Deerness Valley Way Railway Path

The wood is part of an 8.5 mile route on a former railway line. This area of deciduous woodland contains ancient oaks, holly and hazel with a rich ground flora of red campion, dogs mercury, wild garlic, bluebells, stitchwort and dog violet. You may see birds (including herons, woodpeckers, warblers and jays), butterflies (meadow brown, common blue and large skipper) and mammals such as squirrels, roe deer or maybe a hare.