FARNDALE ONLINE DAFFODIL INFORMATION PAGE

DAFFODIL INFORMATION

UPDATE 13/01/10:

The wild Daffodils flower later than garden varieties normally coming into bloom late March and are at their best in early April. As per the previous 3 years there will be updates posted regularly on this site from early March until early May reporting their status. This has been a long hard winter so far with over a month of lying snow, the first snow having fallen on 17th December and most days since.

Farndale Lowna daffodils

Farndale is internationally famed for its show of wild daffodils which normally bloom at the end of March / beginning of April each year. Usually a little after the best of the domesticated garden daffodils. Attracting around 40,000 visitors to Farndale each year
It is believed the daffodils were first brought to Farndale by some medieval monks from Rievaulx. These wild daffodils (narcissus psuedonarcissus) are also known by the old name Lenten Lily a name derived from the fact they normally bloom around Easter.
The Daffodil walk runs along side the River Dove, for about 1½ miles between Low mill, where the North York Moors National Park has an information caravan during the Daffy season and High Mill a few hundred yards short of Church Houses.

At Low Mill parking is available in a field for a nominal charge and there is a little road parking available around Church Houses or On sundays during the peak season visitors may park in Hutton le Hole and catch the Moors Bus to Farndale. Please click her for details.

The walk is now paved for the entire length from the Low Mill to Church Houses.

Refreshments are available at the Daffy Caffy at High Mill and the Feversham Arms Inn at Church Houses. On Sundays at the peak of the season home made teas are served in the bandroom at Low Mill in aid of dale organisations (See Whats On page for details of dates).

The more adventurous visitor will be rewarded there is usually a magnificent display in St Mary's Church yard at Church Houses and walking along the River particularly from Lowna where there is a small parking area

Whilst we welcome visitors to the Dale, please remember to treat it with courtesy and abide by the country code, the land is all working farmland. There is no access land in the Dale itself so please keep to signed rights of way.

>Click Here< To view BBC Look North Video of Daffy Walk broadcast 11th April 2007

>Click Here< Video on Youtube "Country Walks with Ian Sampson - Farndale Daffodils" part of a commercial Video.

A couple of photgraphic walks along the Daffodil Walk on 3rd April 2003 and 28th March 2000 by North York Moors CAM

For Press reports about Farndale Daffodils >click here<

The two photographs below are courtesy of Yorkshire Video, they are stills from a DVD about Yorkshire wich will be available from Tourist Information Centres from June 2008. Farndale was filmed between the rain and snow in April 2008.