LOCATION The centre is in a room next to the Tower of St. Andrew's Church. Although part of the church building, it is completely separate from the worship area and has it's own separate access. A new path has been laid in  the churchyard to provide full disabled access to the room from the Main Street in the village.
		ABOUT THE DISPLAY The local community has donated a considerable quantity of locally produced artwork, old photographs and data. The display panels include a village plan and history of Dent village and linear plan and history of the Dale, an Adam Sedgwick panel and a wild life and wild flowers panel. The information displayed here will shortly be put in leaflet form for people to take away and explore Dentdale, and will include more information than on the panels. Included will be two local history trails and it is hoped people will also patronise local businesses along the way.

The centre displays edited highlights of Betty and Elizabeth's "Terrible Knitters of Dent" video, now solely owned by the PCC. The installation process has had a minimal impact on the structure of the room, but at the same time enhances and illuminates the architecture of the room.

AIM OF THE CENTRE
To provide Dentdale's many visitors with accessible information about the Dale in a centrally located visitor centre which is open all year round, encouraging the visitor to linger in the Dale and enabling them to make decisions about what they would like to see and do.

The Centre will be known as "Discover Dentdale" and will be part of a wider strategy to promote the regeneration of the tourist industry post 2001, and therefore acting as a catalyst for new employment opportunities in tourism for the community.

MANAGEMENT
At present, the project is overseen by a partnership of representatives from St. Andrew' s Church, the Dent Business Forum, the Yorkshire Dales National Park and the Hidden Britain Officer. The YDNPA Rep and the Hidden Britain Officer only participate in an advisory role, offering their expertise in a variety of matters. The management team consists of the Vicar, Churchwarden and Business Forum representatives. The Business Forum will manage funding through their accounts, i.e receive grant funding and make payments for expenditure on the project. Funding for the project has come from the Hidden Britain project, the Business Forum and the Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust.

CREDITS

The Dentdale Business Forum Committee
acknowledges with grateful thanks all those
who have made it possible to create this
DISCOVER DENTDALE VISITOR CENTRE
and in particular the following:

David Boulton (Dentdale History)
John Cooke (Artist)
Eliza Forder (Photographs)
Kate Geddes (Y.D.N.P.A.)
Knitters Of Dent: Betty Hartley & Elizabeth Middleton
Evelyn Sinclair (Graphics Designer)
Jenny Smith (Hidden Britain Centres)
St Andrew’s Church P.C.C.
Shirley Tebay (Local History)

GRANTS
Dentdale Business Forum
Hidden Britain Centres
Northern Rock Foundation
Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust