Lea & Paget's Wood

This ancient woodland has a complex structure, with sessile oak as the dominant canopy tree in some places and ash in others. Carpets of bluebells with wood anemone, primrose and yellow archangel make a spectacular sight in spring. Birdlife is abundant with all three species of woodpecker appearing here. The wood is also an excellent place for mammals, including dormouse, woodmouse, yellow-necked mouse and bank vole.

Lea & Paget's Wood is part of the Woolhope Dome Living Landscape - click here for more information.

Directions to Lea & Paget’s Wood from Hereford

• Leave Hereford on the B4224 and follow this road through Fownhope village.
• As you are leaving the village, take a left turn up Hawkers Lane.
• As you come to the crest of the hill (passing the junction with Common Hill Lane on your left) there is a footpath sign on the right, opposite a cottage on the left. This is the footpath leading to Lea & Paget’s Wood.
• There is a lay-by just a little further on with room to park.