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Engine Wood

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Engine Wood

Nostell Priory
Nostell Priory Credit: Dave Pickersgill

Engine Wood is a picturesque forest located in the county of Yorkshire, England. Spread over a vast area, it is renowned for its dense and diverse woodland, offering a serene and tranquil atmosphere for nature enthusiasts and hikers alike. The wood is situated near the village of Engine and is easily accessible from nearby towns and cities.

The woodland is characterized by its towering oak and beech trees, creating a majestic canopy that filters sunlight and creates a unique ambiance. The forest floor is adorned with a rich carpet of moss, ferns, and wildflowers, further enhancing its natural beauty. This diverse ecosystem supports a wide array of wildlife, including deer, rabbits, squirrels, and a variety of bird species.

Engine Wood is home to numerous walking trails that cater to different levels of fitness and interest, providing an opportunity to explore the woods at one's own pace. These paths meander through the forest, offering stunning views of the surrounding countryside and occasionally leading to hidden streams and small waterfalls.

The wood has a long history, with evidence of human activity dating back centuries. Remnants of an old steam engine, after which the wood is named, can still be found in some parts, adding to its historical appeal. Additionally, the forest has been well-preserved over the years, with efforts to maintain its natural integrity and protect its flora and fauna.

Whether it is a leisurely stroll, a challenging hike, or a peaceful picnic amidst nature, Engine Wood offers a haven for outdoor enthusiasts, providing a rejuvenating escape from the hustle and bustle of modern life.

