Lower Woods Walk - part of Horton Walking Festival 2012
27 April 2012 - 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Event details
27 April 2012 - 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Lower Woods: Conservation Management & Environmental Sustainability.
Come along and learn about the sustainable way Lower Woods is managed for wildlife & people. Please note that the woods can be very wet even after a dry spell of weather therefore waterproof footwear is essential. Meet at Lower Woods Lodge at 4pm. Distance: 1-2 miles. Walk Grade: Moderate. Stout Footwear recommended.
This walk is part of the Horton Walking Festival 2012, 27-29th April.
Guided walks of differing lengths and level of difficulty will be taking place in and around the village of Horton, a small South Gloucestershire village at the foot of the Cotswold escarpment.
Most walks will start from Horton Village Hall where there is car parking, facilities and where refreshments serving locally produced food will be served all weekend and where there will be displays and stalls.
As well as walks, there will be an illustrative talk on Friday evening about trekking in Nepal, Photographic workshops run by professional photographer Rupert Marlow of Bristol by Pixel which will enable you to learn about how to get the best of your camera and enable you to put what you learn into action, there will also be a pub quiz at Horton Social club on Saturday evening.
Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust are also guiding walks at their local reserve, Lower Woods and on Sunday afternoon there will be a special opening of the National Trust property Horton Court. This should be an event that gives the opportunity to get out and enjoy our beautiful countryside and where there is something to interest everyone.
Further details can be found at the bottom of the front page of Horton and Little Sodbury Village Halls website www.halsvh.org.uk and for regular updates the event can be followed on Twitter @HortonWalkFest.
For those wishing to stay in the area so they can enjoy the event all weekend there is a campsite and a caravan site in the village or a number of local B&B s or local hotels in the surrounding villages.
Venue location
Lower Woods Lodge, Inglestone Common, Wickwar,
Lower Woods nature reserve,
GL9 1BY
Grid reference
ST 746 881