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Woodlands for forest bathing in Gloucestershire

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

The Cotswold Way path through beech trees in Buckholt Wood, near CranhamCranham and Buckholt WoodsTall Cotswold beechwoods above Cranham, with bluebells in May and fungi in autumnTrees in a corner of the Cyril Hart Arboretum near the Speech House, Forest of DeanCyril Hart ArboretumOver 200 tree species on mostly flat paths beside the Speech HouseWoodland on the Sculpture Trail at Beechenhurst, Forest of DeanForest of DeanA former royal forest and England's first National Forest Park, with quiet tracks beyond the car parksTrees in Lineover Wood on the Cotswold escarpment near CheltenhamLineover WoodAncient Cotswold woodland near Cheltenham with veteran beech and limeThe lake at Mallards Pike in the Forest of Dean, with trees along the shoreMallards PikeForest of Dean lake with a gentle 2km loop and longer woodland trailsBluebells under the trees at Nagshead in the Forest of DeanRSPB NagsheadMature Forest of Dean oaks with short, quiet nature trails and good birdsongWoodland path below Symonds Yat Rock in the Forest of DeanSymonds Yat RockWoodland above a loop of the River Wye, with paths down to the waterTrees in Silk Wood at Westonbirt, The National ArboretumWestonbirt, The National Arboretum600 acres of trees from around the world, with quiet glades in Silk WoodParkmill Lake surrounded by trees in Woodchester Park, GloucestershireWoodchester ParkA secluded Cotswold valley of woods and lakes below an unfinished Gothic mansion

Photos: Cranham and Buckholt Woods, Bill Boaden (CC BY-SA 2.0); Cyril Hart Arboretum, don cload (CC BY-SA 2.0); Forest of Dean, Nilfanion (CC BY-SA 4.0); Lineover Wood, Bill Boaden (CC BY-SA 2.0); Mallards Pike, Philip Halling (CC BY-SA 2.0); RSPB Nagshead, Hugh Venables (CC BY-SA 2.0); Symonds Yat Rock, David Martin (CC BY-SA 2.0); Westonbirt, The National Arboretum, David P Howard (CC BY-SA 2.0); Woodchester Park, Philip Halling (CC BY-SA 2.0).