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Nostell Priory
Nostell Priory
The Druid's Bridge, Nostell Priory Nostell Priory is an elegant 18th-century Palladian mansion set in hundreds of acres of parkland. It takes its name from a 12th century monastery which was surrendered to Henry VIII in 1540. The land passed through several owners until it was bought by the Winn family in 1654, with plans to build a new country house. After the Civil War they supported the monarchy and were rewarded by Charles II with a baronetcy in 1660. Building the mansion began around 1733. Rowland Winn, the 4th Baronet, hired James Paine to supervise the work and he worked on the house for the next 30 years, using an ornate rococo style. In 1765 Rowland Winn, the 5th Baronet, inherited. He and his Swiss wife Sabine employed Robert Adam to finish the house in the neoclassical style. Adam was commissioned to design additional wings, only one of which was completed, and complete the state rooms. He added a double staircase to the front of the house, and designed buildings on the estate, including the stable block. Thomas Chippendale was commissioned to decorate the interiors and, as a result, Nostell has one of the largest and finest Chippendale collections in the country. The House, which is a Grade I listed building (English Heritage ID: <span class="nowrap"><a title="http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-435934-nostell-priory-huntwick-with-foulby-and-" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-435934-nostell-priory-huntwick-with-foulby-and-">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> British Listed Buildings) was given to the National Trust in 1953. <span class="nowrap"><a title="http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/nostell-priory/" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/nostell-priory/">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> Nostell Priory and Parkland (National Trust Visitor Information)
The Druid's Bridge, Nostell Priory
Nostell Priory is an elegant 18th-century Palladian mansion set in hundreds of acres of parkland. It takes its name from a 12th century monastery which was surrendered to Henry VIII in 1540. The land passed through several owners until it was bought by the Winn family in 1654, with plans to build a new country house. After the Civil War they supported the monarchy and were rewarded by Charles II with a baronetcy in 1660. Building the mansion began around 1733. Rowland Winn, the 4th Baronet, hired James Paine to supervise the work and he worked on the house for the next 30 years, using an ornate rococo style. In 1765 Rowland Winn, the 5th Baronet, inherited. He and his Swiss wife Sabine employed Robert Adam to finish the house in the neoclassical style. Adam was commissioned to design additional wings, only one of which was completed, and complete the state rooms. He added a double staircase to the front of the house, and designed buildings on the estate, including the stable block. Thomas Chippendale was commissioned to decorate the interiors and, as a result, Nostell has one of the largest and finest Chippendale collections in the country. The House, which is a Grade I listed building (English Heritage ID: LinkExternal link British Listed Buildings) was given to the National Trust in 1953. LinkExternal link Nostell Priory and Parkland (National Trust Visitor Information)
The Druid's Bridge and the Lower Lake, Nostell Priory Nostell Priory is an elegant 18th-century Palladian mansion set in hundreds of acres of parkland. It takes its name from a 12th century monastery which was surrendered to Henry VIII in 1540. The land passed through several owners until it was bought by the Winn family in 1654, with plans to build a new country house. After the Civil War they supported the monarchy and were rewarded by Charles II with a baronetcy in 1660. Building the mansion began around 1733. Rowland Winn, the 4th Baronet, hired James Paine to supervise the work and he worked on the house for the next 30 years, using an ornate rococo style. In 1765 Rowland Winn, the 5th Baronet, inherited. He and his Swiss wife Sabine employed Robert Adam to finish the house in the neoclassical style. Adam was commissioned to design additional wings, only one of which was completed, and complete the state rooms. He added a double staircase to the front of the house, and designed buildings on the estate, including the stable block. Thomas Chippendale was commissioned to decorate the interiors and, as a result, Nostell has one of the largest and finest Chippendale collections in the country. The House, which is a Grade I listed building (English Heritage ID: <span class="nowrap"><a title="http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-435934-nostell-priory-huntwick-with-foulby-and-" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-435934-nostell-priory-huntwick-with-foulby-and-">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> British Listed Buildings) was given to the National Trust in 1953. <span class="nowrap"><a title="http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/nostell-priory/" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/nostell-priory/">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> Nostell Priory and Parkland (National Trust Visitor Information)
The Druid's Bridge and the Lower Lake, Nostell Priory
Nostell Priory is an elegant 18th-century Palladian mansion set in hundreds of acres of parkland. It takes its name from a 12th century monastery which was surrendered to Henry VIII in 1540. The land passed through several owners until it was bought by the Winn family in 1654, with plans to build a new country house. After the Civil War they supported the monarchy and were rewarded by Charles II with a baronetcy in 1660. Building the mansion began around 1733. Rowland Winn, the 4th Baronet, hired James Paine to supervise the work and he worked on the house for the next 30 years, using an ornate rococo style. In 1765 Rowland Winn, the 5th Baronet, inherited. He and his Swiss wife Sabine employed Robert Adam to finish the house in the neoclassical style. Adam was commissioned to design additional wings, only one of which was completed, and complete the state rooms. He added a double staircase to the front of the house, and designed buildings on the estate, including the stable block. Thomas Chippendale was commissioned to decorate the interiors and, as a result, Nostell has one of the largest and finest Chippendale collections in the country. The House, which is a Grade I listed building (English Heritage ID: LinkExternal link British Listed Buildings) was given to the National Trust in 1953. LinkExternal link Nostell Priory and Parkland (National Trust Visitor Information)
