Gipton Wood
📍 LeedsWest Yorkshire
Small ancient wood in Roundhay with 400-year-old trees and an easy hard path
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Free to walk the woods
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An ancient plantation woodland of about 8 hectares near Oakwood, with sycamore, oak and beech, some over 400 years old. See if you can spot the D-shaped earthwork, thought to be Bronze Age or Roman, and go bug hunting in the deadwood. A wide hard path makes it suitable for pushchairs.
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Costs to know about: Free parking on Gipton Wood Road
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