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Hood Grange Wood

✦ Ancient woodland87 ha

📷 Pauline E · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome87 ha

Getting here

54.22909, -1.21759

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
  • 🥾Walking is best here in early morning in summer — quiet trails and good light before the heat
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
  • 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Parking· Paid

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Forest walks

2 marked walking trail(s)

Free

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — woodland with marked walking trails

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Chaffinch, Robin, Blue Tit +81 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Chaffinch, Robin, Blue Tit +81 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Raspberry, Meadow Crane's-bill, Himalayan Balsam · last seen 2025

Free

Hiking

2 marked walking trails; Named hiking route nearby: Cleveland Way

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 19 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Cleveland WayWalking route
Named routePoint-to-pointNational walking route
Three Feathers Walk (Kilburn)Walking route
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
The Inn WayWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Cleveland Waypublic footpath · 569 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 569 mPath type: footway
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Cycling

27 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
National Byway (Easingwold Loop)Cycling route
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
The White Rose Cycle RouteCycling route
Named routeRef 65National Cycle Network
The White Rose - Moors VariantCycling route
Named routeRef 656National Cycle Network
Sutton Bank Cliff TrailCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route326 m
Named routeRef 65Length 326 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route173 m
Named routeRef 656Length 173 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Mountain biking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Fort TrailMountain bike route
Named route
Paradise TrailMountain bike route28.5 km
Named routeLength 28.5 kmLocal cycle route
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Horse riding

16 public paths nearby

Public paths
High Town Bank Roadbyway open to all traffic · 620 m
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 620 mSurface gravelPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

Photos

View over Hood Grange from Roulston Scar

📷 Pauline E · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

View over Hood Grange from Roulston Scar

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✦Battle of BylandHistoric site1.3 km→✦Section of the Cleave Dyke system 45m east of the visitors' centre at Sutton BankHistoric site1.4 km→🐄Monk Park FarmVisitor farm4.2 km→✦Wayside cross known as Cooper Cross on Sutton BankHistoric site1.3 km→✦Round barrow in Cliff PlantationHistoric site1.4 km→✦Byland Abbey Cistercian monastery: monastic precinct, water-management earthworks, enclosures, ancillary buildings and quarriesHistoric site4.9 km→

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