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Woodlands for forest bathing in Devon

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

Woodland walk on the Arlington Court estate, North DevonArlington CourtNorth Devon estate with ancient woodland, an old lake and red deerBellever Forest on Dartmoor, Devon, in MayBellever ForestHigh Dartmoor conifer forest by the East Dart, with Bronze Age remains among the treesWoodland in Fingle Woods in the Teign valley, DevonFingle WoodsSteep, wooded Teign valley where oak and hazel are slowly replacing old conifer plantationTrees in Haldon Forest near Exeter, DevonHaldon Forest ParkBig forest park near Exeter with wide, gentle paths, benches and a wildlife hideBare winter trees in the parkland at Killerton, DevonKillertonEstate parkland near Exeter with veteran sweet chestnuts, woodland and an Iron Age hilltopWooded river gorge at Lydford Gorge, DevonLydford GorgeDeep river gorge with temperate rainforest and the 30 metre Whitelady WaterfallBluebells under trees in Plymbridge Woods near Plymouth, DevonPlymbridge WoodsRiverside woods on the edge of Plymouth with a level railway path and peregrinesStover Country Park near Newton Abbot, DevonStover Country ParkLevel country park near Newton Abbot with lakeside woodland and a canopy walkwayFootbridge over the river in the wooded valley at Watersmeet, DevonWatersmeetExmoor woodland where two rivers meet, with beech, oak, bluebells and waterfallsWoodland in Yarner Wood National Nature Reserve near Bovey Tracey, DevonYarner WoodEngland's first National Nature Reserve, old oaks and a gentle gravel loop near Bovey Tracey

Photos: Arlington Court, Bill Tyne from Oxford, England (CC BY-SA 2.0); Bellever Forest, Forester2009 (CC BY-SA 3.0); Fingle Woods, Nilfanion (CC BY-SA 4.0); Haldon Forest Park, Derek Harper (CC BY-SA 2.0); Killerton, David Smith (CC BY-SA 2.0); Lydford Gorge, Rob Koster (CC BY-SA 4.0); Plymbridge Woods, Nilfanion (CC BY-SA 4.0); Stover Country Park, Nilfanion (CC BY-SA 4.0); Watersmeet, PAUL FARMER (CC BY-SA 2.0); Yarner Wood, Derek Harper (CC BY-SA 2.0).