Blackpool Loop

This trail runs through Haye Park Wood, an ancient woodland site although mostly stocked with conifer (douglas fir and larch)at present.

Over the coming decades this area will be reverted to a woodland of mixed native trees as part of the Forestry Commission's commitment to biological diversity and cultural heritage.

Archaeological features in this area include quarries, charcoal burning platforms, saw pits, holloways (ancient sunken cart tracks), a deer park pale and an Iron Age/ Romano British settlement.