Restrictions and Closures
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Landowners can close their moor for 28 days a year. This is normally to ensure public safety whilst carrying out necessary management tasks such as heather burning. During these times you are prohibited from entering the moor unless you are following an existing right of way. Landowners may also apply for long-term restrictions or
closures, where necessary for land management, safety or fire
prevention reasons.
There are a number of ways you can find out about such
closures:
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| Key dates to note: | |
| Ground nesting bird season | March to June |
| Grouse shooting season | 12th August to 10th December |
| Pheasant Shooting season | 1st October to 1st February |
| Heather Burning Season | 1st October to 15th April |
| Lambing | March to end of May (uplands) |
Bringing your dog
If you are planning to bring your dog with you, you must
check to find out whether restrictions are in place for a
particular moor before you set out.
Most access land in the Nidderdale AONB is managed for grouse
shooting and owners of grouse moors have the right to exclude dogs
from the moor all year round. On other moors you must use a fixed
lead of no more than two metres long from 1 March to 31 July which
is the ground bird nesting season for grouse and many other
moorland bird species, and at all times near livestock. If in doubt
keep to public rights of way and always have your dog under close
control.
A very useful leaflet called 'You
and Your Dog in the Countryside' can be downloaded from the
countryside access website and this contains a variety of
helpful information about travelling with your dog in the
countryside.

