Broxa Forest
Description
Visit this large forest on the North York Moors and enjoy miles of good woodland trails. The woods are in an elevated position so there are great views across the moors and Harwood Dale from the escarpment edge. There's good trails for mountain bikers with the Moors to Sea cycle route passing through the woods. Broxa Forest is also popular with bird watchers looking for the elusive nightjar.
This circular route starts at the Reasty Hill Top car park and takes you along bridleways in the northern and central section of the forest. Park at the car park at the north eastern part of the forest and then pick up the trail west towards Ward Hill. You can extend your outing by continuing west towards Langdale End and
Langdale Forest
as shown in the video below. If you keep heading west you can also visit Hingles Wood and the River Derwent which runs past the western end of the woods. Heading south from the car park will take you along Whisper Dales Beck to Broxa.
If you head north you will come to the pretty village of Harwood Dale with its old church and the Harwood Dale Beck.
Harwood Dale Forest
lies just to the north of the village and has nearly 2000 acres of woodland trails to try.
Broxa Forest Postcode
YO13 0LE
N.B
Postcode may be approximate for some rural locations
Broxa Forest Ordnance Survey Map
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Broxa Forest Aerial Photo View Map
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Distance
3 miles (5 km)
Difficulty
**
Joining Routes
Harwood Dale Forest
,
Langdale Forest
,
Forge Valley Woods
,
West Ayton
Memory Map Route
Broxa Forest.mmo
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GPX File
Broxa Forest.gpx
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Map (Route in Red)
Aerial Photo View of this route
Video
