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Mallards Pike to Wenchford Link Path


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The trail links up two popular picnic sites in the forest. Following a stoned forest road for most of its length, the path runs through woodland rich in relics of its industrial past. From Mallards Pike look for the start at the bottom end of the main lake. From Wenchford, you can pick up the trail from the Blackpool Bridge end of the car park.
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How to get there:

Mallards Pike to Wenchford Link Path can be started from Mallards Pike Lake in Forest Of Dean. Blakeney is the nearest town or village.

From the A48 at Blakeney take the Nibley to Parkend road. Mallards Pike is signposted on the right hand side after approximately three miles.

OS Grid Reference: SO 637 095
For details of public transport visit http://www.transportdirect.info

You can also access this trail through Wenchford.

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Trail

Grade of trail

Stout waterproof footwearModerateeasy access

Trail waymarking

white

Length of trail

1.5 miles

Approximate time of trail

1.5 hours

Open or closed

open

Contact

Forest Of Dean Recreation Ranger
01594 833057
e-mail: dean@forestry.gsi.gov.uk
Active woods

What's of interest

Look out for disused railway tracks and embankments plus stone quarries. There is also a listed monument, an ancient road known locally as the Roman Road, near Blackpool Bridge. Trail detailed in Forest Walks leaflet, available for £1.75 from the Forest of Dean's Coleford Office, Tel 01594 833057