Census names Richmondshire fastest-ageing area in England and Wales

With young people priced out and not having children, schools have closed in this part of North Yorkshire

Fans of Channel 5’s Our Yorkshire Farm could be forgiven for thinking Richmondshire is overrun with young people, as they follow the adventures of shepherd Amanda Owen and her nine rosy-cheeked children.

But this particularly idyllic part of North Yorkshire – famed for wensleydale cheese and Swaledale sheep – has actually experienced the highest percentage growth in the share of over-65s in the last 10 years, the census data shows.

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