🌞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
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞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
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
Good to know
£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
Best for
6 activities
🐶
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
🌿
Foraging
Good match
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲
Forest walks
Good match
Public woodland
Free
🥾
Hiking
Good match
Named hiking route nearby: Limestone Link
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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6 signed routes nearby · 15 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
Cotswold WayWalking route164 km▾
Named routeRef CWLength 164 kmNational 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
Bath Skyline WalkWalking route9.6 km▾
An elevated clockwise circular with panoramic views of the Bath landscape. The contrast of the city, so close to this rural haven, has earned the area World Heritage Site status. Roads, surfaced paths, steep hills, a rocky uneven section, steps & a stile.
Named routeRef BSLength 9.6 kmDuration 03:30-04:00Round tripLocal walking route
Limestone LinkWalking route58 km▾
Named routeRef LLLength 58 kmRegional walking route
🚴
Cycling
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48 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV2International cycle route
Bath Two Tunnels CircuitCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 3Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV2International cycle route
National Cycle Network Route 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route8 m▾
Named routeRef 4Length 8 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface bareearth
Main RouteCycling route145 m▾
Named routeRef 4Length 145 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
🐴
Horse riding
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2 public paths nearby
Public paths
Stony Lanebyway open to all traffic · 544 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 544 mPath type: track
Stony Lanebyway open to all traffic · 9 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 9 mPath type: service
