Colour rating today: going yellow The reds of wild cherry and red oak leaves. The yellows of ash, silver birch leaves and larch needles. The browning oak and beech leaves.All contrast with the blue green needles and red trunks of Scots pine. Add to this the intense colours from toadstools such as the red and white spotted fly agaric or the bright yellow larch bolete and you have a forest not to be missed this autumn. Great walk around Staindale Lake and Haygate with views over the valley.
Thornton-Le-Dale is the nearest town or village.
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. .Have you got space in your car or need a lift? Check these websites, www.carshareyork.com, www.hullcarshare.com and www.isanyonegoingto.com.
OS Grid Reference: SE855878
Recreation Manager01751 472771e-mail: nym@forestry.gsi.gov.uk
Follow the Forest Code at all times.