Like Sewerby, Wassand Hall has ‘open’ parkland to the south of the house but this is viewed only from the five bar fence, no public footpaths cross it (public in the sense of waymarked when the hall and grounds are open to the public about a dozen or so times a year). The ‘Woodland Walk’ waymarked at Wass and takes the walker through a very different environment (see above). Here a considerable variety of trees and undergrowth mostly unchecked lead west to areas of wetland said to have been the original headwaters of Hornsea Mere. In places it seems like it could be a ‘wildwood’ area, although most of the trees would have been planted by past owners of the Hall to achieve diversity; in fact some of the trees still have their original ‘name plate’, such as trees in municipal parks would once have had. Nearer to the Hall a fairy-tale like area has been created in the undergrowth with little figures, houses etc. dotted around the shrubs, all created in the past by someone who wanted to create a magical woodland area in contrast to any planned parkland environment. A nearby horses and pets burial area adds to the allure.
Wassand Hall and grounds stand between Seaton and Hornsea near the coast of Holderness in an area where the post glacial undulations are more pronounced adding to the interest of the locality. Adding to the interest are three romantic-type estate cottages dotted alongside the road to Hornsea, clearly once ‘rustic’ estate cottages.