{"id":22857,"date":"2021-09-17T13:16:53","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T13:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorkshire.com\/uncategorized\/3-walking-trails-skipton-woods\/"},"modified":"2024-03-06T11:29:49","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T11:29:49","slug":"3-walking-trails-skipton-woods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yorkshire.com\/walkshire\/3-walking-trails-skipton-woods\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Walking Trails through Skipton Woods"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Gateway to the Dales and rich with history, Skipton is a picturesque and fascinating place to explore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the best walks in Skipton is the route through Skipton Castle Woods, a walk that combines scenery with culture and is accessible to all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yorkshire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/shutterstock_216669319-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Image name the image from the post in Yorkshire.com.\" class=\"wp-image-1806\" title=\"image\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Skipton Castle Woods<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The main path through Skipton Castle Woods is a gentle, family-friendly \u2018there-and-back\u2019 stroll between the main entrance and the Great Flood Bridge, alongside Eller Beck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can extend this route but exploring some of the upper paths in the river valley. These are accessed either via a set of steps or a climb up a fairly steep slope (with handrail).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both of these routes are roughly a mile in length.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For a more strenuous but still relatively <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorkshire.com\/walking\/a-guide-to-skipton-walks-woods-canals-more\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.yorkshire.com\/walking\/a-guide-to-skipton-walks-woods-canals-more\/\">accessible walk<\/a>, try the Earl of Thanet Trail, a circular route from town to Skipton Castle which offers glorious views through the trees. This route is about 2.5 miles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Children will love exploring these woods, a wonderful natural playground overflowing with wildlife. Use the Woodland Trust\u2019s \u2018nature spotter activity sheet\u2019 to tick off bugs, birds, and types of trees. Kingfishers around the Round Dam Pond are a real highlight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plan your visit to <a href=\"https:\/\/skipton.woodlandtrust.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Skipton Woods<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discover three accessible, family-friendly nature trails through Skipton Castle Woods.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":22860,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[939,924],"tags":[968,931,1019,910,914,917,922,923,925,928,969],"location":[293],"person":[],"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yorkshire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22857"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yorkshire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yorkshire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yorkshire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yorkshire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22857"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.yorkshire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107742,"href":"https:\/\/www.yorkshire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22857\/revisions\/107742"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yorkshire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yorkshire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yorkshire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yorkshire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22857"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yorkshire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=22857"},{"taxonomy":"person","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yorkshire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person?post=22857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}