Changing landscape with open fells
Skrylle
Skrylle Nature Reserve is located on the northwestern part of Romeleåsen. Here you will encounter a changing landscape with open fells, several ponds and a water-filled quarry. The forest is largely planted, but you will also find old broadleaf forest. In southern Skrylle, we at the Scanian Landscape Foundation owns the land. Here, you will find a parking and the 1.5 km Tree Path, Trädstigen. In the Skrylle area there are also a large number of smaller nature reserves such as Knivsåsen-Borelund, Gryteskog and Måryd as well as the Dalby Söderskog national park.
Do and experience
Hike & walk
Ten different hiking trails and six different exercise tracks can be found in the Skrylle area with fells, ponds and ridges covered in beech forests. The Skrylle area consists of ten nature reserves and one national park. The nature reserve Skrylle in particular is 565 hectares in size and stretches from Dalby in the south to the quarry north of Skryllegården. In the west, you’ll find Rögle ponds. See digital map at the bottom of the page or download map here.
The nature reserve is owned by the municipality of Lund and the Scanian Landscape Foundation. It was bought in to create a recreation area but also to benefit plants and animals in the area. Lund municipality's technical administration is a nature conservation manager, i.e. the County Administrative Board is tasked with managing the area. In southern Skrylle on the grounds of the Skånska Landskap Foundation, there is the Tree Path, Trädstigen, approx. 1.5 km, with information signs about different trees.
Get here
Skrylle is located between Södra Sandby and Dalby, a little over a mile from Lund. It is well signposted from Dalbyvägen. There is a bus all the way to Skryllegården/Naturum Skrylle, and there are several stops along Dalbyvägen and also at Knivsåsen.
By car
From road 102, follow signs towards Södra Sandby. From Dalbyvägen it is then signposted towards Skryllegården. From the E22 take exit 23 and follow the signs towards Gårdstånga and then towards Södra Sandby. When you have passed Södra Sandby, there are signs for Skryllegården.
Gps to parking lot Skryllegården
WGS84 DDM 55°41.587'N, 13°21.505'E
RT90 6176478, 1346143
By bus
Bus 175, Dalby bus station-Södra Sandby, stops at several stops along Dalbyvägen/Lundavägen. The best way to get to Skryllegården is from the "Skrylle" stop and then follow a footpath about 600 m to the east. Read more in timetable for bus 175.
Bus 159, Dalby bus station-Lund C, stops at several stops along Dalbyvägen and Lundavägen (Skrylle, Billebjersvägen and Dalby Dalbybadet) that cross the walking area. Some tours only run part of the year. The bus also stops at "Skryllegården" where Naturum Skrylle is located. Read more in timetable for bus 159.
Bus 160 runs between Lund and Sjöbo, where you can get off at the Knivåsen stop to walk there on Skåneleden. Read more in timetable for bus 160 samt bus 161.
More about Skrylle
Forests, beech-clad ridges and ponds
At the Billebjer nature reserve, a spring walk can be combined with a picnic with a view of the Lundaslätten in the company of lots of flowering sedges.
Early summer birdsong can be enjoyed throughout the area, but a hike through the beech forest and out across the fells on the goat-back shaped ridge formation at Knivsåsen is a particularly lovely early summer experience. Later in the year, the excursion can be combined with dipping your toes in the crystal clear water at the old quarry.
The autumn colors are at their best in the crowns of the heather beech trees at the Gryteskog and Prästaskogen nature reserves north of Torna Hällestad. The special appearance of the books – gnarled and twisted – has given the area the name Trollskogen.
At Torna Hällestad there are the beautiful beech forest-clad ridges Prästamöllan and Borelundsåsen.
When winter makes itself known with cool winds, it is pleasant to wander into the forest at Skrylle and trudge along the Ulastigen, which starts at the nature center. The walk goes through beech forests, out on the open felled land at Skrölle slopes, and then descends towards Ula marshes and the quiet spruce forest. The marsh path goes north from the nature center and moves across Måryd's forest and felled lands. From Måkullsbacken there is a magnificent view of the Vombsänkan. In the southern part of the Skryllereservatet there is a loop of trees where about 50 different tree species are described on signs posted by the trees. Sinnenas stig is a short nature trail that starts at Åkestorpsvägen parking lot.
