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Top Moors - Broadleaved woodland

11 ha
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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome11 ha

Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🌞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 294m away — 2 car parks within reach

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
Parking

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Reedbeds — bitterns, marsh harriers, bearded tits and reed warblers

Free

Wildlife

Reedbeds priority habitat

Free

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Reedbeds — emperor dragonfly and rare fen invertebrates

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

27 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
The RidgewayWalking route140 km
Named routeRef RWLength 140 kmNational walking route
The Chiltern WayWalking route275 km

A waymarked long-distance footpath in southern England

Named routeRef CWLength 275 kmRegional walking route
Round Aylesbury WalkWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Pulpit Hill Fort and Nature Reserves Circular Walk, Central ChilternsWalking route2.6 km

A short walk with panoramic views across the Chiltern Escarpment & Aylesbury Vale, and the chance to explore a hidden Iron Age hillfort, beautiful beech woods & the Grangelands & Rifle Butts Nature Reserve. Includes a steep climb, steps & kissing gates.

Named routeLength 2.6 kmDuration 01:00Round tripLocal walking route
Exploring the Chiltern Escarpment, Central ChilternsWalking route16 km

Views of the Chiltern Escarpment, Aylesbury Vale & PM's country retreat. Pass through Ellesborough & important historical, archaeological & ecological sites, including rare chalk grassland, archetypal Chiltern beech woods & the largest box wood in Britain

Named routeLength 16 kmDuration 05:00Round tripLocal walking route
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Cycling

18 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Route 50Cycling route
Named routeRef 50National Cycle Network
Pebble WayCycling route
Named routeRef PebbleLocal cycle route
Topaz WayCycling route
Named routeRef TopazLocal cycle route
Route 30Cycling route
Named routeRef 30Regional cycle route
Platinum WayCycling route
Named routeRef PlatinumLocal cycle route
Route 3Cycling route
Named routeRef 3Regional cycle route
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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
Icknield Way Cycle TrailMountain bike route226 km

This is the off-road or mountain cycling route of the Icknield Way Trail.

Named routeLength 226 kmRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Looking North from the New Hide, Weston Turville Reservoir

Looking North from the New Hide, Weston Turville Reservoir

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