Comments on: Moorlands Wood, near York

By: Yarts the cat

Yarts the cat — Sat, 27 Apr 2019 08:59:52 +0000

No dogs (it’s a nature reserve) but wheelchair friendly

By: Lisa @YorkStories

Lisa @YorkStories — Thu, 28 May 2015 15:15:03 +0000

Hi Jo, according to the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust’s page on Moorlands, it is wheelchair accessible, but dogs aren’t allowed. See this page for full info: http://www.ywt.org.uk/reserves/moorlands-nature-reserve
Hope you and your dad enjoy your visit. I was up there again a couple of weeks ago, it’s looking lovely.

By: Jo

Jo — Thu, 28 May 2015 14:46:17 +0000

Really want to visit moorlands wood to see the rhododendrons which dad loves, but we have a dog and dad’s in a wheelchair. Can we take dogs and wheelchairs into the wood? Could leave dog behind but not dad.

By: YorkStories

YorkStories — Thu, 09 Apr 2015 21:02:49 +0000

It seems very likely this was the same place, as the rhododendrons were planted by the previous owner of the site, Mr Edward Grosvenor Tew – or ‘Chew’ as it would have sounded. It became a nature reserve in 1955, perhaps you visited then? Thanks for adding this memory of ‘Chews woods’.

By: Pauline

Pauline — Sun, 22 Mar 2015 06:10:51 +0000

Around 65 years ago, my father took me to woods called “Chews” woods. I was just a little girl so cannot remember what the spelling would be, but “Chews” is what it sounded like.

I am wondering if Moorlands Woods would be the same place. As “Chews” woods were full of rhododendron bushes.
Pauline