A North York Moors dale where wild daffodils line the River Dove each spring, drawing walkers to the riverside path
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Every spring the banks of the River Dove in Farndale fill with wild daffodils — the small, pale native kind, sometimes called Lenten lilies, not the big garden sort. Crowds come for them in late March and April, and the Farndale Daffodil Walk between Low Mill and Church Houses is the classic way to see them, an easy riverside path of a mile or two each way. The flowers are protected, and picking them has been banned here for a long time; the dale is a nature reserve within the North York Moors. Come outside daffodil season and Farndale is a quiet green valley with open moor rising on either side, good for a walk any time of year.
