Out in the Yorkshire Dales among the sheep and plains, past the last little hints of civilization, is tucked away The Forbidden Corner. It is a little four-acre section of privately-owned land which has been made into a little themed park. After you pay and get your entrance ticket, you enter through the giant wooden mouth of a great stone beast that blinks and roars as you enter. There is a giant hanging uvula that actually takes a swing at you as you enter. After ducking past it, you emerge out the other end of the beast (literally) as shown below.
Next you head into a wooded area full of paths and things to look at. Go one direction (down one path) and walk by four large wooden bears playing cards. “All are cheating,” the park-provided clue muses, “But which one is hiding the ace?”
Some paths lead you next to statues or fountains in the trees, others branch into a hedge maze, a garden, a castle, down to the “Pits of Hell” (and hopefully back again), or into a giant mouse hole, where you are, in fact, the size of a mouse.
The most intriguing path was one of about eight doors in a dungeon that led you into a circular room about four feet across lined with seven identical doors. The floor of the room spun slowly, which meant that you didn’t feel like you were moving at all, but consequently the doors seemed to rearrange right in front of your eyes. Not all of the doors could be opened all the time, so it was sort of a guessing game as to where you were and what would open.
Also of note was the saying early on which noted that “In the Forbidden Corner things may or may not be the way they seem – left may be right, and right may be left…” Which we later discovered meant that two of the most key paths were behind gates with skulls and crossbones on them which were clearly marked “Do Not Enter.”
By American standards it was a bit small, but clever and fun enough to wander though.
Somebody conquering a castle in the distance:
The deer that inhabit the grounds:
A hedge maze winds into the distance:
To see more pictures of the Forbidden Corner, click here.
After that we detoured slightly to see Richmond Castle, which is notable for its one completely intact tower, which looms over the little town it is found in.
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