Ollerton Pit Wood
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About Ollerton Pit Wood
This young woodland provides an excellent place to explore. Surfaced tracks and way-marked trails create circular routes from the car park. The walk round the pond is suitable for wheelchair users, can you spot the swans nesting on their platform? For the more adventerous among us try hiking up the pit top for great views of the surrounding countryside including Sherwood Forest Country Park, Thoresby Colliery and Wellow Wood. Are your eyes keen enough to pick out Thoresby Hall from among the trees? Wellow wood and Boughton Brake look amazing in the autumn too.
The site is not suitable for horse riding but feel free to cycle round. This is a community woodland, so if you fancy a trip out with a ranger or have a great idea for improving the site then let us know.
How to get there:
New Ollerton and Boughton is the nearest town or village.
Ollerton Pit Woods are accessed from Newark road (A616), which runs between New Ollerton and Wellow.
From Nottingham take A614 north towards Ollerton.
At the roundabout with the A616 and A6075 take a right into Ollerton.
At the next roundabout go left and continue on to Tesco.
At the roundabout outside Tesco go straight ahead (its kind of left – you don’t want to end up in Tesco car park!)
Take the next right, just before a zebra crossing into Rufford Avenue.
Carry onto the end of the road and turn right onto Newark Road.
The car park is just down the road on the left, signed Ollerton Pit Woods. If you go under a railway bridge you have gone too far!
Postcode for Newark Road is NG22 9PZ
OS Grid Reference: SK667673
For details of public transport visit http://www.transportdirect.info
Start your visit from:
Tuxford Road EntranceNewark Road car park
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Activities:
Contact:
Sherwood Forest Community Rangers
01623 822447
e-mail: enquiries.sherwood@forestry.gsi.gov.uk
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