wrag

What it is
Ahhh... Woodhouse Ridge... On the eastern flank of Headingley Hill in Leeds with glimpsed views over the Meanwood Valley.....

Where back-to-back terraces and plump Victorian villas abut ancient woodland ....  an encapsulated urban woodland ..... a palimpsest of a long-faded Edwardian pleasure garden....a civil war battlefield..... a little piece of the old wilde woode

A link in the Meanwood Valley Trail leading to open country at Adel  ....... The first leg on the Dales Way long distance footpath to Windermere in the Lake District  ........

A wonderful playground for walkers, joggers, strollers,  lovers, cyclists, and horseriders  - kids too, ....a tobogganing slope ....... and a wildlife haven...  

And a Doorstep Green to many inner city communities.

Usually we meet at the end of  Ridge Terrace,  by the bollarded track into the woods.

Where it is
About 1½ miles north of the city centre, on the hillside west of the Meanwood Road, between Woodhouse Street and Grove Lane.

Click here for an interactive aerial photo / location map* of the Ridge Woodland  - and wonder at its very survival... (Clue: its quite steep)

*Courtesy of MultiMap.com ©

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