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Conifer planting took place in Buck Wood in the 1930s until local people objected successfully to their natural woodland being used for commercial purposes by its owner, Bradford Council
©Christine Alvin
Dist:0.1km<br/>The native oaks in Buck Wood were cut down when coniferous planting was carried out, since when the trees have regrown, but as though coppiced, with multiple smaller trunks
©Christine Alvin
Dist:0.1km<br/>Looking across the Leeds-Liverpool Canal towards Buck Wood.
©John Illingworth
Dist:0.1km<br/>Buck Wood on my left.
©Ian S
Dist:0.1km<br/>The Leeds-Liverpool Canal near Buck Wood.
©John Illingworth
Dist:0.1km<br/>Here the bridleway runs along the wide clearing made for the power lines.
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.2km<br/>Seen from the Leeds & Liverpool Canal towpath
©David Spencer
Dist:0.2km<br/>A naturally boggy area of Buck Wood has been opened up to make a lighter clearing, and the water channelled into a stream and pools to enhance the area for wildlife. This was a joint project between the Friends of Buck Wood and the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust
©Christine Alvin
Dist:0.2km<br/>I took this photo so I could get my bearing when posting. You can just make out the footbridge over the River Aire.
©Ian S
Dist:0.3km<br/>Walking with Buck Wood on my left.
©Ian S
Dist:0.3km<br/>Eighteen months after clearcutting, the vegetation on this slope in Buck Wood down to the canal is regenerating well and effectively covering the unattractive bare slope
©Christine Alvin
Dist:0.3km<br/>Buck Wood has many natural springs forming boggy areas; this one has been made into a pond by the Friends of Buck Wood, channelling the water under a path and creating a new environment for wildlife (and a better path for walkers)
©Christine Alvin
Dist:0.4km<br/>There were no signs of hoof prints on this wet autumn day.
©Richard Kay
Dist:0.4km<br/>This railway belonged to Bradford's sewage works and went to the inlet works at the end of the sewer tunnel from Canal Road. Presumably the trains carried screenings and grit removed from the sewage before it crossed the valley in inverted siphon pipes.
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.4km<br/>This railway belonged to Bradford's sewage works and went to the inlet works at the end of the sewer tunnel from Canal Road. Presumably the trains carried screenings and grit removed from the sewage before it crossed the valley in inverted siphon pipes. The map at the entrance to Buck Wood from Thackley Road shows a path over the bridge, but it looks to be rather unofficial.
©Humphrey Bolton

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