Where can I walk in Ilkley?
Ilkley parish, Bradford district, West Yorkshire.
813 ha of access land
Natural England's open access map shows 813 hectares of open access land in Ilkley parish, about 43% of the parish. By type, that is 728 hectares of registered common land and 85 hectares of open country.
Check closures on Natural England's mapRegistered common land in Ilkley
| Common | Size | What the map shows |
|---|---|---|
| Ilkley Moor and Burley Moor | 1,089 ha (67% in this parish) | Access under another law (section 15) |
| Ilkley Moor (Part) | 2.9 ha | All access land |
| Ilkley Moor | under 0.1 ha | All access land |
From Natural England's registered common land and open access maps (access map version 52, 29 Sep 2026). Data checked 24 Oct 2026. Small entries are often roadside verges or village greens.
What the right to roam covers
Walking, running, watching wildlife and climbing, on foot.
The right to roam does not cover cycling or driving, horse riding or bringing any animal except a dog, camping, fires, metal detecting, organised games, hang-gliding or paragliding, swimming or boating in non-tidal water, or anything done for a business. A bridleway or byway across the land, the landowner's permission or a local right may allow some of these.
Some land stays private even where the map shades it: buildings and the land around them, anywhere within 20 metres of a house, parks and gardens, quarries, railways, golf courses, racecourses and airfields, and land ploughed or sown in the last 12 months.
A closure or restriction on access land does not close a public footpath or bridleway across it.
Some commons have public access under another law instead (section 15 land), where these rules do not apply; their own pages say which.
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