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East Toft Dike

✦ Ancient woodland11 ha

📷 Phil Catterall · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Plan your visit

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Dogs welcome11 ha

Getting here

54.31853, -0.69351

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

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  • 🐦78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Willow Warbler and Woodpigeon
  • 🌳Ancient woodland is at its best in summer here
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Free

Birds — Willow Warbler, Woodpigeon, Chaffinch +75 more · last seen 2025; Ancient woodland — owls, woodpeckers, warblers

Ancient woodland

Very strong match

Free

Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600

Wildlife

Strong match

Free

Birds — Willow Warbler, Woodpigeon, Chaffinch +75 more · last seen 2025; Ancient woodland

Bluebell walks

Strong match

Free

Ancient woodland — native bluebell habitat

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Free

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Springy Turf-moss, Neat Feather-moss, Long-beaked Thyme-moss +182 more · last seen 2025

Insect spotting

Strong match

Free

Insects — Anoplotrupes stercorosus, Chimney Sweep, Meadow Brown +93 more · last seen 2025

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

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3 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Dalby Beck Red TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef Red TrailLocal walking route
Tabular Hills WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
The Inn WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
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Mountain biking

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5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Moors to SeaMountain bike route▾
Named route
Dalby Forest Back RouteMountain bike route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Dalby Forest Red RouteMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Red
Dalby Forest Green RouteMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Green
Dalby Forest Blue RouteMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Blue

Wildlife to spot

Photos

15 photos from nearby open sources

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The A169 road at High Horcum Farm in the North York Moors National Park

📷 Phil Catterall · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

The A169 road at High Horcum Farm in the North York Moors National Park

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Good to know

  • 🐕Dogs welcome
  • 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Extensive prehistoric and medieval remains on Levisham MoorHistoric site2 km→✦Thompson's Rigg cairnfield, including a platform cairn, round burial cairns, hollow ways, a standing stone, associated round barrows and a ring cairnHistoric site3 km→🌱Adderstone FieldUrban park4 km→✦Prehistoric dyke known as Horcum DikeHistoric site1 km→✦Prehistoric field system, medieval rabbit warren and post-medieval mining test pits on Rhumbard SnoutHistoric site3.4 km→✦Part of a warrening enclosure 470m south east of High Rigg FarmHistoric site4.1 km→