Hardcastle Crags.

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The view of gibson mill at hardcastle crags taken from the stepping stones.

Hardcastle Crags is 400 acres of wooded Pennine valley in West Yorkshire with a series of small rocky outcrops of millstone grit known as the crags leading up to open moorland.

Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire and today is owned and managed by the National trust. The location is stunning and is renowned for the striking seasonal changes in the diverse fauna and flora.

Below: Between late March and early May bluebells carpet the forest floor at Hardcastle Crags.

 

Things to see and do at Hardcastle crags:

  • The woodland
  • Gibson mill
  • One of the best bluebell woods in the UK.