Oak, hybrid poplar, Scots pine, mixed conifers, sycamore, hawthorn, hazel and wych elm.

Byerley Wood is rich in wildlife, buzzards and red kites can often be seen, swooping and soaring around the woodland edges and from time to time, you may hear a tawny owl.

Many smaller birds are resident in the wood including blackbirds, wrens, blue tits, robins, jays and many more.

Roe deer frequent the area and are often seen, if not apparent, then they are evident from their trails, slot marks are clearly visible in the soft mud around ditch crossing points.

• Mature trees
• Privacy
• Great for wildlife
• Larger wood
• A rustic bench
• Level ground
• Rural outlook

From the end of Church Street in Goldsborough, you follow a stone track between two hedgerows, through three gates, the third of which is the entrance gate to Goldsborough Wood.

A good stone track, suitable for cars and 4x4s leads all the way through the wood to the entrance of Byerley Wood, marked with a ride stop entrance and name sign. There is space to park a vehicle here.

Beyond the end of the track, a strimmed path takes a route, crossing several ditches via sleeper bridges, reaching the most south-westerly compartment of the wood. The ground is pretty level and easy going though sturdy footwear is recommended.

There are no public rights of way within the wood.

The sporting rights are included in the sale.

Our standard covenant will apply.

Byerley Wood would suit a buyer who would like to carry out conservation projects, further diversifying the tree species and age structure of the wood, perhaps erecting bird an bat boxes or building a hide for observation. It is also ideal for occasional family camping and bush crafts.

Goldsborough is a quiet and attractive village, close to Knaresborough and Harrogate which between them boast an array of attractions including the Turkish Baths, Valley Gardens, RHS Harlow Carr, Mother Shipton’s Cave and many more.

Evidence of early settlement in the village comes from a Viking hoard which was discovered in 1859 during construction outside the north wall of Goldsborough Church. Coins and artefacts dating from 700 to 1050 were found in a leaden chest including fragments of Viking brooches and arm-rings, together with 39 coins. It forms one of the largest collections ever discovered in the UK and is now held at the British Museum in London.

In the Domesday Survey of 1086 Goldsborough is referred to as "Godenesburg" and some fine Norman architecture can be found in St Mary's Church in the village.

Richard de Goldsburgh took the name of the village and his family held the manor for over four hundred years. In the 16th century there was a family feud and the thatched manor house situated at the far end of the village was burnt down. In 1599 Sir Richard Hutton, a London lawyer, originally from Cumbria, bought out all the claimants to the land and built Goldsborough Hall on its current site. Daniel Lascelles, whose family eventually became the Earls of Harewood, bought Goldsborough Hall and the estate in the late 1750s and the entrance gates to the village date back to this time. The Lascelles family used the Hall as the heirs in waiting’s family home or as a Dower House. The village became famous in the 1920s when HRH Princess Mary, King Charles’s great aunt, came to live at Goldsborough Hall following her marriage to Viscount Lascelles.

In the 1950s, following the death of Princess Mary's husband, the 6th Earl of Harewood, the village was put up for sale. In 1952, villages were able to purchase their own homes for the first time in 1,000 years.

Captain Byerley and the Byerley Turk, from whom the wood takes its name: Goldsborough Hall passed through the female side of the family into the Byerley family when the granddaughter of Richard Hutton, Mary Wharton, married her first cousin Robert Byerley. Colonel Robert Byerley acquired a very rare Turkish horse through this union. The stallion became Byerley's war horse and later, in 1690, saved his life at the Battle of the Boyne in Ireland. The Byerley Turk retired to a life of stud at Goldsborough Hall where he covered many mares. This horse is vital to thoroughbred horse history as it is the first of three stallions that make up all thoroughbreds in the world today. This famous horse died in 1706 and is said to have been buried in the grounds beneath a tree. The old pseudo-acacia near the hall and the old stable block could well have marked the spot.