🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
Good to know
£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🚻Toilets
Best for
10 activities
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Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
🛝
Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets
Free
🐶
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
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Cycling
Good match
Named cycling route nearby: National Cycle Network Route 4
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
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Walking
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8 signed routes nearby · 30 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
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
Frome Valley WalkwayWalking route29 km▾
Named routeRef FVWLength 29 kmLocal walking route
River Avon TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef RATRegional walking route
Avon and Gloucestershire Railwaypublic footpath · 106 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 106 mPath type: footway
Avon and Gloucestershire Railwaypublic footpath · 427 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 427 mSurface dirtPath type: footway
The Dramwaypublic footpath · 193 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 193 mPath type: footway
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Cycling
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122 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Avon CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Avon Wiltshire Cycle LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Bristol & Bath Railway PathCycling route▾
Named routeRef B&BRPLocal cycle route
EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 3Cycling route▾