Langstrothdale

[3] In Norman times, many of the isolated settlements were allowed to remain, but were prevented from expanding by an arcane ruling known as the 'Forest Law'.

[6] In the age before mass transportation, the road through the dale was part of a packhorse route from Lancaster to Newcastle upon Tyne.

[8] The other branch of the road through the dale turns northwards at Beckermonds, to go through Oughtershaw and over Fleet Moss into Sleddale.

[10][11] The largest conifer forest in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, Greenfield Plantation, was created in upper Langstrothdale between 1968 and 1979.

The forest (including a second adjoining plantation known as Cam), covers an area of 3,000 acres (1,200 hectares), and was made publicly accessible with 7.5 miles (12 km) of bridleways in 2022.