Anyone out winter walking in the Yorkshire dales will probably be familiar with the dramatic scenery of limestone pavements. Distinctive and beautiful, they can also be found elsewhere in Britain, as ...

A whole ecosystem of unique plant species and small animals can be found between the cracks of large limestone pavements, also known as grikes. One recent United Kingdom limestone pavement survey, ...

While Ireland’s natural landscape is known for every shade of green imaginable, a different color dominates one part of ...

Fifty years of change on iconic limestone pavements has revealed mixed fortunes for one of the most distinctive landscapes in the UK. The findings, which reveal large changes since the 1970s, are from ...

Limestone pavements, and the unique plants and wildlife they provide a habitat for, are under threat in north-west England, a new study has found. Lancaster University has repeated a study, which was ...

Today’s story is the answer to the March 2026 puzzler. Though Ireland is known for the many shades of green that grace its grassy pastoral landscapes, there’s one corner of the Emerald Isle where gray ...

The Yorkshire Dales is a popular tourist destination but the large numbers of tourists can result in conflict with different groups, including local people, farmers, industry and people working to ...

A farmer has been ordered to pay over €9,300 in penalties for the destruction of 10 acres of “an extremely rare and unique" limestone pavement habitat in a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) on the ...

Craven's famous limestone pavements have been saved for future generations thanks to a quarry company agreeing to relinquish its rights. Hanson, the owners of two of the three last remaining sites in ...

Fifty years of change on iconic limestone pavements has revealed mixed fortunes for one of the most distinctive landscapes in the UK Fifty years of change on iconic limestone pavements has revealed ...