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Green Lane Wood

✦ Ancient woodland14 ha

📷 Phil Catterall · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

WildlifeBirdsForaging
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome14 ha

Getting here

52.24703, -2.98428

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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
Horse riding

Best for

10 activities

Wildlife

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Wren, Blackbird, Robin +76 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Wren, Blackbird, Robin +76 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Plants — Meadowsweet, Hogweed, Amphibious Bistort +11 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Soft-rush, Meadowsweet, Goat Willow +85 more · last seen 2024

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Sigara, Beautiful Demoiselle, Enochrus coarctatus +53 more · last seen 2023; Insects — Sigara, Beautiful Demoiselle, Enochrus coarctatus +53 more · last seen 2023

Free

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Offa's Dyke PathWalking route285 km
Named routeRef ODPLength 285 kmNational walking route
Mortimer TrailWalking route48 km
Named routeLength 48 kmRegional walking route
Herefordshire TrailWalking route246.5 km
Named routeLength 246.5 kmRegional walking route
Wychmoor Waypublic footpath · 508 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 508 mSurface grassPath type: footway
Green Lanepublic footpath · 1.1 km
Public pathpublic footpathLength 1.1 kmPath type: footway
Green Lanepublic footpath · 102 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 102 mPath type: service
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Cycling

10 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
National Byway (Wales & border)Cycling route
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Radnor RingCycling route
Named routeRef 825National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route660 m
Named routeRef 825Length 660 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km
Named routeRef 825Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.1 km
Named routeRef 825Length 2.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route828 m
Named routeRef 825Length 828 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Looking back to Green Lane Farm on the Mortimer Trail

📷 Phil Catterall · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Looking back to Green Lane Farm on the Mortimer Trail

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🌱Went’s MeadowUrban park3.9 km→✦EYWOODHistoric site2.3 km→✦Wapley Hill large multivallate hillfort and pillow mounds 150m north of Warren House.Historic site2 km→✦Wapley HillfortHistoric site2 km→⚽Went's MeadowPlaying field3.9 km→🌱Mill PondUrban park4.6 km→

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