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Dist:0.5km north<br/>In East Carlton village, this unostentatious former church is now a private house.
©David Spencer
Dist:0.6km south<br/>It was on the footpath behind Leeds Bradford Airport Industrial Estate. See http://www.geograph.org.uk/discuss/index.php?&action=vthread&forum=2&topic=603
©David Spencer
Dist:0.7km north<br/>This trigpoint in Caley Deer Park (now part of the Chevin Forest Park) has been surrounded by trees since it was first used for triangulation.
©John Illingworth
Dist:0.7km west<br/>The path across the field is defined only by the marker at the far side of the field, visible as a tiny yellow dot at the centre-right of the photo.
©David Spencer
Dist:0.8km north<br/>This stone is in memory of the three named men who 'served God, their country, their county, this valley and township' and was erected on 17th July 1960. 'This plantation of British hardwood trees was the gift of Major LE G.C.W Horton-Fawkes'.
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.8km north<br/>A slightly disturbing carved figure of a woman in Chevin Forest Park.
©John Illingworth
Dist:0.8km north<br/>This is the track eastwards from the memorial stone.
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.8km north<br/>These gaps in tree plantations help to prevent a forest fire from spreading. The Wharfe valley is in the distance.
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.8km north<br/>Here there is a small open area in the woodland, and it has been colonised by what I assume to be bilberry plants.
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.9km north<br/>The rather underwhelming stone reads: REMEMBER / COUNTY ALDERMAN H J BAMBRIDGE OBE JP / COUNCILLOR R T A RENTON JP / ARCHDEACON T J WILLIAMS MC TD MA BD / WHO SERVED / GOD / THEIR COUNTRY / THEIR COUNTY / THIS VALLEY AND TOWNSHIP / 17TH JULY 1960 / THIS PLANTATION OF BRITISH / HARDWOOD TREES WAS THE GIFT OF / MAJOR LE G G W HORTON-FAWKES
©David Spencer
Dist:0.9km north<br/>Looking northwards, through a break in the trees, over the Wharfe valley towards Farnley from the Dales Way Link.
©David Spencer
Dist:0.9km north<br/>
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.9km north<br/>Ferns are growing at the edge of the stream.
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:1.0km north<br/>A climber is standing on an enormous boulder, holding the rope for a colleague. The rock is millstone grit, here worn smooth presumably by wind-blown particles.
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:1.0km north<br/>Here there is a spectacular view over the Wharfe valley. In the centre are two lakes formed from disused gravel pits. Above them can be seen a broad strip of earth where a pipeline is being constructed.
©Humphrey Bolton

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