Bilton Beck & Rudding Bottoms

The site was acquired on the March1985 with funding from the Countryside Commission, Harrogate Borough Council, local residents and Woodland Trust members. The woodland is located approximately 2 miles to the north of the centre of Harrogate, in the steep sided well-wooded valley called ‘Nidd Gorge’. The River Nidd runs west to east through the bottom of the gorge with the Trust’s woodland extending to 17.06 on the southern side of the gorge. Private woods on the northern bank complimenting the wooded character of the area. The western boundary of the wood is marked by the now disused Nidd viaduct, which spans the gorge with an impressive 30m high stone-arched viaduct.