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Gunoak Wood

✦ Ancient woodland144 ha

📷 Rod Allday · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome144 ha

Getting here

50.57070, -4.28668

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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
  • 🌳Large woodland — room to roam

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Rough-stalked Feather-moss, Isothecium myosuroides, Swan's-neck Thyme-moss +57 more · last seen 2017

Free

Bird watching

Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl; Birds — Chaffinch, Blue Tit, Wren +30 more · last seen 2024

Free

Foraging

Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants; Plants — Wood-rust, Great Scented Liverwort, Two-horned Pincerwort +1 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Insects — Gatekeeper, Small White, Meadow Brown +226 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Gatekeeper, Small White, Meadow Brown +226 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

1 signed route nearby · 6 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Tamar Valley Discovery TrailWalking route
Named routeRef TDTRegional walking route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Forest track in Gunoak Wood

📷 Rod Allday · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Forest track in Gunoak Wood

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Nearby places

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✦New Consols Mine: surface, buried and underground remains, LuckettHistoric site3.5 km→⛪Stoke Climsland ChurchReligious grounds3.4 km→✦ENDSLEIGHHistoric site1.1 km→✦MineHistoric site3.3 km→⛪St Constantine's ChurchReligious grounds3.4 km→✦Lucket Miners' CottagesHistoric site3.5 km→

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