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Buckholt Woods

2.36 miles (3.8 km)

Ordnance Survey Map Open Streetmap This walk visits Buckholt Woods and Rough Park Woods near Cranham in the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire.
The woods are desginated as a National Nature Reserve with lots of interesting flora and fauna to see.
You can start the walk from the Buckholt Woods free car park at the southern end of the site. There's several different trails to try with a visit to Coopers Hill to the north. The infamous hill is the site of the high octane annual cheese rolling event.
There's also a single track mountain bike trail which you can see on the blue line on the open street map below.
Part of the walk uses a section of the Cotswold Way National Trail which runs through the area.

Postcode

GL4 8HP - Please note: Postcode may be approximate for some rural locations

Buckholt Woods OS Map Ordnance survey map - Mobile GPS OS Map with Location tracking

Buckholt Woods Open Street Map Open Streetmap - Mobile GPS Map with Location tracking

Photos

Buckholt Woods - geograph.org.uk - 18660

Buckholt Woods

Path in Buckholt Wood - geograph.org.uk - 2219944

Path in Buckholt Wood

Cranham Woods - geograph.org.uk - 2336923

Cranham Woods

Buckholt Wood, Cranham - geograph.org.uk - 670957

Beech trees are the predominent tree in Buckholt Wood, growing in the thin top soil over the oolitic limestone of the Cotswolds.

The Cotswold Way on Cooper's Hill - geograph.org.uk - 3440464

The Cotswold Way on Cooper's Hill

Cooper's Hill - geograph.org.uk - 3440456

Cooper's Hill

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GPS Files

GPX File

Buckholt Woods.gpx (On Desktop:Right Click>Save As. On Ipad/Iphone:Click and hold>Download Linked File)