Conservation Walks

Our Conservation Walk is set within the walls of an ancient monument whose true former identity has faded through the mists of time. Archaeologists can’t decide whether it was a fort or a hunting lodge. Or was it, as locals believe, a cattle stockade to protect valuable stock from marauding bears and wolves? You decide!

This is an idyllic summer walk, set in an area of natural regeneration within Newball Wood SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest). This is one of the Forestry Commission’s lime woods and is a national nature reserve.

Guided by local experts, you will see the preferred areas of the local flora and fauna. Wet and dry areas, bat boxes, bird boxes and feeding stations combine to make this a magical place to be. But the walk will do more than entrance you with its beauty. Our aim is to show how with a little education and thought we can all become conservationists in our own right.