Dalby Söderskog National Park is criss-crossed by several trails that offer fantastic spring flora during the months of April and May.
The Skåneleden makes a loop around Skrylle on its way through the landscape. Suitable starting points are Skryllegården, Torna Hällestad or Knivsåsen. The beautiful loop, which goes through six nature reserves, is about 17 km long and takes about 4 hours to hike.
The story of Skrylle
Until the end of the Middle Ages, the meager soil up on Romeleåsen was overgrown with deciduous forest. The forest originally stretched all the way to Arendala just outside Linero. The area was open land for the villages around the ridge where they took firewood and let the cattle graze. As a result, the forest was gradually replaced by pasture and juniper with elements of heather, remnants of which can still be seen in some places, for example between Dalby and Hällestad, in parts of the Gryteskogsreservatet and at Sönnervång and Billebjer. The name Skrylle has been known since the 17th century and the spellings Skrulle and Skrölle also occur.
The Naturum Skrylle
Are you curious about the area's plants, birds, insects and animals? Or do you want to know more about the area's cultural history and geology? Then you should visit Naturum Skrylle, which is run by Lund municipality. The new Naturum building opened up in Februay 2024.
Ownership and management responsibility
The nature reserve in Skrylle is managed by the municipality of Lund and the County Administrative Board. Lund municipality is responsible for Naturum Skrylle and Skryllegården is run by Friluftsfrämjandet in Lund. The Skånska Landskap Foundation owns the southern parts of Skrylle nature reserve. Additional information at skrylle.se
Visitors center
Stop
Parking
Rest area
Cottage
Wind protection
Remember to protect unique nature in nature reserves in Skrylle
Parts of Skrylle are nature reserves. There is unique protected nature here with special rules. For example, you’re not allowed to have your dog off-leash east of the road between Dalby and Södra Sandby, you’re forbidden to make a fire outside fixed barbecue areas (visible on the map) and also not allowed to go horseriding/bike outside special paths. Read all the rules in Skrylle naturreservat.
In addition, the other nature reserves have their own rules. In Mårryd, for example, you must always have your dog on a leash, you are not allowed to pitch a tent, set up a mobile home/caravan and make a fire outside fixed barbecue areas. In Gryteskog, for example, you are not allowed to camp, damage plants and drive motor vehicles. Prästaskogen has, among other things, these rules: you are not allowed to make a fire, set up a tent and set up a mobile home/caravan. On Hällestad ridges (Prästamöllan), for example, you are not allowed to camp. In Billebjer, for example, you must always keep your dog on a leash, you may not pitch a tent or make a fire outside fixed barbecue areas (visible on the map). In Knivsås-Borelund you must always keep your dog on a leash, you may not pitch a tent, you may not make a fire outside permanent barbecue areas (visible on the map) and you may not set up a mobile home/caravan between 22:06 and 06:00. In Rökepipan, you must always have your dog on a leash among grazing animals and you may not ride or ride outside designated trails. In Dalby Norreskog, you must always have your dog on a leash, you may not make a fire except with an open-air kitchen, not pitch a tent and not set up a mobile home/caravan. The rules in Dalby Fälad are, among other things, these: always keep the dog on a lead, you may not make a fire, not pitch a tent, not ride a bicycle or ride a horse. In addition, Dalby Söderskog National Park has a dog off leash, fires other than in the designated place, riding, cycling, fishing, driving motor vehicles, exceptions for electric wheelchairs and permobiles exist and also no camping.
Always remember the Allemansrätten & the obligations. Fire and grill safely at fixed fireplaces, never on rock, peat and moss. Do not break twigs and branches from living trees. Sleep out one night in one place. Take your rubbish to our bins or take it home to sort.
Good to know
With wheelchair and baby stroller in nature
The easy-to-walk path, Lätta spåret 1.2 km, with electric lights and a harder gravel surface is suitable for both wheelchairs, prams and walkers. Read more at skrylle.se