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Garston Wood Nature Reserve Walk
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Garston Wood Nature Reserve Walk

Sixpenny Handley, Dorset ·

Quick answer

Garston Wood Nature Reserve Walk is an easy, roughly 1.5-mile ancient woodland walk near Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, run by the RSPB. Dogs must be kept on lead throughout the reserve and confined to marked paths; assistance dogs are permitted throughout.

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Distance

1.5 miles

Easy

Difficulty

🐾

Off-lead

No

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Stiles

None

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Parking

Available

About this walk

A peaceful ancient woodland walk through RSPB Garston Wood near Sixpenny Handley, close to the Dorset/Wiltshire border on the edge of Cranborne Chase. Spring brings carpets of bluebells and wood anemones, and the wood is known for nightingales and a good range of woodland birds.

Terrain

Woodland pathUnsurfaced footpathVehicle rides

🅿️ Parking

Small on-site car park with 8 spaces, hard surface, unmarked bays.

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