🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
Good to know
£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground
Best for
8 activities
🎠
Playgrounds
Strong match
playground, parking
Free
🐶
Dog walks
Strong match
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦉
Wildlife
Strong match
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🛝
Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
🦅
Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🌿
Foraging
Good match
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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5 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
The Roman WayWalking route274.5 km▾
Named routeLength 274.5 kmRegional walking route
Millennium TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Thames PathWalking route296 km▾
Named routeRef TPLength 296 kmNational walking route
Thames & Severn WayWalking route69.8 km▾
Linking the Severn to the Thames following the route of the Stroudwater Navigation and Thames & Severn Canal as closely as possible using public rights of way. As the canals are restored, it will be updated to use the reinstated towpath wherever possible.
Named routeRef T&S WLength 69.8 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
South Swindon Green TrailWalking route▾
Named route
🚴
Cycling
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52 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mercian WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 45National Cycle Network
Route (45)Cycling route▾
National Cycle Network link route between NCN 45 and Swindon station
Named routeRef (45)Local cycle route
Eastern FlyerCycling route▾
Named routeRef EFLocal cycle route
Tadpole RoundCycling route9.1 km▾
Named routeRef TRLength 9.1 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
(45)Cycling route▾
National Cycle Network link route between NCN 45 and Swindon station
Named routeRef (45)Local cycle route
Haydon RoundCycling route11.8 km▾
Named routeRef HRLength 11.8 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
🐴
Horse riding
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15 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
