Woodcock Way (long route), Dalby Forest
4.5 miles (7.2 km), circular. Starts and finishes at Bickley Gate car park. About 1½ hours, easy.
Start: SE 883 903, and finish. OS grid.
Take it with you: download the GPX file (it opens in OS Maps, Komoot, Outdooractive or a GPS unit) or open the start in OS Maps.
Up and down
About 153 m of climbing and 153 m of descent; highest point 232 m.
Facts
- Code
- YH 1257
- Distance
- 4.5 miles (7.2 km)
- Publisher’s page
- forestryengland.uk
- Type
- Circular
- Walking time
- About 1½ hours
- Difficulty
- Easy (how we grade)
- Designation
- Regional route
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- County
- North Yorkshire
- Total ascent
- About 153 m. Highest point 232 m
Getting there
Starts and finishes at the same place, marked by the dot on the map.
- Car parks
- Staindale Car Park (free), 50 m from the start. Directions SE 883 903Car park, 380 m from the start. Directions SE 879 903Car park, 520 m from the start. Directions SE 881 898
No bus stop or station within a kilometre of the start. Nearest: Levisham station (heritage railway), 6.5 km away (Directions).
What to expect
Steepest climb: about 69 m in a kilometre (1 in 14), from the start.
From OpenStreetMap, where mappers have recorded it: check before you go.
Pubs and cafés
OpenStreetMap records no pub or café within a quarter of a mile of the way: take food and drink with you.
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Walks nearby
- YH 1459Miles without Stiles: Staindale Lake in Dalby Forest0.5 miles, circular. Starts in the same place
- YH 1347Adderstone Rigg Trail, Dalby Forest2.5 miles. Starts 0.4 miles away
- YH 1398Deepdale Habitat Trail, Dalby Forest1.3 miles, circular. Starts 1.8 miles away
- YH 1399Waitcliff Trail, Dalby Forest1.3 miles. Starts 1.8 miles away
- YH 1378Jerry Noddle Trail, Dalby Forest2 miles, circular. Starts 1.8 miles away
- YH 1389Sneverdale Rigg Rabbit Run, Dalby Forest2 miles, circular. Starts 2.4 miles away
Sources
Checked against forestryengland.uk on 12 October 2026.
- Route line: Forestry England, Recreation routes, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (Forestry England).
- Facts: forestryengland.uk
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