FOOTPATHS and bridleways in areas of North Yorkshire will be open for Easter.

More than 150 paths are open including Dalby Forest, with access by Thornton Dale only. Also open are the Beckside path in Bedale, and Birk Crag in Harrogate.

In the Yorkshire Dales, the Countryside Museum, Hawes, will reopen today.

The national park centres in Sedbergh, Aysgarth Falls, Clapham, Grassington, Hawes, Malham and Reeth are open.

The park's main path and bridleway network is closed.