🌞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
☕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
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕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🛝Playground
Best for
9 activities
🎠
Playgrounds
Strong match
playground, café, parking
Free
🛝
Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café
Free
🦋
Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths
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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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11 signed routes nearby · 8 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
Severn Way (3) Worcester to BristolWalking route153 km▾
Named routeRef SW (3)Length 153 kmRegional 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
Stoney Lanepublic footpath · 75 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 75 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
