Getting here
54.39388, -1.84393
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km🚶
Walking
2
2 named nearby
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Cycling
3
3 named nearby
Named route
Named routes and paths nearby
Hudswell Woods Trail · Walking2.4 km
Route 71 · Cycling0
Coast to Coast Walk (Shap to Richmond) · Walking0
National Byway (Yorkshire) · Cycling0
Main Route · Cycling
About this broadleaved woodland
Broadleaved 222556 is an ancient broadleaved woodland covering 5 hectares. As an ancient woodland, it has been continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD — a rare and irreplaceable habitat rich in biodiversity and historical character.
Wildlife to spot
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🌱 Visiting this spring
- 🌸Ancient woodlands are famous for bluebell carpets in April and May — one of Britain's most spectacular wildflower displays
- 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
- 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best
Free entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
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Nearby places
Useful places within 5 km
✦Marrick Priory: a Benedictine nunnery and later parish church with fishponds, mill mound, ironworks, longhouse, trackways and an Iron-Age house platformHistoric site4.1 km→✦Romano-British enclosed settlement 340m north east of East Applegarth at Whitcliffe ScarHistoric site4 km→✦FortHistoric site4.1 km→⛪St Edmund's ChurchReligious grounds700 m→⛪St Michael's and All Angels ChurchReligious grounds1.7 km→✦Medieval settlement and field system at Walburn HallHistoric site4.4 km→