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Ashton Hill


(Average user rating5 unrated 4.5/5)

About Ashton Hill

This is an 148 acre (60 hectare) mixed woodland with conifers, broadleaves and areas of ancient woodland as well as a magnificent stand of Californian Redwoods (Sequoia). Ashton Hill was formally a part of the nearby Tyntesfield Estate in Wraxall. Consequently, many of the larger trees were planted in the 19th century. The Giant Sequoia grove dates from this period of estate landscaping.

There is a circular hard surfaced trail (not waymarked) starting from the car park which is suitable for walkers and cyclists. A bench provides a resting place underneath the Giant Sequoias.

How to get there:

Ashton Hill is in Bristol Woodlands. Failand is the nearest town or village.

Ashton Hill is at the southern edge of Failand, lying 4 miles west of Bristol city centre and off the B3129 (Weston Road)

OS Grid Reference: ST518710
For details of public transport visit http://www.transportdirect.info

Other places to go in Bristol Woodlands

Sequoia Grove

Facilities:

Parking

Contact:

Recreation Ranger
01594 833057
e-mail: dean@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

User Comments

Name: Duncan Marshall (5 Stars)
22/Oct/2009
Excellent paths and signs. A beautiful little wood.
Name: Robert Hellen (4 Stars)
23/Sep/2009
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

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What's of interest

The Giant Sequoias are around 25m tall with a trunk circumference of up to 7m. In time these trees may grow to over 100m, like the big trees in California.

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