W20: A Nature Discovery Walk– Ivelet Wood Seed Walk
The Station Richmond, North Yorkshire, DL10 4LD
Friday 25th September 2026
Leave Station car park at 9.00am. Start at The Farmers’ Arms, Muker (GR: SD 909 979, What3Words: ///driver.thrashed.trousers) at 10.00am. Park at the National Park CP (chargeable) at the entrance to the village, or roadside parking beyond the pub. An easy nature walk of around 4.5 Miles. £7
Our walk passes through Ivelet Wood - one of the few remaining areas of ancient woodland in Swaledale, with evidence of sites of charcoal burning platforms and wood kilns dating back to the 16th century. Rob Macdonald of Sustainable Swaledale will accompany the walk and outline the work of the Group. There will be an opportunity to collect tree seeds, some of which you will be able to plant towards the end of the walk. We will also visit Adelaide Level and the lovely waterfall of Arn Gill, before continuing up the valley for a lunch stop at Swinner Gill. On the return to Muker we shall make the short climb up to the Old Vicarage where walkers will be able to sow some of the seeds collected, see some intermediate saplings from the Group’s tree nursery, and then visit a small area of recent planting.
Supported by: Sustainable Swaledale
Our walk passes through Ivelet Wood - one of the few remaining areas of ancient woodland in Swaledale, with evidence of sites of charcoal burning platforms and wood kilns dating back to the 16th century. Rob Macdonald of Sustainable Swaledale will accompany the walk and outline the work of the Group. There will be an opportunity to collect tree seeds, some of which you will be able to plant towards the end of the walk. We will also visit Adelaide Level and the lovely waterfall of Arn Gill, before continuing up the valley for a lunch stop at Swinner Gill. On the return to Muker we shall make the short climb up to the Old Vicarage where walkers will be able to sow some of the seeds collected, see some intermediate saplings from the Group’s tree nursery, and then visit a small area of recent planting.
Supported by: Sustainable Swaledale
