Gunnerside, Yorkshire Dales National Park, England 31 May 2024

In the Yorkshire Dales National Park, the ancient village of Gunnerside is brimming with English charm and history. Picture yourself strolling through its narrow lanes, surrounded by rolling hills, lush pastures and stone cottages, with the roar of the Swale River your only soundtrack. Designated in 1954, the national park is spread across 841 square miles and there are over 1,000 farms in this area. One of the area"s most distinctive features are its dry stone walls; built without any kind of mortar, these walls can last hundreds of years. There are thought to be over 5,000 miles of these walls in the Dales.

© Derek Croucher/Alamy Stock Photo

palette

Today in History

A curious little otter pup
Passing with flying colours
31 May 2025Knuthöjdsmossen nature reserve, Sweden

More Desktop Wallpapers:

An old bridge in a new light
Gem of the Côte dAzur
A public restroom or a tourist spot?
30 Oct 2024Edinburgh Castle, Scotland
A rocky wrinkle in time
Shark Awareness Day
18 Nov 2023Polar bear season in Manitoba
8 Nov 2025Bandon Beach in Bandon, Oregon, United States
Sanctuary among the trees
Go with the flow
10 Mar 2024Mothering Sunday
27 Nov 2023Rio Negro
11 Nov 2025Externsteine in the Teutoburg Forest, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
1 Jun 2024Pride Month
13 Feb 2024Pancake Day
12 Jul 2025Thomsons gazelles, Maasai Mara, Kenya
20 Jun 2025Maasai giraffe mother with calf in the Serengeti, Tanzania
Two hungry baby beavers
23 Mar 2025World Meteorological Day
10 Aug 2025World Lion Day
Rolling hills and charming villages
All hail the mighty mangrove!
In hot water
21 Jan 2025Squirrel Appreciation Day
29 Apr 2024Fujian Tulou, China
When landscape met wilderness
22 Oct 2023Red grouse
17 Apr 2025Andean cocks-of-the-rock, Ecuador
The Riviera of India
A pink moon over Arizona