Thurtle Wood Forest Trail – Freer's Banks and Waite Wood loop from Coneysthorpe

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Thurtle Wood Forest Trail – Freer's Banks and Waite Wood loop from Coneysthorpe

Moderate

4.3

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Thurtle Wood Forest Trail – Freer's Banks and Waite Wood loop from Coneysthorpe

02:02

7.50km

110m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: November 2, 2026

Tips

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Howardian Hills National Landscape

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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406 m

Thurtle Wood Forest Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

It's good to, on occasion, disappear in the woods! This is a good way to do that: it's a pleasant track through Thurtle Wood (a wide, very easy forest track). …

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2.95 km

View of Fryton and the Vale of Pickering

Highlight • Trail

There is a fabulous view down Fryton Lane to the hamlet of Fryton from here, but what of course grabs the attention is dozens of miles of the English countryside …

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3.24 km

Yapgate Outlet

Forest

5.73 km

Rest bench

Highlight • Rest Area

If you don't mind the smell of the nearby pig farm, you can rest here.

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5.96 km

Freer's Banks and Waite Wood

Highlight (Segment) • Viewpoint

This is a beautiful and green walk through these two woodlands: Freer's Banks and Waite Wood. Splendid views to be had from the edge of Waite Wood, near Baxton Howe …

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7.50 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.69 km

1.67 km

151 m

Surfaces

4.07 km

3.45 km