Malham field work.

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Year 10

Mock Field Work

Malham

By Camille Foncel 10Y

Contents Page

Introduction - Page 3

Method - Page 5

Results - Page 7

Analysis and Graphs - Page 14

Conclusion - Page 23

Introduction

Malham has 150 inhabitants and is located in North Yorkshire, in the southern region of the Yorkshire Dales National Park approximately 6 miles from Settle and 11 miles from Skipton. It is a small village in the Pennines, surrounded by limestone dry-stone walls, and with a stream running right through the middle of the village. Malham is one of the most popular villages in the Yorkshire Dales and attracts tourists, geologists and naturalists. The main attractions to visit are Malham Cove and Gordale Scar.

Malham has been a settlement for at least a thousand years. One hundred years ago, Malham was a place of mills and mines. Now, hill farms and tourism are the main activities.

Malham has a National Park Centre and plenty of guest houses. Two pubs, the Buck Inn and Lister Arms and shops and cafés are found here. In addition there is a Youth Hostel and a Field Studies Centre.

The majority of people living in Malham are farmers and workers who own the shops and accommodation e.g. Inns, pubs and cafés. There is only one school in Malham and therefore there are few families with children besides the families that work in Malham. Generally the people that live in Malham are the people that workers and farmers.

In this piece of coursework I am going to investigate the hypothesis 'Malham is entirely dependent upon Tourism for its survival.' This means that Malham depends only on Tourism for financial support and to keep Malham going so it can survive; without Tourism Malham wouldn't be able to survive.

If I was going to accept this hypothesis I would expect Malham to be quite crowded and busy but sparse in villages else where. This is because many tourists will be visiting, especially in summer. Also I would imagine there to be many tourist shops and information centres and in addition cafés, public houses and lots of accommodation to service and cater for the tourists. As well as that I would expect Malham to be very beautiful and pleasing to visit. This is what tourists will want and be expecting from a place like Malham and if Malham only depended on Tourism then they will want to attract as many tourists as possible. I don't think that they would visit as much if it was dirty, boring and an eyesore. As well as this I would expect Malham to only have services for tourists and nothing else e.g. farms, factories because this would mean that Malham would depend on other things not just tourism.

If I was going to reject this hypothesis I would expect Malham to be quiet and have many villagers living there and few workers. Also I would expect for there to be no services for tourists e.g. Tourist Centres, Hotels/Inns but services for the villagers and the Village itself e.g. Supermarkets, banks, factories etc...

I intend to investigate this hypothesis by visiting Malham and collecting as much information as I can. I will do a pedestrian count at given places in Malham so that I can see how many people are in Malham on that day and where they are on the map. This will help me figure out if Malham is full of activity or very quite. I can also find out where most people are located and the reason for this e.g. café, shop etc... This will help me answer my hypothesis.

I will also count the number of cars in the main car park three times during the day. If there are lots of cars then it suggest that Malham is busy and crowded, if not then it suggests that Malham is quite sparse and has few tourists.

In addition I will do a land survey of all the buildings in Malham and find out the function and where it is located. If the building is a Tourist Service e.g. Café, Tourist Centre and is located in the centre or on roads leading to attraction such as Malham Cove then it is most likely to be for tourist which then supports the hypothesis. If there are many houses and services for the villagers and they are randomly placed then this is most likely to be for the benefit of the villagers and not for Tourist and therefore will not be supporting the hypothesis 'Malham is entirely dependent upon Tourism for its survival.'
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I will then carry out a questionnaire and record all my answers. I will be asking questions relating to tourism. I will find out reasons why people visit Malham and whether they live in Malham or not. This will help me find out whether or not Malham attracts Tourists and if so does it depend on Tourism.

Method

I visited Malham on Friday 14th May in order to collect my results.

My first set of results came from counting the no. of cars in Malham Car Park. I did this so that I could monitor ...

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