STAY AT HOME

This is NOT the time for a visit to the countryside.

Help protect the people who live in the places you love by staying at home

Nidderdale will re-open. We will still be here. For now, we need you to act responsibly, follow Government advice, and come back to see us when everyone is safe and well.

Visit Nidderdale is run by locals; we live and work here with our families and elderly neighbours. At a time when we’re all being advised to stay at home, it has been upsetting to see hundreds of visitors flocking here to strip local shops bare, leaving vulnerable residents short of essentials, with tourists treating this health crisis like a bank holiday. It does not feel appropriate to be promoting the area as a place to visit at a time when we are advised to stay at home.

Lots of our local businesses have online shops. You can support them by shopping online. Our tourist attractions will need you more than ever when this is over. Come back and see us then.

We could not be prouder of our local grocery shops for going above and beyond, and all our local keyworkers for stepping up. Help us to help them and stay at home.