Coneysthorpe Chapel – Thurtle Wood Forest Trail loop from Coneysthorpe

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Coneysthorpe Chapel – Thurtle Wood Forest Trail loop from Coneysthorpe

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Coneysthorpe Chapel – Thurtle Wood Forest Trail loop from Coneysthorpe

02:22

8.72km

120m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily walkable paths.

Last updated: November 2, 2026

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Temporary access restrictions

Includes segments with temporary access restrictions.

After 192 m for 95 m

Customers only

After 8.44 km for 95 m

Customers only

Waypoints

Start point

Camper Parking

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626 m

Stone Church in Howardian Hills

Highlight • Religious Site

683 m

Coneysthorpe Chapel

Highlight • Other

Nice little Chapel in a quaint area of the estate.

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925 m

Coneysthorpe Bank and Centenary Way — view of Castle Howard

Highlight (Segment) • Viewpoint

This is a fantastic bit on the Centenary Way long-distance trail. Walking south, first you will enjoy the peace and quiet of the woodlands of Coneysthorpe Bank, and then, once …

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3.01 km

View of Kelbro Hill and Coneysthorpe Banks Woods

Highlight (Segment) • Forest

There are beautiful views to the south in particular from this open, trees-unobstructed stretch. Gorgeous, rolling green hills, and Castle Howard on the horizons. Closer up, you've got the grassy …

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3.51 km

View of North York Moors from Slingsby Bank

Highlight • Parking

There are great views from Slingsby Bank to the north towards North York Moors. Here, the long-distance trail Centenary Way crosses the road linking Coneysthorpe and Slingsby here.

You might …

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3.94 km

Slingsby Banks Summit

Highlight • Viewpoint

Slingsby Banks 106.7m P18.1 (350ft)
(Hill ID: 512535) [JNSA s15819]
County of Yorkshire Definitive List summit.
Howardian Hills National Landscape Definitive List summit.

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4.61 km

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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6.43 km

Bell Bottom

Forest

7.10 km

Shaw Wood

Forest

8.72 km

End point

Camper Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.53 km

2.08 km

1.27 km

757 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

4.62 km

2.11 km

1.45 km

546 m

Elevation

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Highest point (110 m)

Lowest point (50 m)

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Comments

June 29, 2025,Coneysthorpe-SurroundingWoodlands-Circular

This is a pleasant and undemanding circular tour based on Coneysthorpe, where there is off-road parking by the village hall, with donations expected.
The tour starts with about a mile walk along a quiet road that crosses the main road to Castle Howard and then follows the edge of Shaw Wood, where there are many cranesbill. .
Where the road …