ROCK SPORTS:
Rock Climbing  |  Caving

AIR SPORTS:
Hang Gliding & Paragliding  |  Gliding & Microlighting  |  Ballooning & Parascending

WATER SPORTS:
Waterways  |  Canoeing & Kayaking  |  Sailing  |  Surfing  |  Fishing  |  Watersports Centres

ON FOOT:
Distance Walking  |  Festivals  |  Geocaching  |  Orienteering  |  Fell Running  |  Activity Centres  |  Safety Information

ON WHEELS:
Beginners Cycle Routes  |  Longer Cycling Adventures  |  Mountain Biking

HORSE RIDING:
Trails  |  Riding Centres

EASY ACCESS:
Routes & Experiences

Dalby forest offers over 8,000 acres of woodland to explore and enjoy, including play areas for children, barbecues for the family and plenty of waymarked trails for all abilities. Choose from any one of the nine trails that start from various point in Dalby Forest and take in the beauty of the forest, views across the forest and moors and may be you will encounter some of the local wildlife.

Enjoy and explore the Visitor Centre. Find out more about Dalby Forest and the surrounding area, learn about sustainable living and have fun with the hands-on interactive displays for a different learning experience. There is a forest shop offering an attractive range of gifts, books and souvenirs. There is also a large restaurant with extensive indoor and outdoor seating, offering a wide range of snacks and meals for all the family. Dalby Courtyard has craft workshops, a cafe and cycle centre.

Dalby offers exciting adventure play equipment for children to enjoy at Sneverdale and Adderstone Field.

The forest at Dalby comprises mostly of pines and spruces, yet there are many broadleaf trees such as oak, beech, ash, alder and hazel both in the valleys and on the 'Riggs'. With clear streams arising in springs and running north and south out of the forest, this really is a wildlife experience deep in Yorkshire’s countryside heart.

Home to birds such as the crossbill and that elusive summer visitor the nightjar, the forest is alive with animal activity - roe deer abound and badgers, the symbol of the forest, are a very common but nocturnal resident.

The signs of past residents are all around. Burial mounds, linear earthworks of unknown purpose and the remains of a flourishing rabbit warrening industry can be found throughout the wood.

A network of forest roads including the 9 mile Dalby Forest Drive provides access to this outstanding landscape. Formed in the Ice Age and shaped by the people from the Bronze Age to the present day, Dalby is very much a forest worth visiting.

How?

Dalby Forest, near Pickering. Access is via the A169 Pickering to Whitby road. Look for brown tourist signs.

There is an admission charge of £7 per car, different rates apply for other vehicles. An excellent value season ticket is available.

LEVEL OF FITNESS

Something for all levels of fitness and ability.

HAVE A GO & FIND OUT MORE

For information about visiting Dalby Forest go to www.forestry.gov.uk/dalbyforest or telephone 01751 460 295