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Castlebeck and Scar Woods

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Castlebeck and Scar Woods is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in North Yorkshire, covering 0.59 km². It is one of 230 SSSIs in the county. It lies inside the North York Moors National Park.

For arrivals by rail, Ruswarp Station is about 11.7 km to the north-west. Other SSSIs nearby include Harwood Dale Moor, Biller Howe Dale and Hayburn Wyke.

More places to visit near Castlebeck and Scar Woods

Photo of the North York Moors, a National Park in North Yorkshire, northern England.Iconic

North York Moors

You’re inside itNational Park near Rosedale Abbey

The largest heather moorland in England, purple in late summer, edged by a fine coast.

Photo: Ravenscar Cliffs, a viewpoint in the North York Moors, North Yorkshire, northern England.Highlight

Ravenscar Cliffs

Viewpoint near Ravenscar

A clifftop of dramatic sea views above the old Peak Alum Works, looking north to Robin Hood's Bay.

4.9 km NE

Photo of Boggle Hole, a cove near Robin Hood's Bay in the North York Moors, North Yorkshire, northern England.Highlight

Boggle Hole

Cove near Robin Hood's Bay

A rocky fossil-hunting cove just south of Robin Hood's Bay, named for a mischievous local sprite.

6.2 km N

Photo along the Coast to Coast, a 190-mile National Trail running from St Bees to Robin Hood's Bay, England.Highlight

Coast to Coast

National Trail

Wainwright's own invention: St Bees to Robin Hood's Bay through three national parks.

6.9 km NW · North Yorkshire & Cumbria

Photo of Robin Hood's Bay, a village in the North York Moors, North Yorkshire, northern England.Iconic

Robin Hood's Bay

Village

A smugglers' village of cobbled alleys tumbling down a ravine to a rocky, fossil-strewn shore.

7.3 km N · North Yorkshire

Photo of Falling Foss, a waterfall near Goathland in the North York Moors, North Yorkshire, northern England.Highlight

Falling Foss

Waterfall near Goathland

A thirty-foot fall in the woods of Little Beck near Whitby, with a tea garden at its lip and the Hermitage — a boulder hollowed into a cell in 1790 — up the path.

7.8 km NW