Major restoration project will see Ingleborough in the Yorkshire Dales 'rewilded' as part of plans to change management of the uplands

Ingleborough's natural landscape has suffered from intensive farming

Part of the Yorkshire Dales National Park near one of its famous Three Peaks will be restored to nature under an ambitious new rewilding project.

Wild Ingleborough aims to reverse centuries of damage caused by sheep grazing by working with farmers, landowers and a number of agencies.

The Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and Natural England are leading the project alongside the University of Leeds and the Woodland Trust.

The area's distinctive limestone pavements and grazing pastures will be transformed into a 'nature haven' with a range of species able to return to their original habitats.

The peatlands will be restored to boost carbon capture, and native woodland and scrub planted over an area covering 1,200 hectares from the River Ribble to the summit of Ingleborough. It will be one of the first locations in England where the natural tree line will be restored with heather moorland and lichen heath.