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Animals Farm Park Sleights North Yorkshire

Saltersgate Inn and the fire that never goes out The legend of Saltersgate Inn in Levisham, North Yorkshire, tells that a fire must burn continually in the hearth to avert catastrophe. According to local history the curse stems from the 1730s when the landlord, a retired sea captain allowed smugglers to use his inn so that locals could avoid paying high taxes on goods. One…

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North York Moors National Park

The National Park is a special place and planning has an important role in creating a more sustainable future for it. The National Park Authority provides for the needs of local communities whilst safeguarding and where possible enhancing the natural and built environment The North York Moors National Park Authority is the statutory planning authority for the National Park…

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Animal Parks Sleights England

Heather moorland is rare on a worldwide scale – there is probably less heather moorland in the world than tropical rainforest. Around 70 percent of the world s heather moorland is in the UK and the largest continuous expanse of moorland in England and Wales is here in the North York Moors – a sheep could wander from Egton to Bilsdale without leaving the moor. Moorland covers…

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