Pond Archives - Harrogate & District Naturalists Society

Ellington Banks

A very interesting site used as a military training area, with limestone grassland, scrub woodland and pools.

Guisecliff Wood

Ancient broadleaf woodland on the edge of the moors above the River Nidd.

Hackfall Woods

Ancient woodland above the River Ure with abundant wildlife and some interesting 18th century historical features

Helenfield Nature Reserve

A young broadleaf woodland recently established as a nature reserve. There is a small pond in the south east corner of the wood.

High Batts is mixed woodland and clearings on the bank of the River Ure. It is a private nature reserve and Site of Special Scientific Interest. There are three hides, from which members can view the wildlife at the Reserve.

Hookstone Wood Local Nature Reserve

Two old quarry ponds which date back to the nineteenth century, and a large area of mixed woodland. It is a Local Nature Reserve.

Kirk Deighton Ponds

A Site of Special Scientific Interest for its colony of Great Crested Newt.

Ripon Loop

A nature reserve within a large loop of the meandering River Ure.

Rossett Local Nature Reserve

This small urban nature reserve is located off a 400 metre long section of Rossett Drive, adjoining Richmond Avenue. There are several small, weedy ponds, along with some scrub and some grassland. It is a Site of Interest for Nature Conservation for its amphibians, particularly a breeding colony of Great Crested Newt.