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Woodlands for forest bathing in South Gloucestershire

6 places in South Gloucestershire that suit forest bathing, with parking, paths and facilities on each page.

A footpath junction in the Avon Valley Woodlands at HanhamAvon Valley WoodlandsRiverside oak woods above the Avon at Hanham, rich in industrial historyParkland at Dyrham Park, South GloucestershireDyrham ParkAncient parkland, wooded terraces and fallow deer below the Cotswold edgeWoodland at Lower Woods nature reserve near WickwarLower WoodsAncient coppice woods near Wickwar, with old green lanes and nightingales in springThree Brooks Local Nature Reserve in Bradley StokeThree Brooks Nature ReserveBluebell woods, brooks and a lake on easy, surfaced paths in Bradley StokeYoung woodland at Warmley Forest Park, South GloucestershireWarmley Forest ParkYoung woodland beside the Bristol and Bath Railway Path, with an accessible pathA path through Willsbridge Valley nature reserveWillsbridge ValleySmall wooded stream valley with ponds and an old mill, east of Bristol

Photos: Avon Valley Woodlands, Christine Johnstone (CC BY-SA 2.0); Dyrham Park, Philip Halling (CC BY-SA 2.0); Lower Woods, Tadeusz Hare (CC BY-SA 4.0); Three Brooks Nature Reserve, Tadeusz Hare (CC BY-SA 4.0); Warmley Forest Park, Neil Owen (CC BY-SA 2.0); Willsbridge Valley, Christine Johnstone (CC BY-SA 2.0).