A landmark is being celebrated at Aysgarth Falls, one of the marvels of the Yorkshire Dales where the visitor centre opened 50 years ago. Steve Teale reports.
For 200 years or more, Aysgarth Falls has attracted visitors to admire its splendour. Now staff at the Aysgarth Falls National Park Visitor Centre are marking 50 years of helping people to discover the special qualities of the Yorkshire Dales.
The visitor centre grew out of the work of the second person to be employed by North Riding County Council as a National Park warden, Norman Crossley. Bombarded with questions from visitors, he devised walks and wrote out the routes, setting up a card table in the car park at Aysgarth Falls and handing them out.
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