🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
Good to know
£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free
Best for
9 activities
🌿
Foraging
Strong match
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
🐶
Dog walks
Strong match
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦉
Wildlife
Strong match
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅
Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🦋
Insect spotting
Good match
Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
🚲
Cycling
Good match
Named cycling route nearby: NCN National Route 1
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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7 signed routes nearby · 34 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Centenary CircleWalking route34 km▾
Named routeLength 34 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Admiral McHardy WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Blakes Wood to Lingwood Common Walk, DanburyWalking route4 km▾
Woodland paths can be hilling in places, with occasional protruding tree roots. Paths can become muddy, suitable footwear is necessary. Not suitable for pushchairs, wheelchairs or cycles. Can be connected with Lingwood trails and Danbury trails.
Named routeLength 4 kmDuration 01:30Round tripLocal walking route
Danbury Common to Lingwood Common Walk, DanburyWalking route2.4 km▾
Easy walking on a waymarked route. There are grassy tracks and some tree routes. May not be suitable for pushchairs or wheelchairs as some areas can get muddy in wet weather and during the winter. Can be connected with Blakes wood and Lingwood trails.
Named routeLength 2.4 kmDuration 01:00Round tripLocal walking route
St Peter's WayWalking route66 km▾
Named routeLength 66 kmRegional walking route
Parsonage Lanepublic footpath · 233 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 233 mPath type: service
FP72public footpath · 424 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 424 mPath type: footway
Parsonage Lanepublic footpath · 101 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 101 mPath type: service
🚴
Cycling
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38 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 8Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV2International cycle route
EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV2International cycle route
Regional Route 50Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 50Regional cycle route
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United KingdomCycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
🐴
Horse riding
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13 public paths nearby
Public paths
Postman's Lanebridleway · 237 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 237 mPath type: residential
Postmans Lanebridleway · 666 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 666 mPath type: bridleway
BR31bridleway · 599 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 599 mPath type: bridleway
Postmans Lanebridleway · 74 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 74 mPath type: bridleway
BR31bridleway · 266 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 266 mPath type: bridleway
