Garrowby Estate is the largest of the Halifax estates and is the home of the Halifax Family. It covers 13,230 acres of arable land, grassland and woodland, with numerous farm and residential properties, a stud, a sawmill and a shoot. It extends from the edge of the Vale of York up onto the Yorkshire Wolds, at 250 metres above sea level. Much of the beautiful countryside is accessible to members of the public through an extensive network of footpaths, and some areas of “open access” under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act.