Pretty Wood

Pretty Wood is a forest in Welburn, Ryedale District, England. Pretty Wood is situated nearby to the locality Welburn Moor, as well as near Chanting Hill.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Atlas Fountain and Ray Wood.

Atlas Fountain

Fountain

Photo: Roy Tait, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Atlas Fountain stands in the grounds of Castle Howard, North Yorkshire, England. It has been designated a Grade I listed building and is now recorded in the National Heritage List for England, maintained by Historic England.

Ray Wood

Forest

Photo: Pauline E, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ray Wood is a woodland area of the Castle Howard estate in North Yorkshire, in England. It contains several historic structures.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Malton and Whitwell-on-the-Hill.

Malton

Photo: Malton and Norton, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Malton is a town in North Yorkshire on the north bank of the River Derwent, with Norton-in-Derwent on the south. They're 18 miles northeast of York with a combined population in 2024 of 15,000.

Whitwell-on-the-Hill

Village

Photo: Alison Stamp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Whitwell-on-the-Hill is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. The civil parish population at the 2011 Census was 311. It is near the A64 road.

Welburn-on-Derwent

Village

Photo: Nigelcoates, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Welburn is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, on the north bank of the River Derwent. It lies on the edge of the Howardian Hills, near to the stately home Castle Howard.

Pretty Wood

Type: Forest
Location: Welburn, Ryedale District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.1099° or 54° 6′ 36″ north

Longitude

-0.8837° or 0° 53′ 1″ west

Open location code

9C6X4458+XG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 607900994

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=forest

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Localities in the Area

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