Harrogate Borough Council

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01423 500 600
(Switchboard - General Enquires and Information)

0845 300 6091
(Customer Services)

01423 556543
(Textphone)

Office Hours:
8.30 - 5.00pm
(4.30pm on Friday)

Emergency Out of Hours
08457 089 190

Council Offices,
Crescent Gardens,
Harrogate,
HG1 2SG

Fax: 01423 556100

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Visiting Harrogate International Centre

See the Harrogate International Centre website if you are visiting a conference, show or exhibition. Book a place to stay. See details of visiting Harrogate and the Yorkshire Dales.

Allen Wood

Located approximately 2.5 miles to the south of Harrogate, this site is comprised of approximately seven acres of mixed deciduous woodland.

If you would like to view a map of this woodland, just click here

Access to the site can be made off Malthouse Lane or via the Public Right of Way (PROW) off Westminster Crescent, Burn Bridge.

There are no facilities on site but a series of desire lines and undesignated footpaths allows for walkers to meander through the small woodland at their leisure.

The site runs steeply from south-east to north-west, with an overall fall of approximately 15-20 metres between the northern and southern boundary. The wood is characteristically wet at its lowest points during many of the winter months.

Although the site is open to visitors all year round, spring is a good time to visit as this woodland gives a fantastic bluebell display at this time.

Dominant Tree Species

Birch (Betula pendula & Betula pubescens)
Holly (Ilex aquifolium)
English Oak (Quercus robur)
Common Beech (Fagus sylvatica)
Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus)
Alder (Alnus glutinosa)
Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna)