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Woodlands for forest bathing in North Yorkshire

10 places in North Yorkshire that suit forest bathing, with parking, paths and facilities on each page. Find a forest bathing guide in North Yorkshire.

Tall larch trees on a slope in Dalby Forest, North YorkshireDalby ForestAround 8,000 acres of forest near Pickering, with over a dozen car parks to spread out fromTrees in Guisborough Woods on the edge of the North York MoorsGuisborough ForestBeech and conifer on the hillside above Guisborough, with views out over the Tees ValleyWoodland in Hack Fall Wood near Grewelthorpe, North YorkshireHackfallGeorgian follies and waterfalls in an ancient wooded gorge above the River UreWoodland path from May Beck to Falling Foss, near WhitbyLittle Beck Wood and Falling FossOak, ash and alder in a steep valley near Whitby, with a hermit's cave and a waterfallWoodland footpath beside the River Nidd in the Nidd Gorge, near KnaresboroughNidd GorgeFive linked woods along the River Nidd between Harrogate and KnaresboroughTrack through trees in Raincliffe Woods near ScarboroughRaincliffe and Forge Valley WoodsAncient mixed broadleaf woodland just inland from Scarborough, with eleven free car parksPath running through oak woodland in Strid Wood on the Bolton Abbey estate, North YorkshireStrid Wood, Bolton AbbeyAncient sessile oak on the banks of the Wharfe, with surfaced trails and plenty of benchesParkland trees in the deer park at Studley Royal, near RiponStudley Royal Deer ParkParkland oaks, a lime avenue and around 300 wild deer beside Fountains AbbeyAutumn colour on trees at Thorp Perrow Arboretum near Bedale, North YorkshireThorp Perrow ArboretumA hundred acres of trees near Bedale, with five National Collections and spring bluebellsCastle Howard ArboretumOver 7,000 trees from around the world, with lakes, glades and wildflower meadows

Photos: Dalby Forest, T Eyre (CC BY-SA 2.0); Guisborough Forest, T Eyre (CC BY-SA 2.0); Hackfall, Colin Gregory (CC BY 2.0); Little Beck Wood and Falling Foss, Humphrey Bolton (CC BY-SA 2.0); Nidd Gorge, Peter Wood (CC BY-SA 2.0); Raincliffe and Forge Valley Woods, Christopher Hall (CC BY-SA 2.0); Strid Wood, Bolton Abbey, Derek Harper (CC BY-SA 2.0); Studley Royal Deer Park, Anthony Parkes (CC BY-SA 2.0); Thorp Perrow Arboretum, John Sparshatt (CC BY-SA 2.0); Castle Howard Arboretum (area photo): Low Bank Wood. Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.