Yorkshire’s National Parks have announced that 18 new electric vehicle charging points are now live.

They are part of the BMW-sponsored Recharge in Nature partnership, which will install EV chargers across all 15 of the UK’s National Parks by the end of 2025. 

Twelve of the new EV charge-points have been installed in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, at the Malham National Park Visitor Centre; the Dales Countryside Museum in Hawes; and Grassington National Park Visitor Centre. Meanwhile in the North York Moors, six chargers can be found at Sutton Bank National Park Centre, with an additional six chargers set to be installed at Danby Lodge National Park Centre.

Neil Heseltine, Chair of the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority and National Parks Partnerships’ Board Member, commented: “The Yorkshire Dales National Park alone welcomed 5.1 million visitors in 2022. We’re so pleased that our partnership with BMW UK will support those who are travelling to Yorkshire’s National Parks in EVs, to do so with more confidence. Part of our responsibility as National Parks is to conserve and enhance the natural beauty, wildlife and cultural heritage of our Parks [1] and this includes facilitating more sustainable journeys to Yorkshire’s National Parks.”

Alongside the installation of EV chargers throughout all National Parks, the Recharge in Nature partnership is also supporting outdoor volunteering programmes for families and young adults. The goal is to boost the physical and mental wellbeing of those volunteering and establish a community of committed conservationists. 

The BMW-sponsored partnership will install EV chargers across the UK’s National Parks