GPS Cycle and Walking Routes

Calverley Woods

2 miles (2.5 km)

These woods in Leeds have walking trails and cycling trails suitable for mountain bikes. There's lots of good tracks with some decent jumps. The area also includes the adjacent Lodge Wood and West Wood with its walking trails taking you to bluebell woodland, an old walled garden and hidden grottoes.
The woods are located next to the village of Calverley just south of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. You can pick up the walking and cycling trail along the canal to extend your outing. Following it west will take you towards Bradford while heading east takes you into Leeds.
The Leeds Country Way also passes through the woods so you could pick up this long distance trail to explore the countryside around the city.
The River Aire runs just to the north of the woods so you could follow the Airedale Way path into Leeds or towards Baildon Moor and Shipley Glen.

Postcode

BD10 0NF - Please note: Postcode may be approximate for some rural locations

Calverley Woods OS Map - Mobile GPS OS Map with Location tracking

Calverley Woods Open Street Map - Mobile GPS Map with Location tracking

Further Information and Other Local Ideas

Pick up the Leeds Canal Walk and head east and you can visit the splendid Kirkstall Abbey. There's nice trails here around the grounds of the ruined former Cistercian monastery.
Near here there's also the Rodley Nature Reserve where you'll find an attractive wetland nature reserve with a visitor centre and lots of wildlife.

Cycle Routes and Walking Routes Nearby

Photos

Calverley Cutting - geograph.org.uk - 76264

Calverley Cutting. This dead straight cutting was constructed for carrying quarried stone down to the Leeds-Liverpool canal by means of a gravity driven tramway.

Lodge Wood near Calverley - geograph.org.uk - 43984

 Lodge Wood near Calverley. The wood is on the southern side of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal. Also showing the disused Lodge Bridge.

River Aire from the Leeds Liverpool Canal towpath - geograph.org.uk - 129077

River Aire from the Leeds Liverpool Canal towpath on the northern fringes of the wood. Woodhouse Grove School in the background, a Methodist Boarding School.

Calverley Cutting - the top end (3003877068)

Calverley Cutting - the southern end in autumn. Just south of here is Calverley Victoria Park in the village.

Video

GPS Files

GPX File

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Memory Map Route

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