🌞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
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Free
Best for
4 activities
🦉
Wildlife
Strong match
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅
Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🌿
Foraging
Good match
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲
Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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10 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
Sir Johns Lanepublic footpath · 299 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 299 mPath type: footway
Sir Johns Lanepublic footpath · 11 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 11 mPath type: footway
