Askham Bog is great for birdwatching, butterflies and wildflowers.
Things to do/see: Permissive footpaths all the way round so accessible to wheelchairs and prams. Dogs must be kept on a lead.
Magnificent royal ferns, rare gingerbread sedge and spectacular displays of water violets are to be found in this mosaic of fen, woodland and meadow.
Askham Bog is remarkable survivor of the ancient fenlands of Yorkshire. It occupies the site of an ancient lake, left behind by a retreating glacier 15,000 years ago – the low hill to the south of the Bog, along which the A64 road runs, is the terminal moraine from that glacier.
Try an early morning visit for the best chance of an encounter with roe deer or water vole…
Location: Just off the A1036, York, YO23 2UB
