House in the middle of a forest goes up for sale

The former forestry worker's cottage in Low Dalby, near Pickering

A former woodsman's cottage in the middle of a North Yorkshire forest has gone up for sale.

The two-bedroom house in Low Dalby is part of a small hamlet built for forestry workers in the 1950s in Dalby Forest, near Pickering.

It is surrounded by 8,000 acres of woodland and is close to cycling and walking trails and visitor facilities at the Forestry England site.

The property is on the market for £425,000 with local estate agents Mark Stephensons.

The village of Low Dalby is located on the site of a former work camp and there are only 12 houses.

Dalby was once part of a royal hunting forest, and the Forestry Commission bought the land in 1919 from the Crown. They began planting trees in 1921.

In the 1930s, unemployed men were sent to work in Dalby Forest, which became a government "instructional centre". It had closed down by the outbreak of World War Two, but the foresters' cottages built after the war were based on the layout of the camp, where workers lived in Nissen huts.

Five pairs of semi-detached houses were arranged around a central green.

The agency said: "The 12 houses of this village enjoy picturesque surroundings, hundreds of miles of trails for running and biking, and serene gardens that leave you feeling completely connected to the surrounding nature."

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