The Top 9 Natural Monuments around Leeds
Leeds’s landscape is a beautiful place to explore — something that you can best experience by visiting one of our 9
beautiful natural monuments around Leeds. To help you find the one for, you can see all the details you need to explore the best natural monuments, and better plan your next outdoor adventure!
beautiful natural monuments around Leeds. To help you find the one for, you can see all the details you need to explore the best natural monuments, and better plan your next outdoor adventure!
Last updated: November 15, 2025
RSPB St Aidan's Nature Reserve
Highlight • Trail
also a nice place to get a tea or coffee
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Chevin Forest Park
Highlight • Natural Monument
Chevin Forest Park stands tall on a ridge on the southside of Wharfedale in West Yorkshire. Its elevated position provides fantastic views over the market town of Otley and expansive …
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Nellie's Tree
Highlight • Natural Monument
It's in the running for The Woodland Trust England's tree of the year 2018
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Nearly 100 years ago, Vic Stead would walk from his home in Garforth near Leeds, …
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Nearly 100 years ago, Vic Stead would walk from his home in Garforth near Leeds, …
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Rawdon Trig Point
Highlight • Natural Monument
Sometimes a visit to a smaller hilltop offers a more enjoyable view than trekking up a mountain. That’s the case with this trig point near Billing Hill, where you’re treated to beautiful views over the area's surrounding farmland and woodland.
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Hetchell Crag
Highlight • Viewpoint
A short section of Gritstone crag used by climbers but its also quite atmospheric, around 15-20m in height.
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Trig Point at the Highest Point in Leeds
Highlight • Summit
Getting up high without really even leaving Leeds. And that means a good downhill run back into the city.
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Yorkshire Rose Sculpture Memorial Garden
Highlight • Natural Monument
This Yorkshire Rose Sculpture has been donated to the town by Wetherby in Bloom. The design was inspired by the Late John Tatterton. The roses represent all the dedicated supporters of Wetherby in Bloom no longer with us
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Calverley Cutting
Highlight (Segment) • Gorge
Steep and rough descent with dramatic rock faces either side. Look out for the owl rock carving on your left as you descend.
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Great Dib Wood — Site of Special Scientific Interest
Highlight • Natural Monument
During the last Ice Age there was a great thickness of ice covering most of Wharfe Valley. Later, as this ice retreated, there were some large landslips affecting the north …
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