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Dalby Forest

(North Yorkshire)

Near Pickering

Enjoy hill-to-hill zip wires with stunning views of the Vale of Pickering.

One of the best days out in Yorkshire: They don’t call this the Great Yorkshire Forest for nothing.

With hilltop-to-hilltop zip wires and a plunging valley below, it’s easy to see why our tree top adventure at Dalby Forest is so popular. It’s simply stunning.

And don’t forget the adventure does not need to stop there. You can get off the beaten track and enjoy our latest forest adventure with Go Ape! Forest Segway – an epic experience with a down to earth twist.

Find your nearest Go Ape by postcode or location:

Get out and about this season

For full availability simply click on our 'Book Now' function for exact details of Dalby's opening hours.

Times will vary on daylight hours…some adventures even open at 08:00 in the summer for those early birds!

Below is a snapshot of when our forest doors open.

We're open from February to November, but we close our forest doors during December and January (...it gets a little chilly and we like to maintain our adventures so they're all ready to go in 2012).

Weekends in February and March

Plus we're open during February half term - that's 13th - 17th February.

23rd March – 30th October daily.

Closed Tuesday (during term time).

Weekends only throughout November.

Course stats

Check out these crazy stats for Dalby Forest!

  • Number of sections 6
  • Longest Zip Wire 250 metres
  • Longest Crossing 15 metres
  • Total Length 888 metres
  • Number of Crossings 37
  • Highest Point 35 metres (over Zip 4)


The Team at Dalby

The Address

Go Ape! Dalby
Low Dalby
Thornton-le-Dale
Pickering, North Yorkshire

Get directions

By car

Dalby Forest can be reached from either the A169 Pickering to Whitby road or the A170 via Thornton Le Dale. Follow the brown tourist signs for Dalby, The Great Yorkshire Forest.

If you do want to use Sat-nav then we would advise putting Lower Dalby into the location as Go Ape is only 200 yards from this small village.

Due to the rural nature of our locations, postcodes are not always accurate when using satellite navigation. Do not rely on Sat-nav directions for Dalby Forest as it WILL send you to the wrong location.

Please note that the following parking charges apply at Dalby: £7 all day. This is payable at the entrance to the Park.

By train

The nearest station to Dalby is Malton.

By bus

Moorsbus operate several buses around the area.

The Coastliner bus also stops in Thornton and runs from Leeds to Whitby

Staying Over

Need a place to crash? Our friends below (excuse the pun) come highly recommended from the tree-tops...

Ashfield Cottages

The New Inn

The Sawdon Heights Bed and Breakfast

Downe Arms Hotel

Hill Farm Holiday Cottages

Local Area

Some nearby places which may be of interest:

There's plenty of things to do in the park.

Why not explore the forest on a bike, or get your walking boots on. Whether you're on two wheels or two feet, this is a beautiful neck of the woods.

Our friends at Gone Mountain Biking will be able to sort you out with a bike and they even offer B & B accomodation.

Or there's Pace Cycles, which is based in Dalby Forest.

And then there's our friends at Filey Fit if you want to get fit on the Great Yorkshire coast.

Please note that the following parking charges apply at Dalby: £7 all day. This is payable at the entrance to the park.

 

Why not contact our Events Team to get your whole tribe in the trees. It can include outdoor catering, mountain bike hire and much much more. Just give us a call on 0845 643 9314.

Dalby Forest is cared for by the Forestry Commission.
From trails to sustainable timber, and concerts to conservation projects, the Forestry Commission looks after forests and woodlands, for everyone to enjoy. Visit www.forestry.gov.uk to find out more.
Rated 4 Bananas John 21 May 2012
Our group really enjoyed the overall experience at Go Ape! The safety instructor, Gill, was very good and made us feel at ease while ensuring we were safe. We would like to come again with a larger group of people but feel that the price was a little steep and was surprised that there is no offer of a discount for group bookings, many other activities we have since looked at offer a discounted price, so unfortunately we will be visiting other activity sites in future. Shame as we all thought it was great fun!!
Rated 4 Bananas Liam 21 May 2012
Absolutely fantastic day spent at go ape Dalby Forrest. Parking is a bit heavily priced though £7 all day but the go ape experience is over and done within 3 hours Overall though it was a very enjoyable experience, very friendly and funny instructors.
Rated 4 Bananas Philip 21 May 2012
Poor signage made it difficult to find (Dalby forest). Deffinately worth arriving early, we did and still only just made it in time because we wandered around trying to find the place, had to ask in the visitor information centre. Signage could be better. I was surprised how little supervision there was. Our time was spent without incident however I'd be interested to know if its always like that.
Rated 4 Bananas Conroy 21 May 2012
Excellent experience. The instructors were very attentive and made sure we knew what to do before letting us lose. After that we were left to our own devises to navigate the course which was great. We actually got around quicker than expected so they let us have a second go on the zip wires.
Rated 5 Bananas Peter 21 May 2012
Really good fun, plus you do feel very safe throughout.
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10 - 17 years
Over 1.4m £20
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