A mix of farmland, woodland and rough grassland surrounding Crimple Beck. The land is mostly privately owned, but a network of public footpaths runs through the valley.
Crimple Valley, Pannal to Spofforth
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Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal
Extensive parkland with many mature specimen trees, ornamental lake and stream.
Ripley Castle Deer Park and Lakes
Two large, shallow lakes, formed by damming the Thornton Beck, which date back more than two centuries, set in open parkland with scattered, mature trees. The Castle has a walled garden.
Sandy Bank Wood
Remnant heathland on top of quarry
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