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Wren trail


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This all-ability route meanders its way through larches and oaks and past the curly whirly tree sculpture.

To make your walk more interesting and enjoyable we have changing information on 16 boards around the trail, reflecting the forest and its wildlife in different seasons.

Click here to find out what else you can do in this forest.

How to get there:

Wren trail can be started from Wyre Forest Visitor and Discovery Centre in Wyre Forest which is part of Wyre Forest Area Woodlands. Bewdley is the nearest town or village.

The Forestry Commission main car park is situated 3 miles west of Bewdley on the A456 at Callow Hill, and is well signposted from all directions.

Bus services 192/292 run between Birmingham and Ludlow.

The nearest train station is Kidderminster.

OS Grid Reference: SO 750740
For details of public transport visit http://www.transportdirect.info

Wildlife

Mammals: We have information about Fallow deer and Badger

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Forest walk through mixed woodland in the Wyre Forest West Midlands

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Walking

Trail

Grade of trail

Sensible footwareEasyeasy access

Trail waymarking

yellow

Length of trail

1 miles

Approximate time of trail

half an hour

Open or closed

open

Contact

Richard Boles
Wyre Area Forester
e-mail: richard.boles@forestry.gsi.gov.uk
Children climbing on the Curly Wirley tree in the Wyre Forest

What's of interest

Information boards around the Wren route provide information about the forest's changing seasons, or other topics of interest. The current theme is 'Trees and Timber', explaining the different uses of timber harvested from the forest.


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