National Park activity

On Monday 28 November 2022, the North York Moors celebrates 70 years as a National Park. We hope you’ll get involved in the birthday spirit!

Create your own content or share directly from our social channels. We’ve created some birthday graphics for you to download and use. Don’t forget our YouTube channel to share your favourite videos too.

Key messages:

• Happy 70^th Birthday North York Moors National Park
• Celebrating 70 years of heather moorland, rugged coastline and deep-wooded dales
• A s…

The North York Moors National Park Authority is offering up to £10,000 in financial support as part of its Local Business Tourism Contribution Grant 2022/23. Tourism businesses are encouraged to apply to implement new projects and ventures that appeal to new visitor markets and use the area’s local distinctiveness.

Time is running out to apply. Your project must be completed by 10 April 2023. Find out if you’re eligible and get in touch with Laura Barr (l.barr@northyorkmoors.org.uk) to discuss yo…

The North York Moors National Park Marketing and Communications Team has been enhanced with the return of Laura Barr, back from maternity leave, and appointment of Tom Outing. The team now includes: Catriona McLees, Head of Marketing and Communications; Tom Outing, Marketing and Communications Manager; Emily Watson, Visitor Development and Marketing Assistant; and Laura Barr, Marketing and Product Development Executive.

A new Cycling Tourism Toolkit has been produced to help businesses to take advantage of the increased interest in cycling. You can download the Cycling Tourism Toolkit here

Don't forget to also take a look at the North York Moors National Park's other cycling friendly activity here. 

The Great Big Green Week is the UK’s biggest ever celebration of community action to tackle climate change and protect nature. 

Between 24 September and 2 October this year, Great Big Green Week will unleash a wave of support for action to protect the planet. Tens of thousands of people in every corner of the country will celebrate the heartfelt, brave, everyday actions being taken to stand up for nature and fight climate change.

The North York Moors National Park is working on several activit…

We sometimes ask you to contribute to the National Coastal Tourism Academy survey. They gather information to help plan campaigns and lobby government for additional support.

The latest results can be seen here: Coastal Business Survey results 2022_wave 2 June.pdf. 

Some of the Yorkshire findings are slightly different to the national picture - you can see these differences here: NCTA business survey_Yorkshire Coast_June 22.docx. 

Photo: Byland Abbey by Steve Bell

The Dark Skies Festival starts this Friday. Thanks to those businesses who’ve already been promoting it on their social channels. It’s a fantastic opportunity to encourage visitors to experience the tranquillity and spectacular night scapes of the North York Moors. Don’t forget you can use the Image library.

When using images from the image library, please remember to always credit the photographer. Although we provide images for you to use in your marketing, …

There are many ways you can benefit from the marketing undertaken by the North York Moors National Park. The more you get involved, the more you'll benefit. 

Don't forget to use the messages and resources created for the Time For You campaign. The National Park is investing significant budgets into this activity so by using the messages, you're able to piggy-back on that budget, without spending a penny! 

Join the activity friendly schemes. They will help you to target some growing markets and…