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Dalby
Forest - Visitor Guide |
| Address: | Dalby
Forest, Thornton-Le-Dale, North Yorkshire. |
| Postcode
| YO18 7 |
| Telephone: | Recreation
Manager: 01751 472771 |
| e-mail | nym@forestry.gsi.gov.uk |
| Map: | Streetmap
of Dalby Forest |
| Ordnance Survey: | Grid
reference: SE842842 |
| Key attraction: | Forest
drive and walks. |
| Essential kit: | Sensible
footwear, tree guide. |
| Nature watching: | Bird
spotting. Trees. Fungi. Small mammals. Bats. There is a network of
forest roads including the nine mile Dalby Forest Drive. Regular events. Bird
watching, deer spotting.
Fungi forays throughout autumn. |
| Facilities: | Dalby
Forest Visitor Centre and shop. |
| Access: | Disabled
access: |
| Getting there: | Located
on the southern slopes of the North York Moors National Park near Pickering. Access
is via Thornton le Dale on the A170 Helmsley to Scarborough road. Watch for brown
tourist signs. Access is also possible from the north of Scarborough via minor
roads through Hackness and Langdale End.
You can enter the forest through
the following - Dalby Project, Bickley Gate, Crosscliff, Low and High Staindale,
Haygate, Adderstone Field and Dalby Forest Visitor Centre and shop. |
| Opening
times: | Year round. |
| Charges: | Access
to forest free but small charge for toll road. |
