2,760 acres (1,115 hectares) 3,800 acres (1,500 ha) in 1951
Administration
Established
1924 – 1987
Governing body
Forestry Commission
Wykeham Forest is a 2,760-acre (1,115-hectare) woodland 6 miles (9.7 km) in the North York Moors National Park, near to Wykeham, west of Scarborough, England. The wood is a mixture of conifer and broadleaf trees, with some open ground and a Forestry Commission nursery. The wood was planted in stages between 1924 and 1987, with open land being purchased by the commission. Recreational activities such as walking, bicycling and horse-riding are undertaken in the forest.
WykehamForest is a 2,760-acre (1,115-hectare) woodland 6 miles (9.7 km) in the North York Moors National Park, near to Wykeham, west of Scarborough,...
Wales), the Clumber Park area (Nottinghamshire), near WykehamForest (North Yorkshire), Haldon Forest Park (Devon) and elsewhere.[citation needed] The similarity...
maintained by Forestry England. Dalby Forest, along with Langdale Forest and Cropton Forest, forms part of the North Riding Forest Park, found within the North...
miles (48 km) of mountain bike trails within the forest. During the 1980s, Langdale and WykehamForest were used as part of a rallying course, with Finnish...
The South Yorkshire Forest was a partnership initiative of the twelve Community Forests in England, started in 1991. The programme aimed to create attractive...
1°32′56″W / 53.800°N 1.549°W / 53.800; -1.549 The Forest of Leeds was originally the Forest of Loidis in which today's city of Leeds arose. It now...
Dale. The North York Moors National Park is traversed through WykehamForest and Dalby Forest to the hamlet of Harwood Dale. The walk pushes on to Cloughton...
within the royal forest was the market village of Easingwold, but in 1316 the forest comprised 60 villages in 100,000 acres. The Forest of Galtres was intimately...
and woodland management problems. The wood was allowed to become a "high forest" with the strongest growth of a coppiced tree allowed to grow into a fully...
Woodhouse Ridge. Google Maps Leodis – a photographic archive of Leeds – Display Forest of Leeds - Woodhouse Ridge & Sugarwell Hill Leodis – a photographic archive...
(6 km) south-west of Barnsley. The wood forms part of the South Yorkshire Forest and is within an Area of Great Landscape Value. It is owned and managed...
village of Kirkburton, West Yorkshire, England. It forms part of a heavily forested area to the west of the village, occupying the rise in the valley leading...
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