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Rockingham Forest
 

The Royal Forest of Rockingham, a medieval hunting forest, is a beautiful patchwork of ancient woodlands and open agricultural land with historic features and attractive stone-built forest villages. Today the Forest offers visitors plenty of routes for walking, cycling and riding. Rockingham Forest is at the very centre of the Forestry Commission's Ancient Woodland Project. There is a new "Out and About" leaflet available which shows over 250 miles of walks, 150 miles of cycling and 60 places to eat, in the East Northamptonshire part of Rockingham Forest. For your free copy, email or telephone the district office.

How to get there:

Corby is the nearest town or village.

Located between the towns of Kettering and Peterborough

OS Grid Reference: SP9898

Places to go in Rockingham Forest

Wakerley Great Wood
Fermyn Woods
Bedford Purlieus National Nature Reserve
Southey Wood
Fineshade Wood

Other places to go in this area

SISKIN - MALE

Facilities:

ToiletsParking ChargeEasy AccessVisitor CentreRefreshmentsOther FacilitiesInformationForest ShopParking

Activities:

WalkingCyclingHorse RidingEducationalOrienteeringPicnicPlay AreaFishingOther ActivitiesWildlife Activities

Contact

Northants Office

01780 444920
e-mail: northants@forestry.gsi.gov.uk


active woods
What's of interest
Rockingham Forest is Red Kite country, and if you spend some time here you may well spot them soaring gracefully overhead. They especially love windy days. For more information on the Top Lodge visitor centre and cafe click on the Fineshade Woods link at the bottom of the page.

What's on
What else is here
In Rockingham Forest there is also
wild woods
Related pages
Useful sites
Find out more
What's the Forestry Commission doing about sustainable forestry or biodiversity? Try these links to find out.
Search our publications database for more indepth information, or look at Forest Research.

Follow the Forest Code at all times.


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