Garden · near Grewelthorpe · North Yorkshire

Hackfall

Hackfall is a historic woodland park near Grewelthorpe, Harrogate District, North Yorkshire. On the official register, it is a Site of Special Scientific Interest. Top of the 28 other places within 15 km is Fountains Abbey, 9.6 km off.

Photo: Hackfall, Alan Bate (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

500 m

northeast of Grewelthorpe

Run by

The Woodland Trust

the operator on record

How well known

Top 35%

#2,958 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 17–20°C

In brief

Garden near Grewelthorpe

Just outside Grewelthorpe

Hackfall is 500 m northeast of Grewelthorpe. Towns near it ↓

Site of Special Scientific Interest

On the official list of protected heritage; Grewelthorpe has 9 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Which month to go

Afternoons in Grewelthorpe reach 17–20°C from June to September.

Jan6° / 1°86 mm

Feb7° / 1°75 mm

Mar9° / 2°60 mm

Apr12° / 3°59 mm

May15° / 6°58 mm

Jun18° / 9°71 mm

Jul20° / 11°67 mm

Aug20° / 11°74 mm

Sep17° / 8°71 mm

Oct13° / 6°83 mm

Nov9° / 3°89 mm

Dec7° / 1°94 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Grewelthorpe, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Grewelthorpe. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Grewelthorpe’s full climate →

About

Hackfall

This is a site of The Woodland Trust. There are Wikipedia articles on it in 2 languages.

Grewelthorpe’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Garden
Run by: The Woodland Trust
Listed: Site of Special Scientific Interest
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: 500 m northeast of Grewelthorpe
Official site: hackfall.org.uk

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Its place on the map

Hackfall is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.

Towns near it

Bases for a visit

Among the 5, Masham is the biggest, home to 1,112 people. All of these towns include it on their pages.

1 · 500 m southwest of it

Grewelthorpe

226 people · 5 places to visit

2 · 2.4 km south of it

Kirkby Malzeard

906 people · 3 places to visit

3 · 3.2 km north of it

Masham

1,112 people · 6 places to visit

4 · 3.4 km northeast of it

West Tanfield

275 people · 3 places to visit

Compare the 5 towns

Town	Where Hackfall is	People	Places to visit
Grewelthorpe	500 m southwest of it	226	5
Kirkby Malzeard	2.4 km south of it	906	3
Masham	3.2 km north of it	1,112	6
West Tanfield	3.4 km northeast of it	275	3
North Stainley	4.7 km east of it	390	6

Make a day of it

Worth adding to a visit

2 abbeys or priories, 2 historic houses and a garden are among the 28 within 15 km.

Abbey or priory · English HeritageFountains Abbey9.6 km away 2

Garden · National TrustStudley Royal Park9.2 km away 3

CathedralRipon Cathedral9.9 km away 4

Theme parkLightwater Valley5 km away 5

Abbey or prioryJervaulx Abbey11 km away 6

Historic house · National TrustFountains Hall9.5 km away 7

CastleSnape Castle7.8 km away 8

Historic houseNorton Conyers House8.4 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Hackfall in questions

Where is Hackfall?

Hackfall is 500 m northeast of Grewelthorpe, North Yorkshire.

What is Hackfall?

Historic woodland park near Grewelthorpe, Harrogate District, North Yorkshire, England, UK.

Who runs Hackfall?

The Woodland Trust.

When is the best time to visit Hackfall?

June to September are the warmest months in Grewelthorpe, with afternoon highs of 17–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Hackfall a listed building?

Yes: Site of Special Scientific Interest.

What else is there to see near Hackfall?

Within 15 km: Fountains Abbey (9.6 km), Studley Royal Park (9.2 km), Ripon Cathedral (9.9 km) and Lightwater Valley (5 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Hackfall: Alan Bate, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Fountains Abbey: User:Klaus with K, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Studley Royal Park: silver_doctor. Iain Gilmour - www.silverexpressions.co.uk, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Ripon Cathedral: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Lightwater Valley: Stefan Scheer, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Jervaulx Abbey: mattbuck (category), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Fountains Hall: Graham Roberts, the uploader is Gcr22, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Snape Castle: Alison Stamp, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Norton Conyers House: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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