Rural
- Created by: vezting
- Created on: 13-01-16 13:35
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- opportunities and problems in Wensleydale
- declining unemployment in agriculture means few people now work in that sector
- quality of life is high
- popular for retirement
- Yorkshire dales national park
- second homes and holiday homes
- all settlements except Ripon are rural. all rural towns have population between 1000 and 3000
- attractive for economic development due to location
- 25 mins drive from A1
- good train links
- many villages act as places for commuters to live
- farming is strongly influenced by CAP (common agricultural policy)
- mixed farming in lower areas including wheat and barely
- encourages new rural enterprises, helping farmers invest in new tech and buildings
- about sustainable rural development
- rural land use domminates
- rural district in north yorkshire
- most people work locally in services
- rough grazing a moorland covers anywhere above 400m
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