Hackfall Woods

Hackfall Woods is a fairly extensive woodland walk in a valley along the river Ure. From York, it is just under an hour's drive. Take the A59 towards Harrogate and turn onto the A168 just before the A1 roundabout. The A168 takes you on a beautiful autumn road and then on a country road up to the village of Grewelthorpe. There is a nice community cafe on your left as you pass through the village. The alternativee route is to go a bit further up the A1 and along to Masham where there are a couple of nice galleries and cafes.

There is a small car park at the beginning of the walk, about a mile up the road from Grewelthorpe right at the top of the hill, on a bend in the road (blink and you'll miss it). This is the best entrance to the woods in order to do a circular walk which will take in two viewpoints, the river and three follies (marked on this map in purple). Walk out of the car park through the gate in the corner and follow the muddy path down the field for about 200 yards to the woods. I was there on a bright sunny autumn day and so there is no subtlety about these images; all are underexposed to capture the the light and colour on the autumn foliage and the water.

There is a larger map here: http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=423995&y=477338&z=120&sv=423995,477338&st=4&ar=Y&mapp=map.srf&searchp=s.srf&dn=607&ax=422543&ay=480901&lm=0