Harewood and around the Harewood Estate
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"A stately home with parkland by 'Capability' Brown, a few miles from Leeds"
Walk directions
From the lay-by, walk 50yds (46m) away from the village of Harewood, cross the road and walk right down the access track to New Laithe Farm. Pass left of the farm buildings to pick up a gravel track heading into the valley bottom. Go through a gate and bear half left up a field, towards Hollin Hall. Keep left of the buildings to pass Hollin Hall Pond.
Beyond the pond, swing left around the corner of Spring Wood and follow a track at the field edge to the top corner. Through gates continue up the hill, the track later becoming enclosed and ending at a junction.
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Additional information
Terrain
- Good paths and parkland tracks all the way
Landscape
- Arable farmland and parkland
Dog friendliness
- Keep on lead in conservation areas, near sheep and deer and on roads
Parking
- From the traffic lights at junction of A61 and A659 (Harewood Ave), take A659 and park in first lay-by on left, some way down the road
Toilets en route
- None on route
About the walk
The grand old houses of West Yorkshire tend to be in the form of ‘Halifax’ houses (such as East Riddlesden Hall). Self-made yeomen and merchant clothiers built their mansions to show the world that they’d made their ‘brass’. But Harewood House, on the edge of Leeds, is more ambitious, and is still...
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About the area
Everybody knows that Yorkshire has some special landscapes. The Dales and the Moors first spring to mind, but what about West Yorkshire? That’s Leeds and Bradford isn’t it? Back-to-back houses and blackened mills… Certainly if you had stood on any of the hills surrounding Hebden Bridge a hundred years ago, and gazed down into the valley, all you would have seen was the pall of smoke issuing from the chimneys of 33 textile mills.
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Maustin Park
Maustin Park is a secluded backwater in the heart of tv’s Emmerdale country, just across the River Wharfe from the Harewood House estate, whose landscape was designed by Lancelot ‘Capab...
Haighfield Holiday Park
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Wood Hall Hotel & Spa
A long sweeping drive leads to Wood Hall Hotel, a delightful Georgian house situated in 100 acres of parkland. Spacious bedrooms are appointed to an impressive standard and feature comp...
Rudding Holiday Park
Award-winning Rudding Holiday Park is just three miles from Harrogate, and offers a range of holiday cottages, lodges, caravan and camping pitches, winter long lets and a chance to buy ...
Rudding Park
Rudding Park is a privately-owned, Grade I-listed hotel with a spa, three restaurants, a kitchen garden, private cinema, residents’ gym, two golf courses and a conference and events spa...
North Lodge
North Lodge Cottage offers an open plan living space, and bi-fold doors provide a sense of light and space. The bold colours of the kitchen and its modern interior are bright but warm, ...
Gardeners Cottage
If your family enjoys making the most of outdoor space, Gardeners Cottage could be the ideal property for you. On a sunny day, open the bi-fold doors from the open plan living space and...
Kingfisher Lodge
Kingfisher Lodge offers a retreat for couples, families and groups of friends seeking peace and quiet in the beautiful Yorkshire countryside. The lodge is made up of two double bedrooms...
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