Local nature reserve

Dog walks in Beechwood Park Local Nature Reserve

Beechwood Park Local Nature Reserve is a local nature reserve of 23 hectares in Calderdale, 3.2 km from the middle of Halifax. 11 walks in the app lie mostly in it. 4 of 11 are under 3 km and 6 are loops.

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Beechwood Park Local Nature Reserve on West Yorkshire. Ordnance Survey boundary data.

Three walks in Beechwood Park Local Nature Reserve

From the 11 walks that lie mostly in Beechwood Park Local Nature Reserve, those that start nearest its middle: a 6.2 km loop, a 4.1 km there and back and a 2.4 km one-way walk.

Where these go is in the app

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  • Near Beechwood Park Local Nature Reserve (longer)6.2 km · 106 min · A loop
  • Near Beechwood Park Local Nature Reserve (shorter)4.1 km · 70 min · There and back
  • Illingworth to Ovenden2.4 km · 41 min · One way

The land and what it asks of a dog

  • Local nature reserveBeechwood ParkNatural England designations
  • Open by right1 hectare of the woodlandWoods For All (Forestry Commission)
  • Dogs are kept out“tennis courts”Calderdale council dog control order, read 30 July 2026
  • Dogs are kept out“designated sports pitches”Calderdale council dog control order, read 30 July 2026
  • Dogs are kept out“bowling greens”Calderdale council dog control order, read 30 July 2026
  • Dogs are kept out“fenced children's play areas”Calderdale council dog control order, read 30 July 2026
  • Dogs are kept out“Beechwood Park BMX Track”Calderdale council dog control order, read 30 July 2026

Anywhere else in Beechwood Park Local Nature Reserve, Calderdale council's order sets no rule for dogs that we hold (read 30 July 2026). Signs on the ground may say more.

What the walks in Beechwood Park Local Nature Reserve are like

Every share is of the 11 walks that lie mostly in Beechwood Park Local Nature Reserve, with Halifax as a whole marked on each bar.

How far they go

3 to 5 km: 6 of 11 walks in Beechwood Park Local Nature Reserve, against 23% near Halifax.

Where the walks fall by length. The five bars add up to the whole, give or take the rounding.

Walks thatShare of walks measuredHalifax
Under 3 km
4 of 11
39%
3 to 5 km
6 of 11
23%
5 to 8 km
1 of 11
20%
8 to 12 km
0 of 11
12%
Over 12 km
0 of 11
4%

What shape they are

A loop: 6 of 11 walks in Beechwood Park Local Nature Reserve, against 36% near Halifax.

A loop brings you back without repeating a step. There and back retraces the way out.

Walks thatShare of walks measuredHalifax
A loop
6 of 11
36%
There and back the same way
3 of 11
37%
One way, ending somewhere else
2 of 11
26%

What is beside the path

Through a park or green space for a third or more: 7 of 11 walks in Beechwood Park Local Nature Reserve, against 6% near Halifax.

Shares of walks where the ground beside the path is a given kind for the stated part of the way.

Walks thatShare of walks measuredHalifax
Under trees for a third or more of the way
2 of 11
51%
Beside water for a tenth or more
3 of 11
63%
On open access land for a third or more
0 of 11
4%
Through a park or green space for a third or more
7 of 11
6%
Off road for four fifths or more
0 of 11
5%
On roads or lanes for half or more
11 of 11
76%
Through built-up streets for half or more
1 of 11
4%

What might stop you

No busy road to cross: 11 of 11 walks in Beechwood Park Local Nature Reserve, against 54% near Halifax.

Shares of walks with none of each thing on the way. A road counts when it runs within about fifteen metres of the path.

Walks thatShare of walks measuredHalifax
Never beside a fast road
10 of 11
83%
Never beside a busy road
10 of 11
54%
No busy road to cross
11 of 11
54%
No stile, gate or cattle grid
10 of 11
53%
No steps
11 of 11
64%

What is on the way

Pass a pub: 0 of 11 walks in Beechwood Park Local Nature Reserve, against 49% near Halifax.

Shares of walks that start by, or pass, each of these.

Walks thatShare of walks measuredHalifax
Start where you can park, at a car park or on a minor road
11 of 11
91%
Pass a pub
0 of 11
49%
Pass a dog-waste bin
0 of 11
17%
Pass a public toilet
0 of 11
13%
Pass a drinking-water tap
0 of 11
<1%
Pass a busy beauty spot
0 of 11
16%

Measured on 9 October 2026 from the map. How these figures are made

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Walks in Beechwood Park Local Nature Reserve, for your dog

If you live in West Yorkshire, it is your home county, and every walk in it is free, for good. Tell the app what your dog finds hard and it shows you walks that suit, with anything that might stop you shown first.

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Anywhere in Great Britain, even with no signal.

Further is the Trekosa subscription. 2 of its 11 walks run under trees for a third of the way or more. It brings the OS Explorer map, 1:25,000, with contours, field walls and every right of way, while you have signal. Press Offline on a walk in Beechwood Park Local Nature Reserve before you set off and its map stays on your phone until you remove it, for when the signal drops. Drift off the path and the phone buzzes. It also opens walks beyond your home county, if West Yorkshire is not yours.

The first 250 households have it for good. After that, £4.99 a month or £34.99 a year.

Questions people ask

Do dogs need a lead in Beechwood Park Local Nature Reserve?
The council's order keeps dogs out of “tennis courts”, “designated sports pitches”, “bowling greens”. Calderdale's order names places where dogs are kept out or on a lead, read on 30 July 2026.
How many dog walks are there in Beechwood Park Local Nature Reserve?
11 walks in the Trekosa app lie mostly in Beechwood Park Local Nature Reserve. 4 of 11 are under 3 km and 6 are loops.

Getting there

1 car park within Beechwood Park Local Nature Reserve or at its edge, from OpenStreetMap.