🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking nearby — easy to reach by car
🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking nearby — easy to reach by car
Good to know
£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Free
Best for
7 activities
🦅
Bird watching
Strong match
Nature reserve
Free
🦉
Wildlife
Strong match
Nature reserve
Free
🐶
Dog walks
Strong match
Dogs allowed — nature reserve
Free
🌲
Forest walks
Strong match
Nature reserve
Free
🍂
Seasonal nature
Good match
Nature reserve — seasonal wildlife and habitats
Free
🥾
Hiking
Good match
Named hiking route nearby: Kennet and Avon Canal Trail
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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9 signed routes nearby · 34 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
The DramwayWalking route15 km▾
The route of a 19th century tramway that carried coal from Coalpit Heath down to the River Avon
Named routeLength 15 kmLocal walking route
Bristol Triangular City WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Community Forest PathWalking route72 km▾
Named routeRef CFPLength 72 kmLocal walking route
Kennet and Avon Canal TrailWalking route140 km▾
Rivers linked by a canal. The name refers to the entire navigable length. From Bristol the way is the Avon. The canal is from Bath to Newbury. From there to Reading the way is the Kennet. 53 locks to Summit Pound (150 m asl) and 54 down to Reading.
Named routeRef K&ALength 140 kmRegional walking route
Lovell's Hillpublic footpath · 118 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 118 mPath type: footway
Avon Valley Woodlands LNRpublic footpath · 459 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 459 mPath type: footway
Hundred Stepspublic footpath · 50 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 50 mPath type: steps
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Cycling
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228 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
Avon CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Malago GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef MGWLocal cycle route
Bristol & Bath Railway PathCycling route▾
Named routeRef B&BRPLocal cycle route
Festival WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef FWLocal cycle route
Filwood GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef FGLocal cycle route
🐴
Horse riding
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7 public paths nearby
Public paths
Stream Footpathbridleway · 202 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 202 mSurface concretePath type: footway
Lower Conham Valebridleway · 99 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 99 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Stream Footpathbridleway · 160 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 160 mSurface dirtPath type: footway
Riverside Cottagesbridleway · 39 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 39 mPath type: residential
Lower Conham Valebridleway · 174 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 174 mSurface pavedPath type: residential
About this nature reserve
Avon Valley Woodland is a 32-hectare Local Nature Reserve located in Bristol, City of, South West England. The site consists of wooded areas and paths, attracting diverse species of birds and insects, ideal for nature walks.
