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Lydford Forest - Conifer woodland

✦ Ancient woodland24 ha

📷 Mr Ignavy · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Plan your visit

SeasonalWildlifeBirds
Free entryDogs welcome24 ha

Getting here

50.64354, -4.13163

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🌞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
  • 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

6 activities

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour

Free

Wildlife

Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland

Free

Bird watching

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Heritage

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

8 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Dartmoor WayWalking route
Named routeRef DWRegional walking route
West Devon WayWalking route
Named routeRef WDERegional walking route
The LichwayWalking route19 km

Also known as the 'Way of the Dead' as a route for carrying coffins to the graveyard at Lydford Church

Named routeRef LYWLength 19 kmLocal walking route
Two Castles TrailWalking route
Named routeRef TCTRegional walking route
Mary Michael Pilgrims WayWalking route
Named routeRef MMPWRegional walking route
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Cycling

28 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 27Cycling route
Named routeRef 27National Cycle Network
Granite WayCycling route
Named route
Route 27Cycling route
Named routeRef 27National Cycle Network
Dartmoor Way (Cycle)Cycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Cycle Network Route 327Cycling route
Named routeRef 327National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route
Named routeRef EV1International cycle route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Looking into Lydford Forest

📷 Mr Ignavy · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Looking into Lydford Forest

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

⛪St Petrock's ChurchReligious grounds1.5 km→✦Motte with two baileys and a multivallate hillfort at Burley WoodHistoric site2.6 km→✦Earthworks on Brent TorHistoric site5 km→✦Lydford CastleHistoric site1.6 km→✦Ringwork, castle, town banks, site of Saxon town and defencesHistoric site1.6 km→✦Gallows HillHistoric site1.9 km→

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