Cookworthy Forest
These woods are located near Holsworthy in Devon. At the site you'll find 400 acres of mixed coniferous woodland and open moorland with a network of trails.
Start the walk from the Cookworthy car park near Muckworth and Beaworthy. From here you can pick up a bridle track heading north past the Dismantled Railway Line to Whiteleigh Meadow and the Weekpark Plantation. The trails are good for both walking and cycling.
Postcode
EX21 5XJ - Please note: Postcode may be approximate for some rural locationsCookworthy Forest Ordnance Survey Map 
- view and print off detailed OS map
Cookworthy Forest Open Street Map 
- view and print off detailed map
Cookworthy Forest OS Map 
- Mobile GPS OS Map with Location tracking
Cookworthy Forest Open Street Map 
- Mobile GPS Map with Location tracking
Dog Walking
As you'd imagine the woodland trails make for an ideal dog walk so you'll probably see other owners on a fine weekend day.
Further Information and Other Local Ideas
To continue your exercise in the area head into Holsworthy and try the Holsworthy Viaduct Walk which visits the local railway viadutcs. To the south there's the expansive Roadford Lake where there are good cycling and walking trails along the water.
For more walking ideas in the area see the Devon Walks page.
Cycle Routes and Walking Routes Nearby
Photos
Cookworthy Moor Plantation. The trees on the right mark the line of a field boundary from pre-plantation times, which ends at a small stream, one of the headwaters of the River Carey. On the right-hand tree is a small fire lookout. Taken from a forest track which runs parallel to the stream, through a cleared corridor close to the southern edge of this large forested area.
Cookworthy Forest Centre. Quite close to the southwest edge
Knaphill Plantation
This cleared area is on the border between Morcombe Plantation and Whiteleigh Plantation. Taken from just north of the dismantled railway and the main forest car park.
The plantation seen across a field from the Ashwater Footpath 4 close to where it leaves the lane from Muckworthy to Luckcroft as a sharp bend.
Halwill Moor Plantation. This forms part of the forest which is how it is labelled on the adjacent sign beside this entrance off the A3079 about a kilometre west of Halwill Junction. You can find this area at the south eastern end.
Well and pump, Whiteleigh. A well is marked on the map a little way down the private drive to Higher Whiteleigh, so perhaps this one has been moved. These are at the point where the track through Whiteleigh Plantation swings north as it progresses up the eastern section of the forest.
Old rail track in Halwill Moor Plantation. The former railway line from Halwill to Holsworthy runs for over 3 kilometres through Cookworthy Forest, and although it is shown as a cycle route on the maps, it is not cyclable - the section shown is an easy bit. In fact, a cycle / footpath (the Ruby Trail) runs alongside to the north. Here, the remains of an embanked stretch would have carried the line across a small stream.