Nostell Priory Nostell Priory is an elegant 18th-century Palladian mansion set in hundreds of acres of parkland. It takes its name from a 12th century monastery which was surrendered to Henry VIII in 1540. The land passed through several owners until it was bought by the Winn family in 1654, with plans to build a new country house. After the Civil War they supported the monarchy and were rewarded by Charles II with a baronetcy in 1660. Building the mansion began around 1733. Rowland Winn, the 4th Baronet, hired James Paine to supervise the work and he worked on the house for the next 30 years, using an ornate rococo style. In 1765 Rowland Winn, the 5th Baronet, inherited. He and his Swiss wife Sabine employed Robert Adam to finish the house in the neoclassical style. Adam was commissioned to design additional wings, only one of which was completed, and complete the state rooms. He added a double staircase to the front of the house, and designed buildings on the estate, including the stable block. Thomas Chippendale was commissioned to decorate the interiors and, as a result, Nostell has one of the largest and finest Chippendale collections in the country. The House, which is a Grade I listed building (English Heritage ID: <span class="nowrap"><a title="http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-435934-nostell-priory-huntwick-with-foulby-and-" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-435934-nostell-priory-huntwick-with-foulby-and-">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> British Listed Buildings) was given to the National Trust in 1953. <span class="nowrap"><a title="http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/nostell-priory/" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/nostell-priory/">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> Nostell Priory and Parkland (National Trust Visitor Information)
Nostell Priory
Nostell Priory is an elegant 18th-century Palladian mansion set in hundreds of acres of parkland. It takes its name from a 12th century monastery which was surrendered to Henry VIII in 1540. The land passed through several owners until it was bought by the Winn family in 1654, with plans to build a new country house. After the Civil War they supported the monarchy and were rewarded by Charles II with a baronetcy in 1660. Building the mansion began around 1733. Rowland Winn, the 4th Baronet, hired James Paine to supervise the work and he worked on the house for the next 30 years, using an ornate rococo style. In 1765 Rowland Winn, the 5th Baronet, inherited. He and his Swiss wife Sabine employed Robert Adam to finish the house in the neoclassical style. Adam was commissioned to design additional wings, only one of which was completed, and complete the state rooms. He added a double staircase to the front of the house, and designed buildings on the estate, including the stable block. Thomas Chippendale was commissioned to decorate the interiors and, as a result, Nostell has one of the largest and finest Chippendale collections in the country. The House, which is a Grade I listed building (English Heritage ID: LinkExternal link British Listed Buildings) was given to the National Trust in 1953. LinkExternal link Nostell Priory and Parkland (National Trust Visitor Information)
Off Green Lane, Brackenhill Possible old quarrying equipment
Off Green Lane, Brackenhill
Possible old quarrying equipment
Brackenhill Trig Point Flush Bracket S1914
Brackenhill Trig Point Flush Bracket S1914
View towards Constitution Hill Farm
View towards Constitution Hill Farm
Footpath near Constitution Hill Farm
Footpath near Constitution Hill Farm
Nostell Priory: aerial 2022
Nostell Priory: aerial 2022
The Gothic Arch View leaving the menagerie grounds at Nostell Priory
The Gothic Arch
View leaving the menagerie grounds at Nostell Priory
Nostell Bridge Under the bridge is the dam between Upper and Middle Lakes at Nostell Priory
Nostell Bridge
Under the bridge is the dam between Upper and Middle Lakes at Nostell Priory
Obelisk Lodge A former gatehouse to Nostell Priory
Obelisk Lodge
A former gatehouse to Nostell Priory
Pond in former cock pit In the menagerie grounds at Nostell Priory
Pond in former cock pit
In the menagerie grounds at Nostell Priory
Wooden enclosures In the menagerie grounds at Nostell Priory making use of the quarry face
Wooden enclosures
In the menagerie grounds at Nostell Priory making use of the quarry face
The Obelisk Lodge, Nostell Priory park Attributed to the Adam brothers and erected 1776-7, originally as the main entrance to the house and park from the direction of Pontefract. A pyramid with a tall central arch flanked by Tuscan columns.
The Obelisk Lodge, Nostell Priory park
Attributed to the Adam brothers and erected 1776-7, originally as the main entrance to the house and park from the direction of Pontefract. A pyramid with a tall central arch flanked by Tuscan columns.
Beyond Obelisk Lodge The view northwards from the arch at Obelisk Lodge. There would once have been a carriage drive here along which visitors to the big house would have travelled, but there's little evidence now and this has all returned to farmland. The farm buildings in the distance are those at Huntwick Grange, the name possible coming from the medieval period when there may have been a grange of the priory here.
Beyond Obelisk Lodge
The view northwards from the arch at Obelisk Lodge. There would once have been a carriage drive here along which visitors to the big house would have travelled, but there's little evidence now and this has all returned to farmland. The farm buildings in the distance are those at Huntwick Grange, the name possible coming from the medieval period when there may have been a grange of the priory here.
Cycle path through the wood The track runs through a strip of woodland that borders Obelisk Park on the Nostell Priory Estate.
Cycle path through the wood
The track runs through a strip of woodland that borders Obelisk Park on the Nostell Priory Estate.
Bluebell woods, Nostell Priory estate The woodland, with its cycleway just cuts through a corner of this grid square, giving a view of a mass of bluebells with a glimpse of yellow rapeseed in the field beyond.
Bluebell woods, Nostell Priory estate
The woodland, with its cycleway just cuts through a corner of this grid square, giving a view of a mass of bluebells with a glimpse of yellow rapeseed in the field beyond.
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Engine Wood is located at Grid Ref: SE4117 (Lat: 53.652919, Lng: -1.3757713)

Division: West Riding

Unitary Authority: Wakefield

Police Authority: West Yorkshire

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