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Woodlands
• Ashton Court Estate
• Ashton Hill Plantation
• Bishops Knoll
• Bithams Wood
• Blaise Castle Estate
• Leigh Woods
• Lower Woods
• Tower House Wood
• Weston Big Wood

New Woodlands
• Abbots Wood
• Little Down Wood
• Lower Knole Farm
• Mannings Wood
• Meadow Drive Farm
• Overscourt Wood
• Warmley Forest Park
• Wheat Hill Farm
• Wooscombe Wood

Local Nature Reserves
• Avon Valley Woodlands
• Eastwood
• Goblin Combe
• Golden Valley, Wick
• Huckford Quarry
• Lawrence Weston Moor
• Manor Road
• Patchway Gorse Covert
• Ridge Wood
• Royate Hill, Eastville
• Stockwood Open Space
• Three Brooks
• Troopers Hill, St George
• Wapley Bushes
• Willsbridge Mill

Heritage Sites
• Ashton Court
• Blaise Castle
• Oldbury Court

Country Parks
• Avon Valley Country Park
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Wooscombe Wood

Picture of Wooscombe Wood
Planted in 1993 by a local farmer, this new broadleaf woodland of some 40 hectares is one of the largest new woodlands in the Forest of Avon. The woodland is now well established and offers superb panoramic views of the Chew Valley and the NE Somerset countryside.

The site also has a number of older woodlands within the new planting. The wood has full public access and a number of public footpaths cross the site.

Access

There are some climbs and steep slopes, all paths are grass. ‘Ladder style’ stiles give access to the woodland over deer fencing. There is a car park for 8 cars.

How to get there...

You can get to Wooscombe Wood from Slate Lane in Compton Dando. There is a small car parking area on Slate Lane. Alternatively, the site can be accessed via a number of public footpaths. (OS Explorer 155, grid reference; 637 654 for car park).
 
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