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Woodlands for forest bathing in Bedfordshire

7 places in Bedfordshire that suit forest bathing, with parking, paths and facilities on each page. Find a forest bathing guide in Bedfordshire.

Trees in King's Wood National Nature Reserve, Heath and Reach, BedfordshireKings Wood, Heath and ReachBedfordshire's largest ancient woodland, with small-leaved lime and lily-of-the-valleyTrees in Maulden Wood on the Greensand Ridge, BedfordshireMaulden WoodAncient woodland on the Greensand Ridge, with spring flowers, butterflies and free parkingMarston Vale Millennium Country Park, BedfordshireMillennium Country Park, Forest of Marston ValeYoung community forest, meadows and wetland between Bedford and Milton KeynesA track through the trees in Rowney Warren Wood, Southill, BedfordshireRowney WarrenPine, oak and beech near Chicksands, with a quiet walking half away from the bike trailsHeather in flower in Rushmere Country Park, BedfordshireRushmere Country ParkWoodland, heath and meadow near Leighton Buzzard, with quieter oak woods to the north-westBeech woodland at RSPB The Lodge nature reserve, Sandy, BedfordshireThe Lodge, RSPB SandyHilly oak and birch woodland beside Bedfordshire's largest heath, near SandyA broad grassy walk leading from the Pavilion into the woodland at Wrest Park, BedfordshireWrest ParkHistoric gardens at Silsoe with woodland paths through the 18th-century Great Garden

Photos: Kings Wood, Heath and Reach, Dudley Miles (CC BY-SA 4.0); Maulden Wood, Dudley Miles (CC BY-SA 4.0); Millennium Country Park, Forest of Marston Vale, M J Richardson (CC BY-SA 2.0); Rowney Warren, Humphrey Bolton (CC BY-SA 2.0); Rushmere Country Park, Flappy Pigeon (CC BY-SA 4.0); The Lodge, RSPB Sandy, Katie (CC BY-SA 2.0); Wrest Park, Humphrey Bolton (CC BY-SA 2.0).