The Dales 150–400m above sea level
The Dales
Dry stone walls on both sides, passing places instead of a second lane, and a national park that sets rules on top of the geography.
What this height does to a move
Dales roads are walled, which is the critical difference from an ordinary country lane: there is no verge to pull onto and no give at the edges. A vehicle meets an oncoming tractor and one of them reverses, sometimes a long way.
Passes are the other consideration. Buttertubs, Park Rash and the Coal Road are spectacular and entirely unsuitable for a loaded removal vehicle, so a move that looks short across the map is often routed the long way round the dale head and back up the next one.
Fords, cattle grids and unfenced moor road with sheep on it are all normal. So is a farm track of a mile or more with a gate to open at each end.
The properties up here
Stone farmhouses with thick walls, deep reveals and stone flag floors; converted field barns with a single open stair to a mezzanine; and terraced cottages in the dale villages with doors opening straight onto the road.
At this height
Towns and villages we work in
- Skipton Removals in Skipton
- Settle Removals in Settle
- Hawes Removals in Hawes
- Leyburn Removals in Leyburn
- Richmond Removals in Richmond
- Grassington Removals in Grassington
- Reeth Removals in Reeth
- Kettlewell Removals in Kettlewell
Not a boundary — the places in this band we are in most often. If yours is not listed, it is almost certainly still on our patch.
Moving in the dales?
Tell us both addresses and how the last stretch works — the steps, the track, the bank, the street. That is the half that decides the vehicle.