Ilkley Eastside Wander #12: Moorside Gate
This is the 12th of a series of 20 caches which will take you through some of the lovely countryside immediately to the south-east of Ilkley.
The cache is hidden beside the gate at the top end of the 2km long Ben Rhydding Drive leading up to Hangingstone Road / Moor Rd which runs past the Cow & Calf (rocks and hotel) skirting the moor between Ben Rhydding & Burley Woodhead - and the moors beyond.
See GC8PCW2 Ilkley East Wander #1: Intro and . . . Prick!? for information on the series and waypoints. See Gallery for an annotated map with cache locations and parking spots.
If doing the series in sequence: from IEW#6 take the lane heading south towards the moors and past IEW#11 to the cache location.
If doing out of sequence: a) park at P2 near the location of IEW#6 and continue as above b) from P3, head down to the cache location.
The gate is at the boundary between grassy farmland and scattered woods to the north and the open bracken and heather clad open moorland to the south. Small trails running up from the road give access to the Dalesway Link / Ebor Way which runs parallel to the road along this stretch - and to various other trails leading up onto the high moorland.