry is £5 for adults and FREE for children under 16.

Rivers4Life is made possible with The National Lottery Heritage Fund. Thanks to National Lottery players, we have been able to extend our education and engagement programme to connect schools and communities with and .

Thanks to all the who supported our guard removal last week🌳💦We cleared in the region of 400 guards for from a sit...
20/09/2026

Thanks to all the who supported our guard removal last week🌳💦
We cleared in the region of 400 guards for from a site in Arkengarthdale – important to help the young trees develop correctly as many of the guards were tight, which can result in the trapping of moisture leading to fungal infections and decay.
If you are interested in with us – head over to our website for more details.

This activity was run as part of the project.Rivers4Life is made possible with The National Lottery Heritage Fund . Thanks to National Lottery players, we have been able to extend our education and engagement programme to connect schools and communities with and .

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8 Kings Close
Pateley Bridge

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Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
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