Ashton Hill

3 Stars

Dear forestry commission, These woods are the only woods i can get to without being driven, i am 14 and love downhill mountain biking, me and a huge group of friends love riding here, we have spent hours on end making tracks safe to ride here, not cutting down any trees or damaging wildlife, and only sticking to a small area of the woods, recently we have discovered you have been destroying our tracks and jumps, we have built them up again, making them even safer to ride and stronger but you keep taking them down again, and this time you have stolen all our spades and shovels. By destroying our tracks you leave logs and big hard packed clumps of mud on the ground making the woods a very ugly place, and what you don't realize is that it dangerous doing that, my friends have had bad crashes by riding down the tracks and instead of doing the nice jumps they had expected, they crash into a pile of logs and hurt themselves. Furthermore what's the harm in us riding in the woods, it keeps us fit, we are learning about and enjoying nature, it keeps us of the streets, its harmless, and its a good sport to be into, all we ask is that you return our spades and shovels and leave our tracks alone. yours sincerely, Charlie battin

5 Stars

Excellent paths and signs. A beautiful little wood.

4 Stars

I greatly enjoy walking in these woods. The car park giving access to the woods is metres away from houses in Failand so this is actually the nearest village not Long ashton as it says in the description on your web site. You are obviously keen to promote use of these woods and to do what you can to make sure people enjoy them. Please make an objection to the planning application to build 500 new homes on Weston Road in the field immediately next to the woods and car park. Thank you