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Woodlands for forest bathing in Torfaen

4 places in Torfaen that suit forest bathing, with parking, paths and facilities on each page.

A footpath down from Lasgarn Lane, near Lasgarn Wood, TorfaenLasgarn WoodAncient woodland and larch above the Afon Lwyd, with old quarries and beechAutumn sunlight through the trees in Pontypool Park, TorfaenPontypool ParkHistoric parkland with old sweet chestnuts, a hilltop folly and a shell grottoA path in Tirpentwys Local Nature Reserve, near PontypoolTirpentwys Local Nature ReserveOld colliery land turned to grassland and ponds, beside ancient beech woodlandGraig Wen Wood, Cwm FfrwdOld pollarded beech woodland in a quiet cwm above Talywain

Photos: Lasgarn Wood, M J Roscoe (CC BY-SA 2.0); Pontypool Park, David Roberts (CC BY-SA 2.0); Tirpentwys Local Nature Reserve, M J Roscoe (CC BY-SA 2.0); Graig Wen Wood, Cwm Ffrwd (area photo): Blaen Bran woodland in autumn. Photo: WelshDave, CC BY 4.0.